As the Muslim fast in the month of Ramadan is ongoing 50 Christians and Muslims have jointly organized an Interfaith Iftar break to strengthen peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance in Kaduna state.
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The joint forces of the Nigerian troops have repelled an attack of the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a Police outpost in Jakana, Kaga local government of Borno state.
The Police in Abia Command have alleged that an attack on their men by some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) resulted in the death of five members of the terrorist group.
Troops of One Division, Nigerian Army operating in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, says it has killed five bandits and recovered four AK-7 rifles.
The Special Independent Investigative Panel (SIIP) on human rights violations in counter insurgency operations in the North East has solicited support and cooperation of stakeholders for its fact finding mission in Adamawa over the negative reports by Reuters.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, said on Friday that illicit fire arms and cultism were the major threats to security and peace in Lagos.
In 2014 while writing my dissertation on sectarian conflicts in the Middle East, an interesting development was unfolding in the region.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Thursday inaugurated 15 troops-carrying vehicles at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, in a bid to enhance the training of Cadets.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Thursday, inaugurated multiple projects at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), and the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna State.
Over the past couple of weeks, there have been statements and a petition by spokespersons to President-Elect Bola Tinubu; Femi Fani-Kayode, Festus Keyamo and Bayo Onanuga, claiming that there is a subversive plot to deny their principal access to the presidential seat he won. I never really understood the argument as I had not seen any action different from what has happened after previous presidential actions. The fact that some of them are questioning Tinubu’s success at the tribunal is certainly not something new in our politics.