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Zamfara govt to train civilian JTF

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2018 0

Zamfara state government has completed arrangement for the training of the newly recruited Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF). Briefing journalists shortly after security meeting, Secretary to the State Government, Professor Abdullahi Shinkafi said the training would enable the civilian JTF to

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IDPs, orphanage homes appeal to STF for security, protection

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2018 0

Managers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps and Orphanages have appealed to the Special Military Task Force, (STF), to provide them with security considering the volatile insecurity situation in Plateau State. “Whenever there is crisis most of the children hardly sleep for fear of being attack. You know most of them narrowly escaped from terrorists […]

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Diamond Bank Shooting: OPSH arrests soldiers

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2018 0

The soldiers who shot and killed a security guard and left two others injured at Diamond Bank in Jos on October 22, have been arrested and detained by the Special Task Force (STF), in Plateau, code named Operation Safe Haven (OPSH). The OPSH Commander, Major General Augustine Agundu, in a statement signed by the STF […]

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Air Force jets bomb Boko Haram terrorists, destroy ammo dump

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2018 0

The Nigerian Air Force said its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHT) logistics base, along with some vehicles, at Tumbun Sale in northern Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information said the operation was carried out on Tuesday. ” The operation […]

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FCT security: CP issues Okada, Keke riders 3-day grace period to vacate city centre

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2018 0

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) commissioner of police and Chairman Ministerial Joint Task force, Mr. Bala Ciroma, has given a three-day of grace to members of commercial motorcycle (Okada) and commercial Keke riders to comply with the standing ban of operating within the city centres as well as limiting operations within the satellite towns as […]

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Plateau killing: STF sets up forward operational base to boost community confidence

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2018 0

The Special Task Force mandated to restore peace on the Plateau, code name, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has set up Forward Operational Base (FOB), unit in Gyambwas district of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, aimed at reducing response time to crime and to boost community confidence. The Commander, Major General Augustine Agundu at […]

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Killings: Military taskforce patrols trouble zones in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2018 0

Officers of the Special Task Force (STF) are now patrolling troubled zones on Plateau State, following the attack of gunmen who ambushed and killed 15 persons within the State capital in Jos North Local Government Area. The incident however led to a reprisal attack by the locals leading to counter attack and spreading through the […]

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Missing General: Evacuation of pond, national assignment – STF boss

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2018 0

The Special Task Force Commander, Major General Augustine Chris Agundu, on Friday said the evacuation of a mining site alleged to have hidden the body of a missing Major General Idris Alkali (retired), has become a national assignment not only to unravel the alleged body of the deceased but to also uncover other heinous crime […]

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Plateau killing: STF loses 3 soldiers, vows to stamp out hostilities

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2018 0

The Special Task Force (STF), in Plateau has lost three personnel in the conflict between herders and natives of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Confirming the incident to newsmen on Friday in Jos, the Special Task Force Commander, Major General Augustine Chris Agundu said the incident that took the lives of three STF […]

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Normalcy returns to Borno community, CJTF, locals confirm

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2018 0

Following Boko Haram’s latest strike in Borno State, some members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) and residents of the community say peace has been restored. Many people were reportedly killed after insurgents dressed in military uniforms carried out an attack in Gundumbali town in Guzamala Local Government Area. Local residents and witnesses had […]

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Army kills 14 terrorists, rescue 21 hostages

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2018 0

The Nigerian Army has said that troops of 192 battalion of 26 Task Force Brigade engaged in operation LAFIYA DOLE in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force have neutralised 14 Boko Haram terrorists. It said the incident occurred in Pulka, a village suspected to have being harbouring terrorists who ambushed a civilian vehicle on Wednesday, […]

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Killings: Military reinforces security, intensifies patrol in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2018 0

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 […]

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Combat readiness: LASG set to train taskforce personnel

Ihesiulo Grace 29 July 2018 0

The Lagos State Government said it is set to train Nigeria Police personnel attached to the Lagos State Task Force on ‘Active Combating and Readiness’. According to a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs for the Lagos Taskforce, Adebayo Taofiq, the training is set to commence today at Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos. […]

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Plateau killings: STF parades 7 suspected killer herdsmen

Ihesiulo Grace 18 July 2018 0

The Military Task Force in Jos, Plateau State otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has paraded seven suspects in connection with the recent killings in the local communities of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. Parading the suspects on Tuesday at the OPHS Headquaters in Jos, the Director of Defence Information (DDI), […]

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Kwara LG inaugurates 5-man c’ttee to boost IGR

Ihesiulo Grace 18 July 2018 0

The Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara, Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo, on Tuesday said that the newly inaugurated task force committee on Internally Generated Revue (IGR) was to achieve an all inclusive growth in the council mladipo made the assertion while inaugurating the 5-man task force committee members at the council Secretariat in […]

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STF moves to end Plateau killing, relocates to troubled zones

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2018 0

The Special Task Force (STF), code name Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), saddled with the responsibility of restoring peace in the troubled parts of Plateau, Bauchi and Southern Kaduna, has relocated its headquarter to the most vulnerable part of Plateau communities under Barkin-ladi Local Government Area. This aims at stopping the incessant Fulani herdsmen attack that […]

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Kerosene scarcity hits Bayelsa as JTF clamps down on illegal refineries

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

The renewed operations of the Joint Task Force (JTF), deployed to protect oil facilities within the Niger Delta against illegal refineries and other oil related criminal activities has resulted to shortages of kerosene to residents in Bayelsa. Kerosene scarcity was sequel to a raid by the joint military force, Operation Delta Safe to illegal refinery […]

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Plateau Killings: STF parades 11 suspects

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

The Special Military Task Force in charge of security in Plateau State code named “Operation Safe Haven” (OPSH), said it has arrested 21 suspects over the recent killings by unknown gunmen and civil disturbances by hoodlums protesting the attacks. The suspects were paraded before newsmen yesterday at the OPSH Headquarters in Jos by the media […]

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Plateau massacre: At last, STF arrests suspected Fulani herdsmen with rifles

Ihesiulo Grace 28 June 2018 0

…Saraki, Dogara meet Buhari, demand removal of Service Chiefs …Women, youth protesters storm Govt House, damage properties The Special Military Task Force (STF), Operation Save Haven in Plateau State, on Wednesday, paraded suspected three Fulani herdsmen arrested in connection with the latest killings in the state. The suspects were captured at Gashish District

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STF Commander to return over 53 displaced Plateau communities

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2018 0

Special Task Force (STF), Commander in Plateau, Major General Anthony Atolagbe, has directed stakeholders of the affected 53 displaced communities in Plateau State to return their people to their deserted communities, pledging to provide adequate security to the troubled villages. General Atolagbe, stated this at the weekend when he played host to the community heads […]