•Police (Photo used for illustration purposes only) A combined team of the Nigeria Police Force and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) successfully repelled a Boko Haram attack in Banki, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, at the weekend — even as some soldiers reportedly fled the battlefield. Residents who spoke to [&hellip...
•Soldiers and Bida Polytechnic main gate The crisis rocking the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, escalated yesterday as soldiers were deployed to examination halls following threats by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). The union had on September 15 declared an indefinite strike over 18 months of unpaid excess workload all...
•Gwagwalada-Abuja-Lokoja road gridlock Vehicular traffic came to a standstill around 11:30am yesterday on the Abuja-Lokoja Road in Abuja after trailer drivers blocked the road to protest the alleged assault of a driver by soldiers. Witnesses told our reporter at the scene that the altercation began after a trailer driver, coming from the Giri ...
•Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita Mali has arrested dozens of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the junta, which itself took power in the West African country in a coup, sources told our correspondent yesterday. Since seizing the reins in Mali through back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, the West African country’s junta ha...
•Police The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 21 suspected cultists, including two soldiers, during a midnight raid at a hotel in Osiele, under the Odeda Police Division, Abeokuta, the state capital. According to the police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, a total of 21 suspects were apprehended during the raid. The operation...
•Late Awujale of Ijebuland, Sikiru Kayode Adetona Soldiers, yesterday, barred traditionalists believed to be members of the Osugbo cult from the Muslim funeral held for the late Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona. The presence of cult members at the funeral caused some apprehension, but people around began shouting at them, while soldie...
•Troops are seen on motorcycles during a coordinated operation in Taraba State Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have announced the arrest of 18 serving soldiers and 15 police officers for allegedly selling arms to terrorists and other criminal elements. Addressing journalists in Maiduguri on the activities of troops in the North-East, the ...
•Boko Haram terrorists Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, alleged yesterday that some politicians and members of the armed forces act as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. The governor, who made the allegation in an interview on News Central’s Breakfast programme, also said the Nigerian Army lacks requisite equipment to...
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked the newly resettled Yamtake community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, killing two soldiers and an undisclosed number of civilians. Security and local sources confirmed the attack, saying the assailants invaded the communities around 11:15pm yesterday, reports Daily Trust....
•Nigerian soldiers A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, says the troops deployed to enforce emergency rule in oil-rich Rivers State should be moved to fight bloodthirsty non-state actors in insurgent-ridden Borno State in North-East Nigeria. “There is no serious problem going on in Rivers Stat...
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