The Nigerian Army on Saturday graduated 594 ex-Boko Haram members after undergoing six months Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Gombe State.
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ASHENEWS reports that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, Aisha Binani, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to review the results of the guber election in some local government areas, before it organises a rerun poll.
Security operatives in Illorin, Kwara State have shutdown mandate market along Western Reservoir Adewole Area in the state capital, Royalnews has reported.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State, has enlightened pupils of Gulf Flower Schools, Oworonshoki, Lagos, on ways to tackle insecurity, if they encounter any.
Suspected hoodlums vandalized the Zamfara anti-thuggery agency’s secretariat during the March 21 post-election violence in the state after announcement of governorship election results.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has reiterated its commitment to the protection of all schools in the country through the Safe School Programme.
Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) discovered and destroyed 107 illegal petroleum products refining sites in the Niger Delta in the last two weeks.
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division Operation HADIN KAI, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu has lauded troops of 112 Task Force Battalion Mafa in Borno, for effectively thwarting a midnight attack by ISWAP terrorists on March 19.
The Commandant National Defence College (NDC), Rear Adm. Murtala Bashir, says Nigeria currently contributes 679 peacekeepers, deployed to various missions to enhance global Peace Support Operations.
The Police Command in Zamfara has warned to deal with any breach of the peace following the conclusion of elections in the state.