Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has announced a cabinet reconstitution highlighted by the creation of a new ministry of Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs to be headed by Dr Ugorji Ugorji. The 18 new commissioners sworn in by the Read more…
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A group of Fulani herdsmen and their herd of cattle reportedly invaded the newly built and commissioned Anambra State international cargo and passenger airport, causing fear and panic in the area. The cattle rearers are said to have gained entry Read more…
Governors in the South West region have approved joint operation for the men of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun to patrol the entire region, to enhance inter-border patrol during the festive season. The Chairman of the Southwest Governors Forum, Read more…
Russia said on Monday it urgently needed a response from the United States on its sweeping security demands and again warned of a possible Russian military response unless it saw political action to assuage its concerns. Moscow, which has spooked Read more…
A suspected pirate wounded during an exchange of gunfire last month with the Danish navy off West Africa has been transferred to a hospital in Ghana, authorities said. Four other suspected pirates were killed and three others are in custody Read more…
Nigerian security forces are searching for armed gangs who killed 47 people in attacks in recent days in rural areas of the country’s northwest, the latest killings in the troubled region. The attacks took place in the northwest Kaduna state Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor A Lagos-based unidentified benefactor has donated mobility aids worth above thirty million Naira(N30m) to physically-challenged citizens of Anambra state. The beneficiaries under the aegis of the Association for Comprehensive Empowerment of Nigerians with Disability (ASCEND), Anambra State Read more…
The chief Priest of Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State, Reginald Ejiogu, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Also, the chairman of Umunwagbara village in Owerri Nchi-Ise kingdom, Sunny Unachukwu, has been abducted. The chief priest and the community leader Read more…
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) said the media reports of attack and abduction of its operatives in Abaji area of FCT was false. Reacting to the media report, which alleged that gunmen suspected to be bandits abducted unspecified Read more…
Belarus could decided to host Russian nuclear weapons on its territory amid growing tensions with the West and fears of a NATO buildup in neighboring states, specifically Poland, Minsk’s foreign minister has warned. “As President [Alexander] Lukashenko said, we are Read more…
If Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mass deployment of troops on his country’s border with Ukraine is meant to deter NATO from allowing the former Soviet republic to join its ranks, the Western alliance says publicly that it won’t be pushed Read more…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Friday, said the insecurity currently facing the South-East region of the country was politically orchestrated. The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, as part of his Christmas message to the Read more…