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Police deploy SWAT officers to state commands
Following the spate of insecurity across the country, police authorities have deployed officers of the new Special Weapons and Tactics Team to state commands.
Dingyadi stated this…
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IPOB, OPC similar to Boko Haram — Dambazau
A former Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has lumped the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Oodua People's Congress (OPC) together with Boko Haram terrorist…
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IGP approves redeployment of top commanders, retains Mba as PRO
Going by his first official action as acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba may be truly committed to ending insecurity by hitting the ground running.
This is because barely…
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Gunmen kill 11 soldiers in Benue
The Nigerian Army has announced that ten soldiers and one officer were killed by suspected criminals while on a routine operational task in Konshisha Local Government Area of the state.…
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Insecurity: Nigeria at war with bandits – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State says Nigeria is at war with bandits threatening the nation's sovereignty.
El-rufai stated this during a town hall meeting on national security…
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Offer repentant bandits amnesty like Niger Delta militants, Ango Abdullahi tells FG
Chairman of the Northern Elders' Forum, Ango Abdullahi, has asked the government to be lenient with repentant bandits by integrating them back into society through rehabilitation.…
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Army confirms rescue of five of abducted Kaduna college students
Troops of I Division FCC Nigerian Army has rescued five of the students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna who were kidnapped by bandits on March 11, Army…
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6 things to know about new IGP, Usman Alkali
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, appointed Deputy Inspector-General, Usman Alkali Baba as the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP).
He replaces Adamu Mohammed who…
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Air Force urges public to disregard unverified reports on missing jet
The Nigerian Air Force on Monday, implored Nigerians to disregard any unverified report over its missing jet.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public…
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Air Force chief reveals cause of Alpha Jet crash
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, says contrary to claims by Boko Haram terrorists, the Alpha Jet accident was caused by other factors yet to be unravelled.
Amao said…
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