The Nigerian Navy (NN) says that eight ships, two helicopters, Maritime Domain Awareness facilities and elements of the NN Sea Boat Service (SBS) will participate in the ‘Ex Beni Kekere’ sea exercise. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim, said this on Monday in a statement signed by the Command’s Public ...

Bandits on Monday kidnapped the traditional ruler of Jaba chiefdom, 80-year old Gyet Maude in Jaba local government area of Kaduna state, ChannelsTV reports. A brother of the chief, Anthony Maude who confirmed the development through telephone on Monday, said the monarch was kidnapped on his farm located at Gitata community, a boundary between Kaduna ...

Sokoto government has confirmed that kidnappers abducted passengers in one of the State Transport Authority, SSTA, bus traveling from Gusau, Zamfara state capital. The general manager of the transport agency, Yahuza Chika who confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday, however denied that three vehicles were involved, adding that he was not in position to ...

Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on Monday meet in Bauchi, to deliberate on unemployment and the state of the Nigerian economy, according to a statement issued on Sunday, in Abuja, by the Director-General (D-G), PDP Governors Forum (PDP-GF), Hon. CID Maduabum. Maduabum said that PDP governors would, at ...

Benue governor, Samuel Ortom has asked the presidency to stop alleged intimidation of patriotic Nigerians who, he said, were raising genuine concerns over the worsening security situation in the country. Bishop Mathew Kukah had, while addressing US Congress, said president Buhari was not only helpless in tackling insecurity in the country but also had nepotistic ...

Five members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and three others who were seized by gunmen in Rivers waters on Monday have regained their freedom. Mr Edward Osagie, Assistant Director, Public Relations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) disclosed this in a statement he issued late Saturday. According to Osagie, the release ...

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has urged the 2020 Christian pilgrims to Jordan to pray for the nation to overcome its security challenges while in the Holy Land. Lalong also urged the pilgrims to pray for the improvement of the nation’s economy. He made the call while officially flagging off the 2020 Christian Pilgrimage on Saturday ...

The Katsina State Police Command says it has foiled bandits attack at Kabobi village in Batsari local government area of the state. The spokesperson of the Command, SP Gambo Isah, revealed this in a statement issued on Friday in Katsina. “On Friday, July 23, 2021, at about 14:30hrs, bandits in their numbers, on motorbikes, armed ...

Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has reiterated call on Nigerian citizens to avoid playing politics with the security situation in the country in general. He made the reiteration when he received Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, who paid him a traditional Sallah homage at the Government Lodge, Sokoto on Wednesday. Tambuwal stressed the need for the people ...

The Police Command in Kaduna State on Thursday confirmed the escape of two of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun local government area of the state ASP Mohammed Jalige, the Command’s spokesperson said in a press statement that information reached the Command about the escape of the students on ...