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Trainee soldiers were deployed at Lekki Tollgate, Commander tells judicial panel
Due to a shortage of troops, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, ordered the deployment of trainee soldiers at the Lekki tollgate during the #EndSARS protests on October 20.
The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence…
Shekau, Al-Barnawi top list of most wanted terrorists
Boko Haram leaders Abubakar Shekau and Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi topped a list of most wanted terrorists released by the Nigerian Army on Wednesday.
Seventy-eight other terrorists were also on the list, which the Theatre…
#EndSARS: About N5tn worth of assets lost to arson, looting by hoodlums
The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association has said about N5tn was lost as a result of arson and looting that followed the recent #EndSARS protests across the country.
President of NECA, Taiwo Adeniyi, said this at a…
Zulum hails conviction of alleged Boko Haram financiers in UAE
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has hailed the conviction of six Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates for financing the Boko Haram sect.
An Abu Dhabi appeal court had upheld conviction of some Nigerians for…
Davido, Tuface, Aisha Yesufu, 47 others dragged to court over #EndSARS protests
Notable Nigerian including musicians, activists, religious leaders have been dragged to court over their roles in the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country recently.
An activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, filed a criminal…
Eight insurgents, female suicide bomber killed by troops in Borno, Yobe
No fewer than eight insurgents, including a female suicide bomber have been killed by troops in Borno and Yobe States.
In a statement on Tuesday by the acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig. Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, the…
CAS: We’re expecting 19 additional aircrafts to tackle Boko Haram in North East
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar said on Tuesday that the Nigerian Airforce is currently expecting delivery of 19 additional aircraft in the fight against insecurity in the North East.
Abubakar who spoke…
Bandits attack Zamfara commissioner’s convoy, kill his driver
The convoy of Zamfara State Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Hon. Abubakar Dauran, was on Monday attacked by bandits operating within Katsina and Zamfara states.
It was gathered that the commissioner's driver was…
#EndSARS: Osun judicial panel begins sitting on Thursday
The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to look into cases of alleged police brutality, human rights violations and extra-judicial killings by the operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad…
Police nab two over alleged gang-raping of 14-year-old girl
One Michael Azeez (20) and his accomplice, Adeola Ogunseye (22), have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command, over alleged gang-raping of a 14-year-old girl (name withheld).
The suspects were apprehended following…