The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, has assured the public that the Nigerian Army will make certain that no part of Nigeria is occupied by terrorists and other criminal elements, while upholding the unity and indivisibility of the country. Lagbaja, who spoke on Saturday at the 65th Passing Out Parade […]
The Niger junta has ordered its armed forces to go on the highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack. This was according to an internal document issued by its defence chief on Friday that a security source in the country confirmed was authentic. According to Reuters, the document, which was shared online on […]
The police in Kano have confiscated 820 cartons of suspected fake and expired drugs at Mallam Kato Market in Fagge Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, on Saturday, said the drugs were recovered from two warehouses at the market. He said […]
A former director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko has reportedly passed on. Unsold Emergency Generators In Ibadan (See Prices) Emergency Generators | Search Ads | SponsoredUnsold Emergency Generators In Ibadan (See Prices)Jubna Ads Choice The Nation gathered that Onyeuko died at a private hospital in Abuja on Saturday morning, after complaining of […]
Mohammed Usman, Nigeria’s ambassador to the Republic of Niger, was not expelled by the military junta, TheCable can report. There was a viral rumour on Friday night which gained further traction on Saturday that the junta gave Usman 48 hours to leave the country for failing to attending a meeting without explanation. In a […]
Russia says 10 bodies and flight recorders have been recovered from the scene of a jet crash presumed to have killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. “Molecular-genetic tests are now being carried out,” investigators say. The plane crashed near Moscow on Wednesday, prompting speculation that a bomb or a missile was to blame. Claims […]
A police orderly (name withheld) has been shot and killed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital According to eyewitnesses, the sad incident occurred around the popular Landmark hotel at Olu Obasanjo road on Friday night. The male police inspector was escorting his principal when he was shot at with the assailants escaping in a […]
France has said that the Niger junta has no authority to expel its ambassador to the country, Sylvain Itte. Niger military on Friday gave ltte 48 hours to vacate the country for refusing an invitation to meet with the junta-appointed foreign minister. The Foreign Ministry said the actions of the French government were “contrary […]
A 30- year-old man has reportedly died after jumping down from a two-storey building in Nnewi, Anambra State. According to TheNation, the deceased, identified as Prosper Igboke, a pastor of a Pentecostal church and native of Umunneochi, Abia state, jumped down from the building following disappointment by his female lover. A relative of the […]
A Ghanaian driver was shot and injured and his truck was burnt by suspected terrorists while trying to bring food supplies from Niger Republic despite the difficult security situation in the area. The driver was one of a handful of drivers who chose to bring crucial foodstuff to Ghana via the Burkina Faso route. […]
