November 13, 2021

The Nigerian Army headquarters in Abuja has announced the death of a senior officer and at least three soldiers, who were killed in a shootout with Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.

According to the army hierarchy, the deceased senior officer, identified as Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu, and his soldiers were said to have been killed while providing reinforcement in a counteroffensive against the terrorists, successfully defending the location.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema, who made the announcement in a statement, said the soldiers supported by the …

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Saturday said that the state plans to boost the fleet of Ibom Air with 10 A220-300 series aircraft.

He revealed the plan when he spoke at an event marking the 85th birthday of Obong Etim Abia, the Paramount Ruler of Eket in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.

“As I am leaving here, we are signing fresh agreements that will give us 10 brand new A220-300 Air Buses, so that even when I leave office, it will remain an enduring legacy,’’ he said.

The governor also talked about his determination to ensure …

Terrorists on the prowl in Zamfara have raided Tungar Ruwa village, killing at least nine people, looting food and rustling cows.

Zamfara State Police Command, Mohammed Shehu told Newsmen that the terrorists also burgled shops.

The gun-toting terrorists, riding on motor cycles, invaded the village in Anka LGA on Wednesday night, but the havoc they committed was only known on Friday because of the telecom blackout.

The police spokesperson said the tactical operatives have been deployed to the area to go after the perpetrators and to forestall further attacks.

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo has hailed the federal government for contemplating a political solution for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Yoruba successionist activist, Sunday Igboho.

Recall that the Nigerian government had indicated that it is open to all kinds of solutions, including a political solution to resolve the crisis surrounding separatist agitations in the southeast and southwest parts of the country.

Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, had given the hint in a chat with some journalists on Wednesday, in Abuja.

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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Retd), has said that separatist agitations in some parts of the West African region were gaining global attention due to international sympathy.

Monguno stated this in paper he presented at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum in Paris, France, titled: ‘Combating Persistent and Emerging Threats to Regional Peace and Security in Africa: Pivotal Role of Nigeria’.

He said most of Nigeria’s contemporary security problems are influenced or heightened by external threat factors in the global environment.

Therefore, ‘We are also exploring the feasibility of setting up a border security force in

The Nigerian Railway workers are to embark on a 3-day warning strike from Thursday, November 18 to November 20, 2021.

General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NUR), Comrade Segun Esan, confirmed this in a chat with Daily Trust.

Daily Trust gathered the workers have notified the authorities of the strike.

A letter titled ‘’Notice and Directive to embark on 3- day warning strike nationwide,’ dated November 12th was addressed to District Chairman/Secretary Nigeria Union of Railway workers and Senior Staff Association.

The Nigeria Union of Railwaymen (NUR) and its sister body, Senior Staff Association for the Statutory …

America has warned Vladimir Putin will be making a ‘serious mistake’ if he invades Ukraine after the Russian president provoked the West by deploying troops in Belarus and sending bombers over the North Sea.

Vice President Kamala Harris said the ‘eyes of the world’ are on the Belarus border and the US is ‘looking at the tools it has’ after a day of rapid-fire developments led to fears of war breaking out on Europe’s eastern border.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused dictator Alexander Lukashenko of using migration as a political weapon against the EU as Vice President Harris condemned …

Former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo and his hotel, Hardley Apartment, have been fined ₦30,000 by a Nigerian Court.

The Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke-led Federal High Court in Lagos, Friday, ordered Kanu and his hotel, Hardley Apartment, to pay the sum.

They were fined for stalling the scheduled hearing of debt recovery suit brought against them by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON.

Recall that AMCON had dragged the former Arsenal star, his hotel and its directors, Ayoola Gam-Ikon before the court over alleged debt of ₦924.7 million.

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A Rwandan dissident who used his YouTube channel to criticise the government has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in Kigali.

Dieudonne Niyonsenga is just the latest government critic with a YouTube audience to be jailed in the tightly controlled East African nation, ruled by the same leader for nearly three decades.

‘We are appealing this verdict against Niyonsenga with immediate effect. It is simply not right,’ his lawyer Gatera Gashabana said on Friday.

Niyonsenga, whose YouTube channel Ishema TV had amassed more than 15 million views, was found guilty on Thursday on four charges including …