Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Abuja Airport Shutdown: Police Deploys 500 Trucks, 3 Helicopters To Secure Kaduna Highway

Nnamdi Azikiwe Int'l Airport Abuja
The Nigeria Police will deploy 500 Hilux trucks to provide security on the Kaduna-Abuja high way following the relocation of air services to Kaduna Airport, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Nigerian Army To Give N500, 000 Reward For Information on Boko Haram Suicide Bombers

Male Suicide Bomber
According to Daily Trust Newspaper, the Nigerian Army has announced a N500 thousand cash reward to anybody who provides information that brings about the arrest of would be suicide bombers.

Monday, 16 January 2017

BREAKING: Bomb Blast Rocks University of Maiduguri Mosque (Updated)

Scene of a bomb blast
Reports from SaharaReporters says a bomb explosion has rocked a mosque located at University of Maiduguri, Borno state, Northeast Nigeria. The tragic incident occurred Monday morning, January 16, 2017.

Saturday, 14 January 2017

Breaking: Two Staff, 3 Students of Turkish International School Kidnapped in Nigeria

Vanguard newspaper reports that five persons, three students and two members of staff of the Turkish International School, Isheri, a border between Lagos and Ogun states were Friday night kidnapped.

Friday, 13 January 2017

Thursday, 12 January 2017

Nigeria Readies Troops To Oust Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh
Premium Times newspaper reports that the Nigerian Army has raised an army battalion that would be deployed in troubled Gambia to forcefully remove President Yahya Jammeh from power if he fails to step down on January 19, 2017.

Wednesday, 11 January 2017

BREAKING: Boko Haram Kills two, Abducts School Girls in Fresh Attack on Adamawa

Boko Haram terrorists have  killed two people and abducted three school girls in fresh attack on Adamawa state, reports say.

Tuesday, 10 January 2017

Two Herdsmen Allegedly Killed In Anambra State

Herdsman
Two persons believed to be herdsmen have been killed at Umuoba-Anam in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State by yet to be identified persons, even as the state police command said six persons arrested over the incident were helping in the investigations.

Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders To Resume Attacks on Oil Installations

One of the militant groups in the Niger Delta - the Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, has announces resumption of hostilities in the Niger Delta.

Monday, 9 January 2017

Security Alert! Nigerian Army Warns of Boko Haram's New Tactics

The Nigerian army has warned the public on the new tactic that Boko Haram terrorist group has devised - that of attacking private residence of individuals.

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Slaughter 5 in Delta, 4 Policemen, Others in Adamawa States 

Daily Post Newspaper reports that no fewer than five persons have been hacked to death by suspected Fulani herdsmen in two separate attacks in Abraka and Obiaruku, both in Ethiope East and Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State.

Niger Delta Avengers Set To Resume Attacks, Declare "Operations Walls of Jericho and Hurricane Joshua”

The High Command of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has announced that the militant group will shock Nigerians with more dastardly acts this year. The threat was contained in a statement signed by the group's spokesperson, Brigadier-General Mudoch Agbinigbo. The NDA said its range of activities designed to reclaim the Niger Delta in 2017 will be carried out under Operations Walls Of Jericho and Hurricane Joshua.

Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Obasanjo Backs Legislating Vigilante Group of Nigeria As Security Outfit


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday's threw his weight behind making the Vigilante group of Nigeria as security outfit in the country.

Monday, 2 January 2017

Niger Delta Crises: Militant Group MEND Passes Vote Of No Confidence On Buhari Govt

One of the militant groups in the Niger Delta hitherto amenable to the Buhari administration, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has passed a vote of no confidence on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over government’s poor handling of the current Niger Delta crises.

Gunmen Kidnap Kogi Monarch, Demand N20m Ransom

Unknown gunmen have abducted a traditional ruler in Kogi, a family source said in Lokoja on Sunday.