The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has approved special promotion for 3,729 troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE who participated in Operation DEEP PUNCH II in Sambisa Forest to crush Boko Haram terrorists. A statement by the army said the promotion “Is in recognition of their valour and uncommon commitment to…
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The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris has reinstated the Kogi State Commissioner of Police Ali Janga, the state police command spokesman, ASP William Aya has confirmed to NAN. According to Aya, Janga returned to office on Tuesday, April 3rd after meeting the one week ultimatum he was given to re-arrest the 6 suspects who escaped from custody, 2 among which had named Dino…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has not been a failure as there are many blessings that have come to the country in the about three years it has been in power, the presidency claimed in defense of the President on Wednesday. The statement was issued in obvious response to the description of the Buhari administration as…
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Suspected herdsmen have attacked Mbiya village in Takum local government area of Taraba state where Theophilus Danjuma, former minister of Defence, comes from. The attackers killed five members of a family and also struck in a community where Danjuma’s farmland is. The attackers reportedly burnt alive Sunday Sabo, head of the family. Danjuma had recently…
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The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops killed 21 armed bandits in the ongoing clearance operation at Tunga Daji in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara. Brig.–Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, said in a statement that many bandits escaped with gunshot wounds in battle with soldiers on April 4. He disclosed…
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for a compulsory health insurance scheme for all Nigerians saying this will enable citizens have access to quality and affordable healthcare services. Osinbajo said this on Wednesday at the ‘Civic Innovation Lab launch-pad for social innovators’ event held in Abuja. He said although the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is…
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Sierra Leone’s opposition party’s candidate, Rtd Brig. Julius Maada Bio, has won the tense presidential run-off election. Bio of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) defeated Samura Wilson Kamara of the ruling All Peoples Congress. According to the result announced by the Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Wednesday in Freetown, Bio received 1,319,406…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1 billion to Nigerian Defence authorities for the purchase of security equipment to fight insecurity in the country. This was revealed Wednesday by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, while speaking with journalists at the end of a security meeting chaired by the president. “Of recent,…
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Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has asked the Nigerian presidency to provide full details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed private trip to London as well as the sources of funding for the trip. PDP national publicity secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Wednesday said since the President’s upkeep is…
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The Nigeria Police Force has said it would arraign Senator Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10. The suspects are: Kabiru Seidu, 31, alias Osama, Nuhu Salisu, 25, alias small, Musa Mohammed, 27, alias Iko…
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