By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Police Command has relaxed the restriction of movement as earlier announced for the Area Council Election schedule to take place on the 12th February, 2022. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...
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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – A total of 965 terrorists and their families and 550 children surrendered to Nigerian troops while 145 others were eliminated in the past three weeks as the war against insecurity in the North-Eastern part of the country continued to record significant results. The troops...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have killed more than 120 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North East in the last three weeks, the Defence Headquarters has said. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while giving...
Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, says Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a terrorist group, is expanding its affiliates and network beyond Syria and Iraq to Africa. The UN counter-terrorism chief told the Security Council on Wednesday that the epicentre of ISIL terrorist group...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than four gunmen of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) have been killed by troops of the Nigeria Army at Ihiala town in Anambra State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement...
Armed bandits, numbering over 200 have raided several communities in Kontagora, Mariga, and Rijau Local Government Areas in Niger State. PRNigeria gathered that the terrorists stormed the communities in a convoy of about 100 motorcycles and killed children at Bangi, a community in Mariga local government Wielding dangerous firearms...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has promised to use modern technology to re-secure Nigeria if elected. He stated this after a consultative meeting with Kebbi State PDP executives, delegates and other key stakeholders of the party held at the state secretariat in...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) during an attack on Jibia town in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The slain security operative, A. A. Rano, was until his death the officer in charge of the Divisional Police Headquarters in Jibia, eyewitnesses...
The Edo Police Command says the driver to the state Chairman of the Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, has died. The command’s Spokesman, SP Kontongs Bello, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Tuesday night. NAN reports that the deceased,...
One hundred and four members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have surrendered to troops, the Nigerian Army has said. The army disclosed this on Monday via its verified Facebook page where it shared photos of some of the repentant terrorists and their relatives....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has warned officer and men of 82 division that no act of indiscipline will be tolerated in the Nigeria Army as its mark the end of 2021 West African Social Activities (WASA) and the beginning...
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has said that the Nigerian Army (NA) is set to deliver optimum services in the new year, having been satisfied with the achievements of 2021. COAS Yahaya said this during the occasion of the 2021 Nigerian Army Finance Corps (NAFC),...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the Federal Government is committed to providing more platforms for the military. This, he said, was to sustain the tempo of operations against insurgency, banditry and other security challenges across the country. Magashi gave the assurance at the end of...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Police operatives from Kwara State Command have arrested a transborder suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Alo, in the forest of Baruteen Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement said that the suspect, a citizen of Benin Republic, was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed a report by an online medium alleging that personnel of the Nigerian army lamented delay in payment of their January salary and that many soldiers were paid peanuts. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a...
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Friday said that the command had deactivated 175 illegal refining sites and arrested 27 vessels within 11 months. The outgone Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim, stated this in Calabar while handing over the leadership...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has commenced an operational tour of the North East(NE) Theatre of Operations, where troops are currently leading the onslaught against Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) terrorists. The COAS arrived Headquarters Theatre...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, leader of the violent Islamic State group, ISIS, blew himself up during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. military forces in northwest Syria. “Thanks to the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is no more....
Suspected armed thugs on Thursday attacked the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osogbo. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the building, popularly known as “Oranmiyan House”, located along ever busy Gbongan-Ibadan road in Osogbo, reports that empty bullet shells...
Gunmen have attacked the residence of the ASUU Chairman of the Federal University of Gusau (FUGUS), Mr Abdurrahman Adamu. According to information gathered, six persons were kidnapped during the attack on the ASUU chairman’s home in Damba Quarters, an outskirt of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital. A staff of...