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Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has on Thursday led other military chiefs to hold a meeting with Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. According to ThePunch, the military chiefs were said to have first visited 2 Division of…

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari says his principal has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47. The presidential disclosed this in an interview with BBC Hausa…

Three students were reportedly kidnapped from a Community Secondary School (Day school) in Runka town, Safana Local government area of Katsina State on Tuesday, it has emerged.   According to Vanguard, a resident of area said gunmen…

Many Nigerians have expressed disappointment at the Federal Government over the recent spike in kidnapping in the country following the abduction of hundreds of female students from a secondary school in Zamfara state. MDB earlier…

Federal Government is set to commence the arraignment of 5,000 suspected members of Boko Haram terrorist group held in various detention facilities across the country, it has emerged. Director-general of Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar…

House of Representatives has confirmed the appointment of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. The report of the Committee on Defence was presented by the Chairman, Babajimi Benson, during plenary today February 23 and considered by the…

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has lend his voice to the growing call for the decentralisation of power between the Federal Government and 36 states in the country. The governor made his position known while speaking at a…

President Muhammadu Buhari has deployed security chiefs in Niger state over the abduction of schoolchildren and staff from Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi local government area of the state. Gunmen stormed the school  in the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that his administration will not allow any ethnic or religious group to stoke up hatred and violence against other groups. According to the President on his Twitter page, the Federal Government is…

Federal Capital Territory Police Command acting on credible intelligence has arrested six suspected kidnappers along the Apo area in the state. ASP Mariam Yusuf, FCT Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known in a statement…

Some Chibok girls who were abducted and held by Boko Haram insurgents since 2014 have reportedly escaped. According to Daily Trust, a parent stated that some of them were contacted by officials handling the girls disappearance and…

Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has released a new audio in which he said the newly appointed Security Chiefs cannot do better than their predecessors did in the fight against insurgency. He said this in a nine minutes, 56…

President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of Service Chiefs and appointed new officers as replacements. This was announced on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi…

Southwest Governors will today, January 25 meet with leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Akure, Ondo state over an eviction notice issued to herders by the State government to leave forest…

Ondo State government has asked Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity to explain to Nigerians why he is taking up the fight for criminals masquerading as herdsmen to do evil in the state.…