Reports reaching us indicate that troops of 101 Battalion, 7 Division Garrison on foot patrol along with some elements of Civilian JTF, intercepted a suspected male suicide bomber at Sabon Gari Jidari, Borno State. The suspect was said to be carrying primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed in a blue stabilizer casing and gave his…
Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, has said a total of 249 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and accomplices have been cleared and released by the Joint Interrogation as approved by the Chief of Army Staff in Maiduguri, Borno State. He said those cleared and released included 169 males, 46 women and 34…
Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has stressed that there is no need to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office. The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, who spoke on Sunday in Bauchi, disclosed that the House had no single evidence of impeachable offence against the President. Addressing journalists in Bauchi, Doguwa, representing…
Some suspected terrorists were recently waylaid by troops of Forward Operation Base, 33 Brigade deployed in Burra, Bauchi State. It was said that the troops, along with some local vigilantes, had conducted patrol along Unguwar Kanawa-Rugar Abdulsalami-Diwa Village-Dutsen Zaki with the aim of clearing cattle rustlers, armed bandits and kidnappers operating in the general area.…
Paul Le Guen is expected to be unveiled on Monday as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles. The announcement is believed to be made by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. According to information, the NFF seems to be impressed with the Frenchman, who vied for the job with Salisu Yusuf. Le Guen is…
Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Friday in Rivers State rescued a two-month old baby who was abandoned by her mother by the roadside. The baby girl, was discovered by the officials who were patrolling along the New Elelenwo Manifold in Akpajo, Eleme LGA Rivers State during a heavy rain.…
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has assured the international shipping community and stakeholders of the country’s determination to eliminate piracy and criminality within her territorial waters. Dakuku, who said this while addressing multilateral and development agencies on the sidelines of the on-going IMO/MOWCA sponsored integrated sub…
Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has been ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari to reopen investigation into murder of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige. The President also directed Idris to reopen the case of late former Deputy National Chairman, South-South, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Aminosari Dokubo. Idris…
A member of a four-man robbery gang in Lagos passed out when he was hit with the charm he had prepared for his victims. The suspect identified as Nnamdi Onu, was said to have been hit by an amulet by a policeman and he slumped immediately. Trouble started when his gang, which specialised in attacking…
Some women in support of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday, July 18, 2016, took to the streets of Lagos to show solidarity for the former First Lady of the state. Last week, Mrs Tinubu had a bitter confrontation with her controversial colleague in the Senate, Dino Melaye from Kogi State. The former House of Representatives…