The Borno State Police Command has intensified security measures across the state to ensure the safety of residents during the Christmas festivities. In a statement issued on Thursday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, the police said its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit has been deployed to conduct routine sweeping and scanning […]
Fatalities have been recorded following twin explosions in Maiduguri overnight. The explosions occurred at the Muna Garage and Muna Dalti, suburbs of Maiduguri, Bornu state. More to follow
The renewed bombing in the northeastern part of the country, has spurred security agencies in Plateau state to beef up security within its borders to forestall any form of attack by terrorists even as Christmas gets underway. Speaking at the weekend in Jos the state capital, the Coordinator, Operation Rainbow (a state owned security out-fit), […]
Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), the lead prosecution counsel, on Monday, told a Federal High Court, in Abuja, that the team was ready to tender additional exhibits as proof that Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze committed the October1, 2010 Independence Day anniversary bombing, in Abuja. The team had, last week, tendered 14 exhibits, including an old […]
Iran is calling for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen, where Houthi rebels have seized territory and drawn in a Saudi-led campaign of airstrikes backing President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday the proposal for a halt in fighting, talks among the Yemeni parties and the formation of an inclusive government is the […]
At least five people were killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. A VOA reporter on the scene says two women were among those who died in the blast. A doctor with the city’s ambulance service, Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Aden, tells VOA’s Somali Service that another […]
Islamist militants,Alshabaab, claimed responsibility for the bombing of nine United Nations workers in Garowe, Somalia on Monday,April 20. The bomb was apparently planted under a seat in the bus conveying the workers and was detonated by remote control, killing Two Kenyans and seven Somali guards. Eye witness said he heard a thundering blast inside […]