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Mali’s transitional president and prime minister resigned during mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in a second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide and an international diplomat
Sunday Igboho The Defence Headquarters says the Military cannot stoop so low to such extent to “spy” on one individual, as wildly and loosely alleged by the acclaimed Yoruba activist,
Cameroonian soldiers raped at least 20 women, including four with disabilities, and killed a man in a raid last year in an English-speaking secessionist region, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
Senator Samuel Anyanwu who represented Imo East senatorial district, yesterday said that the Southeast zone has been gradually turned into a battleground. Anyanwu spoke to newsmen in Owerri, on the
Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, has said that military intervention in politics today is an aberration. The former Head of State listed some obvious reasons why he thinks
The Special Task Force responsible for the maintenance of peace in Plateau, Southern Kaduna and parts of Bauchi States, code-named Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has rearrested another escaped prisoner. DAILY
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has raised the alarm over alleged interstate movement of bandits. Major General John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, made this known in a statement on
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The Zamfara State government has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider its plans of withdrawing military troops from some states hit by banditry. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the Commissioner
The headquarters of Sector 2 of Operation Lafiya Dole operating in Yobe State has disclosed that three soldiers have sustained injuries during an incident that led to the complete raze
The Federal Government has decided that the Nigeria Police Force will now takeover from the military in the ongoing internal security operations in various parts of the country by the
The Central Bank of Nigeria has been ordered by a Federal High Court to pay the sum of N8bn to Tiv communities in Benue over the invasion by soldiers in
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has warned Nigerians against comments and actions that could pit the Nigerian Police Force against the Nigeria Army. The warning became necessary following the controversies and
President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted on possible changes in the nation’s security architecture to sustain the fight against terrorists and deal with violent crimes in Nigeria. The president gave the
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At Senate plenary, Thursday some lawmakers disclosed that certain intelligence sources have accused some Police and military operatives of having direct link with the prowling bandits and kidnappers across the
The Nigerian military has reacted to reports that over 150 among the 2,000 policemen deployed to fight Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East absconded from their counter-insurgency military training exercise
The leadership and members of the Northern Elders, Professionals and Stakeholders’ Forum have faulted the recent call for the sack of service chiefs by the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group,
The 20 Model Battalion of the Nigeria Army located in Serti, Taraba, said it had discovered an illegal security training camp in Serti locality. Commanding Officer of the battalion, Lt.-Col.
