Chief Of Army Staff Leads Prayer At Mass Grave Of Those Killed In Kaduna Bombing
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja on Tuesday prayed for the victims of the accidental bombing by the Army which killed dozens at Tudun Biri, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Nigerian Army, mistaking a village for a bandits’ camp on Sunday night, bombed a Maulud event in Kurmin Biri village in Igabi...
Tinubu To Intervene In UI Students’ Victimisation – NANS Urges
NANS has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to intervene in order to prevent further victimization of students at the University of Ibadan. NANS Senate President, Afeez Babatunde Akinteye, made this declaration via a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday. According to the Daily Post, the institution recently increased the school fees of students, a decision that has been condemned...
Gumi Sets Date For Return Of Kidnapped Kagara School Boys
Influential Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, said on Saturday that the kidnapped Kagara schoolchildren might be released today. Bandits, donning military uniform, had around 2am on Wednesday invaded Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State and whisked away 27 pupils and 15 staff members after killing a Senior Secondary School 3 pupil. The incident has created nationwide agitation and worries over the...
Lai Mohammed Downplays Abduction Threat Against Buhari, Says It’s Laughable
Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the threat to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as laughable. In a video released at the weekend, the abductors of train passengers in Kaduna threatened to kidna...
Our Investment In Security Yielding Positive Results To Nigerians — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed delight that investments in improving security are yielding good dividends, lauding the Nigeria military for making significant progress in the fight against insecurity and building the momentum in reducing challenges to its barest minimum. Speaking at the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum held on the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly in New...
Boko Haram, Bandits Now In Alliance – FG
The Federal Government has revealed that the ongoing intense terrorist activities in the north, including the recent attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train, are being carried out by an alliance of bandits a...
Defence Headquarters Denies Existence Of Foreign Military Base In Nigeria
The Defence Headquarters has denied reports stating that the French military was planning to establish a base in Nigeria. In a statement by the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba on Monday said the clarification was necessitated due to reports doing the rounds, that French soldiers had arrived in the country. “The attention of Defence Headquarters has been drawn...
How Gunmen Whisked Catholic Priest Away In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified Catholic priest has been reportedly abducted at the Nnobi roundabout in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. An eyewitness said the man who was driving a Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the gunmen waylaid him. “The assailants forcefully bundled the priest into their jeep...
Insecurity: Convene A National Peace Summit Now, Prof. Ibe Urges Buhari
As the country continues to face protracted security challenges, the Chancellor of Gregory University Uturu, Prof Gregory Ibe, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently convene a National Peace Summit to address the issues ravaging virtually all parts of Nigeria. Speaking to newsmen recently in his Amaokwe Achara Uturu country home, Prof Ibe, who currently consults to the fifteen...
Security, Economic Challenges: Nigeria Sliding To Failed State — FENRAD Weeps
Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy and rights group, has raised the alarms over the worsening state of security across Nigeria and government's failure to address them, saying the country is gradually becoming a failed state. FENRAD says virtually all parts of the country is confronted with a situation where non-state actor of the militia type...
