The Army on Saturday said it intercepted a petrol tanker vehicle loaded with arms and ammunition in Kebbi State. The Commanding Officer, 1 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Lt. Col. Sunday Ilori, told journalists in Birnin Kebbi that the vehicle, which had the logo of Mobil Oil, was intercepted on July 11, in a joint operation with…
We continue today Brig. General Godwin Alabi-Isama’s explosive interview on his yet-to-be-released civil war memoirs, The Tragedy of Victory: On the Spot Account of the Nigeria-Biafra War in the Atlantic Theatre:The interview was conducted by SAM OMATSEYE, STEVE OSUJI and FEMI MACAULAY. I don’t think you have sufficiently addressed the question of why the war…
At 60, Sir Dennis Ekumankama would readily tell you that years have taught him great lessons about life. He counts himself lucky to be a survivor of several setbacks that were enough to send him out of the scene, including the initial obstacle of being born in an environment that lacked modern healthcare. “I survived…
The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North and the Joint Task Force may clash over the ceasefire declared by the militant Islamic group, Boko Haram. Saturday PUNCH learnt that in spite of the ceasefire, the Joint Task Force would continue its crackdown on terrorists in the North-East. The…
An Abuja Federal High Court has refused bail for three Lebanese- Nigerian men accused of stockpiling weapons and plotting terrorist attacks for Hezbollah. Judge Adeniyi Ademola Adetokunbo said Mustapha Fawaz, Abdullah Tahini and Talal Roda would remain locked up in the interest of national security and promised to begin their trial soon to protect their…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said that religious and ethnic intolerance of Nigerians will break the country if utmost care is not taken. He said Nigeria had experienced new security challenges that were not envisaged in the recent past, as exemplified by the various terrorist attacks being carried out in some parts of the country. President…
In many days to come, Maj. Hamza al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, will have to learn how to live as a free man. Al-Mustapha was appointed Chief Security Officer to the Head of State with a Special Strike Force Unit during Abacha’s military regime (November 17,…
A top commander of the Boko Haram sect, popularly called Buwayayye (meaning ‘untouchable’ in Hausa), has been killed and another captured yesterday in Sokoto after an eight-hour fierce gun battle between the sect and a combined team of security forces comprising soldiers and operatives of the State Security Service. The brigade commander, 1 Brigade, Brig.…
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has demolished at least 500 illegal shanties
FEW weeks after a group of Catholic faithful in Igboland staged street protests against the appointment of a Bishop from a different sub-ethnic clan,