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Senator Ned Nwoko Clamours for Gun Rights in Nigeria | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. ...
Adamawa REC Yunusa-Ari suspended as Buhari gives approval; Tinubu appoints Marwa, Kyari, Onanuga and others to serve on his 14-man inauguration committee | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss Adamawa REC Yunusa-Ari suspended ...
21,084 policemen deployed for Anambra election; 1,100 firearms seized | The 5 numbers that mattered last week
N19.63 trillion – According to the latest debt statistics published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s total debt has risen ...
Boko Haram: US sells warplanes, weapons to Nigeria
The United States Department of Defence has informed the US Congress that it sold 12 Super Tucano A-29 ground attack aircraft ...
DSS probes source of herdsmen’s weapons
The Department of State Services (DSS) has started probing the source of weapons used by herdsmen to attack their victims, ...
Herdsmen acquiring weapons from neighbouring countries – Saraki
by Azeez Adeniyi Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the killings by herdsmen hhave continued because the herdsmen are acquiring ...
FG to reward whistleblowers on illegal possession of weapons
by Azeez Adeniyi The National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Babagana Munguno (rtd) has started plans to ensure the recovery of illegal ...
Troops recover cache of weapons in Southern Kaduna
by Dolapo Adelana Troops of the Nigeria Army have recovered a large cache of weapons in Southen Kaduna. In a ...
Repentant armed bandits, vigilantes surrender weapons to Army (PHOTOS)
by Dolapo Adelana Following the peace initiative by the Zamfara state government together with 1 Division Nigerian Army which started ...
BREAKING: DSS discover weapons in cars belonging to former Benue gov., Suswam
by Dolapo Adelana The Department of State Services have impounded vehicles belonging to a former governor of Benue, Gabriel Suswam. ...
West African troops recover weapons from Jammeh’s residence
Weapons have been discovered at the residence of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. The ECOWAS force said a top Gambian ...
2,000 cultists surrender, join Rivers amnesty programme
The amnesty declared for cult members, kidnappers and armed robbers by the government of Rivers has yielded fruits as over ...
#WhitePeopleProblems: Man breaks into jail for protection
When many try frantically to break out, this 23-year-old man ironically broke into an Ohio jail facility for protection. Chad ...
Amnesty: 900 surrender illegal weapons in Benue
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday said that no fewer than 900 people had surrendered over 700 illegally ...
Military uncovers weapons as IG visits creeks
A mop up operation carried out by the military in the Isawo and Igbo Olomu creeks in Ikorodu, Lagos state ...
Militants shoot sporadically to ‘send message’ to Delta governor (WATCH)
Niger Delta militants on Wednesday, showcased their firepower in a series of sporadic shootings into the air. The display of ...
BREAKING: 6 dead in suicide attack on Borno mosque
The Nigerian Army has reported 2 suicide bomb attacks in Damboa, Borno state at about 5:15a.m on Friday. According to ...
One soldier killed, 3 injured as Army gun down 11 terrorists
The Nigerian Army, on Friday, declared that it has recorded another victory against Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east of ...
“Fulani herdsmen attacks is a time bomb” | Fayose can’t let this issue go
Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose created more than a little bit of buzz when while speaking to a group ...
Nigerian Army raids cattle rustlers camp, 2 arrested
The Nigerian army, on Wednesday disclosed that they successfully raided the camp of cattle rustlers at Yan Mangu forest, near Dandindin village, ...
REPORT: Death, destruction and the herdsmen
The following is a report conducted by SB Morgen, on the menace of Fulani herdsmen. Introduction In the early hours ...
‘We’ve been pushed to the wall by the Nigerian military, police’ – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied reports that it would resort to violence and self defence against Nigeria’s ...
Jonathan bought expired, substandard weapons and ammunition – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government says the weapons, arms and ammunition purchased by the administration of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, to fight ...
Phillip Obaji: How terrorists recruit Africa’s children
In the aftermath of the attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso on Friday, just as in the attack on ...
#DasukiGate: Emir of Kano, Sanusi to be interrogated by EFCC
The spotlight has beamed on the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, in the ongoing investigation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into Sambo Dasuki’s ...
Sambo Dasuki accused of illegal arms importation, assassination attempts (DETAILS)
The National Task Force on Illegal Importation of Firearms, NATFORCE, has alleged that ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, is complicit in the ...
Tired of being sued, SARS adopts a common sense approach
According to the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has plans to adopt less lethal ...
Bolaji Akinyemi: What Nigeria should learn from Biafra’s achievements
by Professor Bolaji Akinyemi Pettiness and lack of vision, and some might say vindictiveness, robbed us of that chance to ...
Terrorism: FG reviews Firearms Act, to stop weapons proliferation
by Isi Esene As part of its broader strategy to stop the illicit flow of Small Arms and Light Weapons ...
Tunde Leye: Bring back our military
by Tunde Leye There are two things that a nation uses to exert its influence. One is its economy encompassing ...
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