Kaduna killings: Osinbajo orders deployment of more troops

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the deployment of more troops to Kaduna state to solve the security challenges in the region. This comes after reports of communal clashes, resulting in the loss of lives in Kajuru, Kajuru Local Government Area of the State. Osinbajo commiserated with families of the victims, the government and people... Read More

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April 13, 2017

JAMB seeks deployment of troops to UTME CBT centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pleaded with the Nigerian Army to help secure its computer based tests (CBT) centres for the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME). According to a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at a meeting with the Chief of Army... Read More

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March 10, 2017

IGP deploys 350 personnel to Abuja-Kaduna road

by Azeez Adeniyi The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on Friday announced the deployment of 350 armed personnel to provide security along Kaduna- Abuja Highway. Muazu Zubairu, Commissioner of Police in Niger disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Minna. He said that the deployment was to protect lives and property of road users... Read More

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August 29, 2016

‘Military intervention can never be solution to Niger Delta crisis’

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has advised the Federal Government to stop deploying troops to the Niger Delta. In a communiqué issued on Monday by its President, Udengs Eradiri, and spokesman, Eric Omare, the group asked the government to employ intelligence gathering rather than using force. The group said the militants destroying oil facilities were... Read More

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August 31, 2015

IGP reduces number of police orderlies of state governors from 150 to 62

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has reduced the numbers of Policemen attached to each of the 36 states Governors, from 150 to 62. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier given the IGP the directive to prune the number of policemen attached to dignitaries, and redeploy all policemen withdrawn from the role to regular police duties. Arase,... Read More

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August 18, 2014

APC voltrons take note – The deployment of soldiers for elections is legal (Y! Legal)

by Orji Agwu Uka However, in the absence (to my knowledge) of any law or regulation passed by the National Assembly on the deployment of troops to any part of Nigeria for the purposes of maintaining law and order during elections, the President appears to have a carte blanche to deploy such armed forces... Read More

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July 4, 2012

“No service in Boko Haram states”: Lagos NYSC members protest

Apparently, the last has not been heard of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) saga. The Batch B NYSC members took their protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday and found support with the lawmakers. The students, mainly of the Lagos State University, carried placards with inscriptions like; “LASU says no to posting to... Read More

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July 2, 2012

No dying for Nigeria? Corps members refuse to go North

by Tolu Orekoya The rise in violence in Nigerian northern states have sent non-residents fleeing from the region, as bombings by terrorist group Boko Haram and reprisal attacks flourish. The National Youth Service Corps still deployed corps members to states such as Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto and Yobe, despite the lack of stability in those states. Some... Read More

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