No fewer than 250 terrorists and criminal elements have been eliminated by a special team of the Nigerian Police in the sustained battle against terrorism and violent crimes across Nigeria. Special Operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Nigeria Police backed by the Special Forces of the Police Airwing, in a daring offensive, stormed one […]

The Federal Government has taken delivery of two fighter helicopters to boost the ongoing fight against insurgency and banditry in the country. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. […]

The Israeli intelligence 2020 assessment published on Tuesday, January 14, estimates that if Iran continues its nuclear program at the present pace, it will have 25 kg of highly enriched uranium by winter 2020 and a missile capable of carrying a nuclear bomb in two years. This estimate matched the forecast Israel made five years […]

The presidents of France, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad on Monday formulated a new framework for expanding military operations against Islamist terrorism in the Sahel region. The new framework – with greater contributions from France, the five African states, and several European countries – has become necessary because of the dramatic increase in […]

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has again voiced his determination to fish out those responsible for the attack on Tawari village, as the number of deaths in the January 2 attack has increased to 29. The governor made this known in Lokoja when he received Tawari community leaders in his office on Thursday. At […]

The Victims Support Fund (VSF) has reiterated its commitment to providing various interventions to victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East to alleviate their sufferings. VSF Executive Director, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Ochoche said in continuation of the interventions of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the alleged execution of four aid workers by terrorists in North-eastern Nigeria. He said that the defeat of evil by good is inevitable, no matter the pyrrhic victory evildoers seem to win. The President disclosed this in a statement by Mr Femi Adeshina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to […]

The Defence Headquarters(DHQ) has said that the stories of the de-radicalized Boko Haram ex-fighters being recruited into the Nigerian military is untrue. This was contained in press statement issued Sunday by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja. Nwachukwu urged the public to discountenance the rumours being peddled on the social […]

Combat-ready policemen took over the Schiphol Airport this evening after reports of a suspected hijacking during boarding of a plane.There are unconfirmed reports that men armed with knives have attempted to hijack an Air Europa plane that was due to fly to Madrid Wednesday evening, reports mirror.co.uk.At least 27 passengers were on board when the hijacking […]