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The Nigerian Army has intercepted nine vehicles loaded with smokedfish, smuggled into the country. Operatives of Sector (II) Command of the Operation Lafiya Dole seized the items in Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State. According to the Sector Commander, Brigadier General Ibrahim Sallau, the smugglers brought the contraband from Diffa in Niger Republic, enroute […]
The Lagos State Government says it is set to arraign four police officers over their alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings. The officers were said to have been involved in the killing of two persons identified as Segun Sholaja and Ogheneovo Ebobo. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director, Public Affairs in the […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Air Force is to engage with the United States Congress committee on Air Force affairs, regarding the Super Tucano aircraft which Nigeria had paid for last year. This was revealed on Wednesday during the inaugural meeting of the committee. Present at the meeting was the Chief of Air Staff, […]
The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday commissioned its first female fighter pilot and the first female combat helicopter pilot in the history of the service. Kafayat Sanni and Tolulope Arotile were commissioned alongside 11 other fighter pilots. Both pilots were trained in the United States and South Africa respectively. A photo combination of Flying Officers […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerians on the need to avoid actions that emphasise the country’s differences but instead work together for a united nation. He also called on citizens to be security conscious while restating his government’s commitment to secure lives and property. President Buhari made the call during the emblem appeal launch for […]
Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service on Tuesday arrested six illegal migrants who were being smuggled by some Nigerians through Idiroko borders. The two suspects who smuggled the migrants are reported to have been on the watch list of security agencies in Ogun State for trafficking of migrants into the country. The comptroller […]
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with victims of natural disasters especially floods which have ravaged some states of the Federation recently. Particularly, there have been more occurrences in the Southwest and Southeastern parts of the country. While the President notes that this phenomenon is not peculiar to Nigeria as is evident in other parts of the […]
The 2020 Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly last week by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate. The upper chamber has subsequently adjourned plenary till 29th November 2019, to enable Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government defend their respective budget proposals before the Committees of […]
Amnesty International says no fewer than 19 journalists and media practitioners have suffered attack in Nigeria between January and September 2019. The human rights organisation disclosed this in its report entitled, ‘Endangered Voices: Attack On Freedom Of Expression In Nigeria’. In the 42-page document launched in Abuja on Monday, the group noted that the figure […]
There was jubilation on Sunday as the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, returned to the Presidential Villa after a long holiday in the United Kingdom. The First Lady arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via a British Airways flight at about 4:30AM. She was received at the airport by wives of […]
