Troops of the Nigerian Army in conjunction with vigilante group have destroyed camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network, and apprehended nine suspects in Anambra.
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The Enugu state government on Monday sealed 106 shops and two banks for allegedly observing Monday’s sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday announced the opening of applications for candidates interested in joining the Nigeria Police Academy.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for a multi-sectoral approach to address the challenge of proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW).
Mr Aliyu Tashas, the Chairman of Toto Local Government council in Nasarawa state, has ordered the immediate suspension of all activities in forests within the local government area.
The four female abductees, who were kidnapped along the Birnin Magaji-Kaura Namoda Road six months ago while returning from a wedding, have revealed that the terrorists have threatened to marry them off if their parents fail to pay a N12 million ransom within one week.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has launched the Operation Hakorin Damisa, to quell the herders/farmers clashes in Mangu local government area of Plateau state.
ASHENEWS reports that a joint operation by the troops of 63 Bde Garrison of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, and the Department of State Services (DSS), on Saturday, destroyed an enclave of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Asaba, Delta state.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hasan Abubakar has disclosed that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will receive 51 additional platforms to boost counter-insurgency and counterterrorism operations in the country.
After an attack on the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, the Swedish staff in the Iraqi capital returned to their Scandinavian home on Friday.