Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in a coordinated air raid by Air Taskforce (ATF) killed several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Tumbum Rego of Borno State. The weekend operations in the Lake Chad region ...
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Army opens 20 super camps to nail terrorism, banditry in North East
The Nigerian Army has opened 20 Super Camps in the North East to finally nail insurgency and terrorists’ attacks on troops locations and communities, as well as take the fight to terrorists’ hideouts in the Lake Chad region. Chief of ...
Read More »Again, Federal Executive Council postpones weekly meeting
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has again postponed its weekly meeting. The postponement was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu. The release explained that the decision “is ...
Read More »Civil Defence moves to check violent clashes in Enugu, Taraba
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has inaugurated its special squad, christened “Agro Rangers Squad” to contain the rising clashes between farmers and herders in Enugu. The corps state commandant, Everestus Obiyo, said the team was part of ...
Read More »Group cautions against plot to install Emirs in Igboland
A social service group, Jesus Armi, has commended the announcement by governours of the South-East geopolitical zone, banning herdsmen and cattle movement in the states, saying it would check the alleged plot to foist emirs on Igboland. The group, however, ...
Read More »IPOB counsel challenges S’East govs over claims on 2017 python dance
Counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, has challenged South-East governors to convince the Igbo that they were not part of the conspiracy in the 2017 Operation Python Dance in which many were killed. Ejimakor, who is also ...
Read More »South West leaders, monarchs task IGP on security, back community policing
Governors of the South West region, traditional rulers and opinion leaders in the zone yesterday charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, to do more in providing adequate security in the country. They stated this on the backdrop ...
Read More »Supreme Court declines to disqualify President Buhari over alleged perjury
The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23,2019 election for alleged perjury. The appellants, Kalu Kalu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy El-Kuris, through their counsel, Ukpai Ukairo, had approached the apex ...
Read More »Militants threaten hostilities over plans to re-domicile NNDC as Rivers community tasks Shell on peace
The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) has threatened resumption of hostilities in the oil-rich region over an alleged plot to transfer supervision of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from Niger Delta Ministry to the Office of the Secretary to ...
Read More »Vice President Osinbajo meets economic team over $9.6b judgment debt
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday met with members of the Economic Management Team (EMT) in Abuja over the $9.6 billion judgment debt awarded against Nigeria by a United Kingdom court in respect of a failed gas deal with an Irish ...
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