The inability of Nigeria Police to account for more than 80,000 military-grade assault rifles, spotlights the country’s security challenges and lax accountability system for state-owned firearms. An audit by the Auditor-General’s office found that thousands of firearms, including AK pattern rifles, belonging to the Police were missing. The report stated that “The total number of …
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An unspecified number of terrorists locally known as bandits were on Wednesday 3, Nov. reported to be eliminated during an aerial assault on identified bandit enclaves around the boundary area in Chikun local government area, Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria. A statement by Samuel Aruwan, commissioner of the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs on …
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Nigeria has appointed Major General SA Adebayo as the Head of it’s Defence Intelligence Agency, after the retirement of Air Vice Marshal M.S Usman. Adebayo took over the reign of the agency on Friday. The spy agency, established in 1986, is regarded as the apex body of the country’s military intelligence services that includes the …
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Nigerian Defence Headquarters on Tuesday said troops of Operations Hadarin Daji have arrested seven terrorists known by the locals as bandits and five of their collaborators in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations on Tuesday stated that the operation was carried out on Monday, noting that the troops also recovered some …
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The security and stability in the Niger Delta region is still being maintained with the same patronage and transactional means adopted by previous administrations, a new report says. The report – Niger Delta Dilemmas: Buhari and Nigeria’s South-South Zone, was released on Thursday by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD). It urged the Muhammadu …
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Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has promised never to leave the people at the mercy of armed criminals unleashing terror on communities. The governor spoke against the background of a report by HumAngle in which the people accused the government of favouring negotiating with the terrorists than attend to their grievances. The governor in a …
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Mustapha Gubio, Borno’s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement, has said that at least five of 27 local government areas in the state are inaccessible due to severe insecurity contrary to the assertion by President Muhammadu Buhari on Democracy Day. In his address to commemorate Democracy Day on Friday, June 12, 2020, Buhari said that …
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The year 2019 was characterised by the deterioration of insurgency in Nigeria’s Northeast, escalation of conflict in the Northwest, and a general worsening in violent crime, the European Union (EU) stated in its latest Report on Human Rights and Democracy. The report, issued on Monday, marks the concluding phase of implementation of the Union’s Action …
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Nigeria’s military joint operation ‘Hadarin Daji’ conducted multiple airstrikes against armed groups in terror camps in Katsina, Northwest Nigeria. According to a statement by Major General John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations said: “the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has destroyed some armed bandits’ camps in a forest in Katsina State, south of Birnin …
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An attempt by soldiers to forcefully allow illegal travellers into Borno State despite travel restrictions against non-essential workers has led to the death of one member of the state COVID-19 committee while many others, including a pregnant woman, sustained injuries. Premium Times reported on Saturday that the soldiers, who came in three gun trucks and …
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Thirty-eight officers of the Nigerian Army of the ranks of lieutenant colonel to major-general were thrown under the bus in June 2016 with the announcement of their compulsory retirement from service. Not only was the action controversial, but it has also been found to be unlawful since many of the affected soldiers, at least 22, …
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On May 17, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the launching of a major military operation against armed groups believed to be terrorists in Katsina State and environs, but residents in the state say they are yet to see any major changes in military activities in areas affected by the attacks. Jamil Sabuwa, a resident of Sabuwa …
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