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At least 100  Generals have been redeployed in a massive shake-up in the Nigerian Army, as they were asked to remain loyal to the country’s Constitution. The redeployments were announced by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, who explained in a statement that the new postings were part of moves to strengthen […]

Iskilu Wakili, the lynchpin of the kidnapping and other violent crimes going on in communities in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas of Oyo State, has been arrested. He was arrested on Sunday by a joint team of Ibarapa security operatives, including Oodua People’s Congress, Vigilante, and other groups in the area. Wakili and his gang were […]

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday received the COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja. The President was given the jab by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi. This was marked by a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice President Osinbajo was […]

In an effort to sustain the encouraging inflows of diaspora remittances into the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the introduction of the CBN Naira 4 Dollar Scheme,” an incentive for senders and recipients of International Money Transfers. The CBN announced this in a circular to all deposit money banks, International Money Transfer […]

A soldier and his girlfriend have been arrested by the Nigerian authorities for allegedly supplying ammunition and uniforms to bandits in Zamfara State, the government of the state has announced. Zamfara located in Nigeria’s northeast, has become the hotbed of mass kidnapping, banditry and other violent crimes in that region. Gunmen last week kidnapped at […]

…as Gen Irabor promises peace for Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday charged the new Service Chiefs to deploy their full abilities and resources to rescue the country from the current security challenges. Buhari spoke at a ceremony to decorate the new Service Chiefs with their new ranks and asked them to deliver the country […]

  The Osun State Police Command on Saturday announced the release of seven travellers who were abducted along Osogbo/Obokun road in the state. The travelers were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen on Tuesday 2nd March night around 7:30 pm along the road after Ajenbandele village in Ibokun Council Area of the State. The attack on the […]

Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Saturday attacked the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) quarters of Kaduna Airport, abducting nine persons. Those abducted were six members of a family of six, and a housewife her two children. The attackers were said to have gained access through the airport’s runway 05 at about 12:10 […]

Dr Cyprian Ngong, the Family Physician at the National Hospital, Abuja, became the first person to receive a shot of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria, as vaccination against the pandemic kicked off in Africa’s most populous nation Friday. The exercise was flagged off by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and […]