Five people were killed and over a dozen injured in a car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, a security official said, in the latest attack to hit the troubled country. “There was a car bomb blast… the death of five people was confirmed and...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of The Ogun State Police Command have arrested 5 members of a kidnap syndicate terrorising Obada Oko and its environs in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state. The Police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on...
Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists are planning to establish a camp in Niger State, authorities have said. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane, raised the alarm on Tuesday while briefing reporters in Minna, the state capital. He decried the escalated...
The Ondo State Government has imposed a 24 hours curfew on Ikare-Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area, following sporadic gun shots in the community. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Akure by Mr Donald Ojogo, the state Commissioner for Information....
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Nigeria Army troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn on Monday dispersed IPOB/ESN hoodlums carrying out arson while enforcing the illegitimate Sit-at-Home order imposed by the proscribed group at Awo-Mmamma Community, Oru East LGA of Imo State. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 82 Division...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has led the state’s senators to meet Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor at the Defence headquarters in Abuja. Governor Zulum led senators Kashim Shettima (Borno Central), Muhammad Ali Ndume (Borno South) and Abubakar Kyari (Borno North)...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Operatives from the Niger State Police Command have arrested four suspected kidnappers and other suspects for rustling cattle in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Minna on Monday. DSP Abiodun, said...
An APC governorship aspirant in Zamfara in the 2019 governorship election, Alhaji Sagir Hamida, was killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening, a family source has confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered from the deceased’s elder brother, Kabiru Hamida, that Sagir was killed near Abuja while he...
Deadly twin bomb blasts in Uganda’s capital Kampala earlier this week have drawn worldwide condemnation, with different capitals pledging to stand with Uganda in the fight against the resurgence of terror attacks that have regional connotations. Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an affiliate of the Islamic State in central Africa,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Force Commander (FC), Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, has commended the United States and France for their roles in the stabilisation efforts in Africa amidst Insurgency. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim gave the commendation when he hosted a joint delegation from French Military...
Airstrikes conducted on Saturday by aircraft of the Operation Hadarin Daji Air Component have led to the deaths of an undisclosed number of bandits. PRNigeria gathered that the precision airstrikes, which were executed at Dangwandi and Tsakai areas of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, resulted in the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Lafia – Operatives from Nasarawa State Police Command have repelled an attempt to abduct Mr Umar Nasiru-Black, Nasarawa-South Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This is according to a statement signed by Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state and made...
The Nigerian Army on Friday repelled an attack by the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno. Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, disclosed this in a phone interview with the News...
The Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Signals, Maj.-Gen. Nosakhare Ugbo, has said that military operations had become volatile and complex due to changes in the nature of threats and advancement in technology. Ugbo said this at the Nigerian Army Leadership Development Seminar 2021 with the theme: “Strategic Management for...
BY JOHN ONAH, Abuja Worried by the alarming rate and rampant vandalization and destruction of Nigeria’s critical infrastructure, monuments as well as the unmitigated attacks on other critical assets, the Presidential Thin-Tank on Defence and Security is set to forge a common front to confront the monster. To this...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji in Kaduna State, says it’s second bi-annual field training exercise involving movement of troops and military equipment will begin on Nov. 22. This is accident to statement issued by the college’s Public Relations Officer, Major...
At least 53 people were killed in a weekend attack on a gendarmerie post in Burkina Faso, an updated government toll showed on Wednesday. The update came as President Roch Kabore responded to a public outcry over the worst strike on security forces in years. Sunday’s bloodshed has provoked...
Armed police and soldiers patrolled the Ugandan capital Wednesday as security was stepped up following twin suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State that killed three people in the heart of Kampala. Ugandans have been urged to remain on high alert after Tuesday’s attacks, the latest in a string...
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing on Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed three people and left several dozen wounded. IS, which said three suicide bombers took part, with one attack targeting the central police station and another aimed at parliament,...
Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defense Staff, on Tuesday in Benin said Nigerians should continue to trust the Armed Forces in spite of reports making the rounds of the Army indictment in the #EndSARs protest at Lekki last year. Irabor, fielding questions from reporters, said that this was because...