Gyang Bere, Jos Residents of Plateau State have been placed on red alert over alleged massive influx of suspected killer herdsmen and kidnappers from the North Central states into some rural communities of Barkin-Ladi, Riyom, Bassa and Bokkos local government areas, respectively. The warning was contained in a communiqué signed by Chairman of Catholic Bishop…
The president is on a state visit to Nasarawa.
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New Delhi (CNN)Pirates have released 22 Indian nationals taken captive after their oil tanker was boarded off the coast of West Africa last week. The vessel, Marine Express, was carrying more than 13,000 tons of gasoline when it went missing in the Gulf of Guinea, according to a statement from the Anglo Eastern, the ship’s managing company, which said it …
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Nigeria will consider the absorption, into the armed forces, some members of civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) who are assisting the military in fighting Boko Haram.
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DON Waney’s empire of crime keeps collapsing after his bloody end, which was ignited by the New Year’s Day killings in Omoku, Rivers State. Emenike Agamu (aka General Red Scorpion), who is said to be the fourth in-command in the Don Waney cult gang, yesterday surrendered his arms to security operatives in Owerri, the ImoRead More
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While decrying the recent killings, the governor said Kano has enough land to occupy all herdsmen and their livestock.
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Babatunde Abiodun The Theatre commander operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Rogers Nicholas on Sunday, led a joint team of Field Commanders from the Nigerian military to formally induct Cameroonian troops into the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram terrorists. Nicholas led the joint security team who arrived Gwoza to join in the ongoing counter terrorism…
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National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has engaged some local witch doctors in Benin, Edo, as ambassadors to fight human trafficking in the country. Director-General of NAPTIP, Ms Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed this at a symposium and training organised for officers of the agency in conjunction with Conference of Western […]
After series of attack by suspected herdsmen in Benue State which had led to the death of many including a police officer who was recently killed at Yogbo village, police in the state have commenced counter-terrorism operations. The Commissioner of Police in Benue State, Fatai Owoseni, on Sunday confirmed the commencement of the counter-terrorism…
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Controversy as another letter has been reported to have emanated from the camp of former President Ibrahim Babaginda, saying that he denounced his initial letter were said that President Muhammadu Buhari should not contest for 2019 election saying that ‘the next election in 2019 therefore presents us a unique opportunity to reinvent the will and provoke fresh leadership that would immediately begin the process of healing the wounds in the land and ensuring that the wishes and aspirations of the people are realized in building and sustaining national cohesion and consensus.
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