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The first batch of A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has arrived in Kano, on Thursday 22 July 2021 at about 12.34 pm, Vanguard reports. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF Director of…
Insecurity: Army has lived up to expectations, says COAS
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, says that the Nigerian Army has lived up to expectations in tackling insecurity in the country. Yahaya made this known on…
First batch of A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft departs US for Nigeria
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said that the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday en route to…
Ekweremmadu: Nigeria’s policing system has failed woefully
Joining calls for state police, a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said in Lagos on Monday that Nigeria’s policing system had failed to tackle insecurity. Speaking on…
State Police Is Not The Answer To Insecurity – Ex-Police Chief
A former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, has voiced concerns against calls for state police across Nigeria. As insecurity worsens in many parts of the country, State Governors and…
REPORT: Nigeria Police ‘Incapable’ of Tracking Bandits, Terrorists
The Nigeria Police Force is partly incapacitated in combatting national insecurity, as their tracking equipment vital for the apprehension of suspected criminals has not been functional since January 2021. According…
Akeredolu orders night clubs to close by midnight
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered all night clubs in the state to close daily operations by 12 midnight. Akeredolu, who expressed concerns over rising cases of insecurity in the…
PDP Senators, Reps back Southern govs on state police, others
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the National Assembly have thrown their weights behind the recent resolutions of the Southern governors. The governors had met in Lagos on Monday…
Reps approve bill to create state police, security outfits
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow creation of state police and legalise regional security outfits. The current…
Be proactive, develop new strategies, Buhari urges Army
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Nigerian Army to be proactive and develop new strategies to win the hearts of the citizens. The President, represented by the Minister of Defence,…
Apprehension as combined security team bombs IPOB settlement in Delta
Apprehension on Thursday enveloped Asaba and lllah community, Oshimili South and North Local Government Area of Delta State as a helicopter hovered around the area, bombing suspected settlements of Indigenous…
IGP: We’re working to ensure Nigerians can sleep with two eyes closed
Usman Baba, inspector-general of police, says the force is working on efforts to provide better security in the country. Advertisement Baba stated this on Wednesday when he appeared before the…
Agitations: Be On Your Guard, ACF Tell Northerners
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged Northerners to be on their guard to stem moves from any group agitating for restructuring, a Biafra…
Senate okays N74.78bn for Police Trust Fund
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval of the amount followed the presentation of the harmonised…
We are building a professional army to accomplish our mission ― COAS
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya has said that the force is building a professional army to accomplish its mission of defending the territorial environment of…
