The Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and impounded large quantities of their logistic supplies in Kirawa on the Nigeria and Cameroon borders. The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Muhammad Dole, in a statement on Monday in N’Djamena Chad,...
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At least ten persons have been killed by suspected bandits during separate attacks in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits also kidnapped an unspecified number of people, mainly women, from the communities during the operation that lasted for several hours. Although the state and police...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has rescued 11 kidnap victims in Gwargwada community in Kuje Area Council of the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a statement on Saturday...
Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several vehicles before they attacked the four banks with dynamites....
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have continued to record successes as 466 terrorists surrendered while scores were killed in different operations within two weeks in North East, Defence Headquarters says. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while giving updates of military operations across the country...
The renewed clash between rival cult groups in some areas at Ilesa, Osun State, has reportedly left 10 people dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that blood flowed as rival suspected cultists clashed at Brewery, Ifofin, Idasa and Irojo areas of the town on Monday and extended...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Rita Pemu has escaped an assassination attempt by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers while traveling to Owerri from Benin City. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the incident occured along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala Road about 11am on Sunday. A...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Force Commander (FC), Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim, has called for proactive partnership between MNJTF and UK forces, pointing out that working together with partners will speedily end terrorism in the region Maj. Gen. Ibrahim said such...
Nigerian Military Airstrikes have eliminated Amir Buba Danfulani and four other notorious ISWAP Commanders in Tumbuns and Sambisa axes of the North-East. PRNigeria gathered that Amir Buba Danfulani was a senior ISWAP Commander saddled with indoctrinating Fulanis and herdsmen in joining a terrorist group. He also coordinated activities of...
Unknown gunmen have killed Mr. Sule Mathew, a first-class graduate of Communication and former intern with PRNigeria while travelling to Anambra State with other passengers. Mathew, who studied Information and Media Studies, graduated with first-class from the Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano (BUK), recently. He was killed with...
Coordinated aerial bombardments by the Nigerian military has killed no fewer than 34 terrorists in Marte, the Northeast, PRNigeria reports. This is just as nine soldiers of the Nigerian Army sustained serious injury when their convoy ran into IEDs planted by terrorists in Malam Fatori under Abadam Local Government...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – At least eight persons have been killed by gunmen at new Cattle Market in Omuma-Uzo in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Confirming the incident in a statement on Wednesday, The Commissioner for Information, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, said on Feb....
… Hold national summit in Abuja By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – All is now set for the National Stakeholders’ Summit on “Protecting Nigeria’s Critical Infrastructure, Monuments and Business Assets,” scheduled to hold in Abuja from February 28, according to the Coordinating Committee for the event. The two-day National Stakeholders...
Suspected bandits have abducted the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano & Jigawa State, Mr Mahassan Lawal. Mr Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officer was whisked away by gunmen who...
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of shooting dead his parents and 10-year-old brother following a row over bad school grades, police said Saturday. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in a rural area just outside Elche, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the southeastern...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, and former Chief of Army Staff, His Excellency Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), has advocated for continuous training among the Armed Forces of Nigeria as panacea for excellence in strategic leadership. Ambassador Buratai made the assertion at...
The Nigerian Navy Ship Victory (NNSV) said it has destroyed no fewer than six camps used by various notorious kidnap gangs in Cross River and recovered various weapons. The former Commander, NNSV, Commodore Chiedozie Okehie, during his handover ceremony in Calabar on Friday said they destroyed six camps used...
Air Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have eliminated no fewer than 20 armed bandits at the general area of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). Credible intelligence sources told PRNigeria that bandits, riding on over 50 motorcycles were seen on Thursday evening, advancing towards the Academy, in Kaduna State. Recalled...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Police (FCT) Command has again announced restriction of movement of residents from 8a.m. to 3p.m. during the FCT Area Council Elections slated for Saturday, Feb. 12. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Babaji Sunday, made the disclosure in a statement made...
Operatives from the Anambra State Police Command have repelled an attack by an unknown gunmen on its Divisional Police Station, Uli, in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the gunmen launched an attack on the community on Thursday but were repelled by a combined...