The deadly Boko Haram sect has attacked a military base in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, injuring at least five soldiers. The attack was carried out with drone strikes on the eve of Christmas, in an apparent move to alter the mood of the nation. The drone attack, which occurred within the last […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The police in Zamfara have detained a 58-year-old Algerian national for alleged transborder arms trafficking. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Dalijan, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. He said the police recovered 16 AK-47 riffles, during various raids within the last three weeks. He said the command also […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Osun police command says its operatives have arrested Wakili-Nurudeen Iyanda, head of the Osun State Park Management System (OSTMS). Iyanda, who is also known as Alowonle, was allegedly found with arms and ammunition belonging to the police. Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, deputy police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the arrest to TheCable on Wednesday. […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Gunmen ambushed the convoy of Ginger Onwusibe, a member of the House of Representatives, at Ubakala in Umuahia South Local Government Area. The attack, which took place around 9 pm on Sunday, resulted in the death of a police inspector, Bala Mohammed, and left another officer, Dunna Jatau, injured. According to reports, the […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Four persons were on Monday confirmed dead as yet-to-be-identified gunmen opened fire on some residents and security operatives in the communities, in a fatal attack at Ukpo, Dunukofia Local Government Area and Abatete, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Monday. According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen, suspected to be enforcing […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Hundreds of disgruntled women and youths from Zamfara State, on Tuesday, took their protest to the headquarters of the Department of Security Services in Abuja, over heightened insecurity in the state. The aggrieved persons blamed the immediate-past governor of the state and now Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, for the heightened […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Tuesday that the federal government is making frantic efforts to tackle the nation’s security challenges. Tunji-Ojo who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Federal Government has fulfilled its promise to restore power to the northern part of the country that has been in darkness for more than 10 days. Restoration was achieved on Wednesday, October 30 as bulk power supply was restored through the 330kV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission line 1 as of 4:56pm, following the completion […]
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By Akeem Awere It is the first anniversary of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Yet, the edgy feeling which pervaded the Buhari Administration’s eight-year rule has continued unabated. Many within the country now regard the present situation as worse than what he inherited from his predecessor. Recall that in his inaugural speech of May 29th, […]
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By Umunna Kalu Activist and President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima in this chat assesses President Bola Tinubu’s administration as it marks it’s one year scorecard. Shettima, spoke on other critical issues including off-season elections. Excerpt President Tinubu’s administration will be clocking one year in office on May 29. So far, what […]
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