With last week’s appointment of Mr Ibrahim Idris as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, President Muhammadu Buhari further made the headship of virtually all the military-cum-defence agencies and related agencies which wear the uniform a Northern affair. show the following: Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, North; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal…
Emperor Nero’s emergence as Roman Emperor in AD 54 was greeted with wild jubilation and expectation especially among the plebeians, aristocrats, and subalterns. Interestingly, he came on the scene at a point the Roman Empire was burdened by gross internal decay and corruption. Regrettably, rather than address the obvious challenges confronting the Roman Empire, Nero…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says militants affiliated with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) are using advanced technology to destroy oil installations, highlighting that the group’s sabotaging activities against the oil-rich country amount to a “national problem.” “The technology being deployed by the militants to destroy oil installations is high tech, the way they can go…
British Foreign Minister, Philip Hammond, has cautioned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against using the army to fight militancy in the Niger Delta region. Speaking with Journalist in Abuja, the Minister said the use of the military to address the grievance in the Niger Delta region could end in disaster. Hammond said, “It is…
France has pledged to help Nigeria in its fight against Islamist terror group Boko Haram, which Gen. Buhari (Rtd.) claimed he has defeated “technically” and reduced their capacity to attack military establishments to nil. The two countries’ Defense Ministers (France and Nigeria) have signed a security agreement which includes arms procurement. This is seen as…
There is confusion in Enugu State following reports that Fulani herdsmen have launched a fresh attack in Umuchigbo, another community in the State. Umuchigbo is in Enugu East Council Area of the State. The reported attack is happening while the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase is at Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani council area…
Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime demonstrates an utter contempt for human life and accountability, said Amnesty International as it publishes evidence gathered on the ground revealing how the Nigerian military burned people alive, razed buildings and dumped victims’ bodies in…
The Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday ordered the Department of State Services to pay a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi Akanni, N5m damages for his illegal arrest. The court condemned his arrest and “continued detention for 18 harrowing, excruciating and brain-cudgeling days, without access to his lawyers and family.”…
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig-Gen. Victor Ezugwu has escaped an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in the northern part of Borno State. This is coming barely 24 hours after the terrorist group engaged the military in a fierce battle that lasted for several hours in their daring attempt to capture…
The Spiritual Leader of INRI Spiritual and Evangelical Church, Oke-Afa, Isolo, Lagos, has once again reaffirmed his prophecy that President Muhammadu Buhari is not the person to lead Nigeria to the promised land. Like the biblical Moses, Ayodele said, Buhari will only lay the foundation for a new Nigeria but won’t be the one to…