Pomp as Soldiers captured suspected kidnappers

A seven-man kidnapping squad that has been terrorising residents of Ajowa, Akunnu and Auga, in Akoko area of Ondo State, were at the weekend arrested through combined efforts of soldiers, Police and Department of State Services (DSS) at Ajowa, in Akoko North West

30 Nigerian Navy personnel quit tough counterinsurgency training

By Philip Nwosu, Lagos Thirty members of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Services (SBS) abandoned ship during a training on asymmetric warfare and emergency maritime threats. The 30 trainees were part of 53 personnel engaged by the Special Boat Services unit (equivalent to

Border closure: Manufacturers lose N2bn daily

By Bayo Akomolafe and Taiwo Hassan As the nation’s income watchers jubilate over the silver lining statement of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), that the revenue base of the organisation has astronomically risen to N5 billion

Former President Jonathan fires back at Camerin: You  are against me for signing anti-gay law 

Former President Jonathan fires back at Camerin: You  are against me for signing anti-gay law Eniola Akinkuotu A former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , David Cameron , and former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday traded words on the abduction of schoolgirls

NAF destroys another insurgents hideout in Borno

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed another Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists (BHTs) hideout in Borno. NAF also neutralised several of their fighters at Kirta Wulgo on the fringes of Lake Chad in the state. NAF director of public

Nigeria, Signs 70M Euros Bilateral Deal with Germany on Sustainable Economic Development 

Nigerian Government has signed a 70M Euros additional financing bilateral agreement with the Republic of Germany on sustainable economic development, renewable energy, polio eradication, strengthening resilience of internally-displaced persons and host communities in northern Nigeria, education, peace and Security, amongst others. At the

Chibok: Jonathan cant deny rejecting Britain’s help, corruption -APC

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja The All Progressives Congress has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of habitual negligence on state matters while in office. The party said Jonathan needed not to deny the fact that he rejected the help of the former British Prime Minister,

We will present another Zik of Africa as President in 2023, Ohanaeze promises

    Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has promised to field a candidate for 2023 Presidency whose pedigree equals that of Zik of Africa, ‘Owelle Nnamdi Azikwe’. The group assured that the new Zik would see Nigeria as an entity and protect the interest

Igbos in Benue facing widespread attacks, threats of annihilation — Intersociety

The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Intersociety) has written to the duo of Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue State in North-central Nigeria and the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Mukaddas, alleging “widespread and coordinated attacks and threats of

Army arrests 27 IPOB members

The Nigerian Army said, on Thursday, that its troops on Operation Mesa have arrested 27 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and recovered an AK-47 rifle from one of them, Oliver Onyebunachi, in Imo State. According to the military, the IPOB members,