The Nigerian Army at the weekend said it has concluded all arrangements for its men and officers to be tested on their dexterity in handling weapons But contrary to speculations that the test was in preparation for any threat of attack by Boko Haram sect, a statement signed by Col. Texas Chukwu, a Deputy Director,…
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and delegate to the National Conference, Chief Oluyemisi Falae, has thrown his weight behind the Niger Delta region, saying it deserves 100 per cent control of its resources. Speaking to SUNDAY PUNCH, Falae urged other states of the Federation to approach the issue of resource control…
Boko Haram extremists have killed more than 100 people and hoisted their black and white flag over a town left undefended by the military, just 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Maiduguri, a civil defense spokesman and a human rights advocate said Saturday. Hundreds of villagers in another northeast area, Askira Uba, are fleeing after receiving…
It was an anxious moment this morning at Eke-Ozi market in Igbo-Eze Local Government Area of Enugu State,
THE Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Wednesday, arrested two men with the corpse of a two-year-old girl.The suspects were apprehended when they were trying to bury the corpse in an abandoned pit in Osisioma, near Aba.The middle-aged suspects are Jonathan Nwogu from Mgboko Umuola in Obingwa Local Government…
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI-ABUJA Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. KTJ Minimah has confirmed the long held secret that desertion, acts of cowardice and indiscipline within the army in the ongoing fight against terrorism was one of the greatest setbacks in checkmating Boko Haram insurgency in the country. In a communiqué issued at the end of the…
Enugu Market Explosion. A one-year-old baby was feared dead and many others wounded following an explosion which occurred at Eke Ozi market in Igboeze North Local Government area of Enugu State, on Friday. The incident which occurred at about 2:00p.m few meters to the divisional police headquarters at Ogrute was suspected to be bomb blast…
Unspecified number of people of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State were feared dead when some gunmen suspected to be members of dreaded Boko Haram launched another attack on Friday. It is exactly two week ago when some terrorists invaded Damboa town leaving several people dead, including the Commanding Officer of 195 Battalion and…
Nigeria was placed in the 110th position out of the 143 countries polled in the Global Innovation Index report released in Sydney, Australia yesterday. Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Sweden topped this year’s Global Innovation Index in annual rankings published by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization. No African country made the…
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Command, Joseph Mbu gave a bizarre order last week: henceforth, any resident of Abuja who wishes to refill his gas cylinder would have to obtain a permit from the police as movement of gas cylinders from one place to another in the Federal Capital Territory has been banned!…