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Boko Haram: MNJTF approaches Cameroonian military for support
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) In order to tackle the menace of Boko Haram insurgents has approached Cameroonian military structures for support.
A press release signed on Saturday…
Ondo Election: IGP deploys DIG, AIG, 11 CPs
Ahead of the October 10 Gubernatorial election in Ondo State, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Adeleye Oyabade, to oversee…
Ondo Election: Army, Navy warn hoodlums to stay away
Ahead of the October 10 Governorship election in Ondo State, the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy have issued a stern warning to hoodlums on the waterways that the security agencies were combat-ready to ensure a violence-free…
Military: We neutralized 869 terrorists, cattle-rustlers in three months
Even as Nigerians lament the worsening security situation in the country, the nation’s military said on Friday that it had recorded tremendous success in the ongoing efforts to decapitate terrorists, insurgents and other hoodlums…
Lagos CP apologises as officer who brutalized Lagos Journalists is detained
For brutalising a photojournalist with The PUNCH, Olukayode Jaiyeola, Inspector Adadu Innocent will not only be detained but will face orderly room trial, the Lagos State Police Command said Thursday evening..
The…
Soldier dismissed and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for raping 13-year-old girl
A corporal of the Nigerian Army, Aliyu Yakubu has been dismissed and sentenced to five years for assaulting and defiling a 13-year-old girl.
Yakubu was sentenced on Wednesday by the seven Division of General Court Martial of…
Civil Defence nab three suspected cattle rustlers in Oyo
No fewer than three alleged cattle rustlers have been arrested by the Agro-Ranger Squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State.
The operatives also recovered 18 cows at Kara market in Ogbomosho.…
Newly-wed BP vice president committed suicide by hanging at his $2.5 million mansion
Newly-wed British Petroleum vice president, Nick Spencer, 61, hanged himself at his £2million home a week after being made redundant, inquest hears
-Nick Spencer, 61, was found dead at his £2million home in Buckinghamshire
-He spent a…
Police declare ex-minister, Kenneth Gbagi, wanted over dehumanization of staff
The Delta State Police Command has declared a former Minister of State for Education, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, wanted for dehumanizing four workers in his hotel staff and refusing to honour invitations by the Commissioner of Police,…
Man sentenced to 125 years for fraud
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
A man has been jailed to a cumulative 125 years in prison by a Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri for fraudulently obtaining food items worth N12.9 million.
The accused, Allen Abel was dragged…