*Says IPOB, ESN constituting security threat By Moses Oyediran, Enugu The Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has charged officers and men of the police force to make a statement by taking the battle to the doorstep of criminal elements in the South East region. This is as he noted that the conduct […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno at the State House, Abuja. Zulum, who spoke to State House Correspondents after the meeting, said he was in the state House to brief the President on the recent military action against Boko Haram by Chadian soldiers on the shores of […]
The Military Task Force (STF), also known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), in Plateau State has reinforced its security measures with intense patrol to curb the killings that took place on Sunday and Monday in the troubled communities of the State. The commander of the Taskforce, Major General Augustine Chris Agundu made this known to […]
A notorious criminal gang member in Benue state, Mr. Terwase Akwaza responsible for the killing of Senior Special Assistant on Special Security to Governor Samuel Ortom, Mr. Denen Igbana has been arrested by troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS). Force Commander, OPWS, Major General Adeyemi Yekini who briefed newsmen at the Tactical Air Command in […]
Nigerian Army’s Sector 1, Operation Delta Safe on Thursday handed over a Tugboat (MV Omar Success) and a Barge (EBIs 1) allegedly used for illegal oil bunkering to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for further investigation and possible prosecution. The Tugboat and the Barge were intercepted by men of Nigeria Army at a […]
The Nigerian Army has announced the launch of a new operation to totally destroy Boko Haram. In a statement made available on Friday by the Chief of Training and Operations, Major General David Ahmadu, the new operation will last four months. He said “Operation Last Hold is expected to last for 4 months and it […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai has Charged the various commands of the Nigerian Army especially “Operation Lafiya Dole “ to sustain the numerous successes being recorded by the Army across board on daily basis. The Army Chief stated this in a speech at the ongoing Chief of Army Staff Conference in […]
The Special Task Force in Plateau otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), MONDAY said it has arrested over 80 suspects in connection with different offences within the State and has displayed over 70 (seventy), different types of locally fabricated weapons as well as over 2,000 rounds of ammunitions recovered from hoodlums in various parts […]
The police command in Katsina State on Wednesday said it foiled an armed robbery operation by a gang that specialised in car theft and arrested two persons. The Commissioner of Police (CP) Mr Benson Gwana, disclosed this when he presented the suspects before newsmen in Katsina. He said “those arrested were Hussaini Ahmed and Mohammed […]
In a Christmas message to troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole fighting insurgency in the Northeast Nigeria, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen Tukur Buratai has commended the hard work and sacrifices of the doldiersa Christmas message to the soldiers fighting the Boko Haram insurgents. The army chief asked them to maintain the momentum […]
Ecobank Group has won the “Bank of the Year” awards in five of its countries of operation, at The Banker Awards, which was held on 29th November at the Hilton London Bankside. Also, Cameroon, Guinea Conakry, Gambia, Togo and Uganda, were awardees too. This is the second consecutive year that The Banker honoured Ecobank Guinea […]
Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has said he has had to undergo yet another operation on his foot, delaying his return to the pitch even further. Cazorla has been sidelined for more than a year after needing eight operations to repair a tendon in his foot but had targeted a return in January. However, he announced […]
The national headquarters of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has queried its Yola Command over an illegal operation carried out by six of its staff against a patent medicine store located at No 10 Ibadan Street behind Jimeta Shopping Complex in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. The query followed a letter of petition […]
Charles Anike is the president, Eastern Mandate, a non political association that intervenes on various political and social problems in the country. In this interview he speaks on the failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to provide good governance for Nigerians and what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can do to return to power […]
In order to successfully achieve the goal to rid Lagos and Ogun of crime through the ‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’ , the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has charged personnel participating in the exercise to be more aggressive in carrying out their task. The COAS who was speaking during a visit […]
Panic, tension, disquiet and anxiety held Nigerians in the South-East of the country for days. And amusingly the cause and source of the baseless anguish, which drenched our people in hysteria was as discreditable as the news itself. Some social media e-rats and e-thugs posted reports that our people were being massively killed by deadly […]