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.
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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.
ASHENEWS reports that the Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the promotion of a police inspector, Mohammed Aminu to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP 1).
ASHENEWS reports that the Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the promotion of 14,052 Inspectors to Assistant Superintendents of Police (Unconfirmed).
The Speaker of the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA), Joseph Ntakirutimana, has advocated the support of ECOWAS and Nigeria for the emergence Tanzania’s candidate as President of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU).
The Defence Headquarters says the destruction of rogue vessels used to steal crude oil in the Niger Delta is in line with the extant laws guiding the military operations.