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Military Troops Destroy Illegal Refineries In Niger Delta

Military Airstrike Kills Scores Of Terrorists In Borno – DHQ

The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Friday, said that some terrorists’ logistics and facilities were destroyed during the air raids.

Enenche said the air interdictions were executed after intelligence reports revealed that the terrorists were conducting another logistics movement through the Jakana-Mainok axis of the state.

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He said that a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Intelligence,

New Zealand Central Bank Hit By Cyber Attack

New Zealand Central Bank Hit By Cyber Attack

New Zealand’s central bank said Sunday it was responding with urgency to a ‘malicious’ breach of one of its data systems, a third-party file sharing service that stored ‘sensitive information’.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Adrian Orr said the breach had been contained and the system was taken offline but it would take time to determine what information had been accessed.

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‘We are working closely with domestic and international cyber security experts and other relevant authorities as part of our investigation and response to this malicious attack,’ Orr said.

‘The

US Capitol: Police Confirms Death Of Officer Injured In Riot

US Capitol: Police Confirms Death Of Officer Injured In Riot

The United States Capitol Police (USCP) has confirmed the death of the officer who was injured during a violent riot in support of President Donald Trump at the Capitol building on Wednesday.

CNN previously reported, citing sources, that an officer involved in dispersing the pro-Trump riot had died, however, USCP initially refuted this information.

‘At approximately 9:30 p.m. (02:30 GMT on Friday) this evening (January 7, 2021), U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick passed away due to injuries sustained while on duty.’

‘Officer Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday, January 6, at the U.S. Capitol and was

Boko Haram Insurgents Attack Geidam Town In Yobe

Boko Haram Insurgents Attack Geidam Town In Yobe

Reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York indicate that suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents have attacked Geidam town in Yobe State Wednesday evening.

A resident of the town, who did not permit his name to be published, confirmed the incident when he said, ‘suspected Boko Haram insurgents have infiltrated our town in a convoy of gun trucks this evening, but the town is now calm.’

‘We are all seating at home as the town is now a shadow of itself’.

Geidam town with a distance of about 128 kilometres away from Damaturu the Yobe State capital had suffered series of attacks …

Police Nab Kaduna Sex Party Organisers

Police Nab Kaduna Sex Party Organisers

Kaduna State Police Command has apprehended individuals behind a planned sex party.

Some youths had advertised the event on social media.

It was scheduled to hold on December 27, 2020, starting from 8 pm, at a secret location.

Male and female were to be naked all through the gathering.

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According to the invitation, interested participants must pay ₦2,000 (regular tickets), ₦5,000 (VIP), and ₦10,000 (VVIP).

The information got to the statement government and the police was ordered to go after the promoters.

Police Public Relations Officer, ASP, Muhammad Jalige, …

Motivate Doctors To Slow Down Brain Drain – NMA Urges FG

18 Medical Doctors Were Kidnapped In Cross River – NMA

About 18 members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Cross River State branch were kidnapped between 2019 and 2020.

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The chairman of the association, Dr Innocent Abang, disclosed this while reviewing the activity of the Association on Monday.

‘I can’t really recall how many doctors were kidnapped in 2020 alone but between 2019 and 2020 we had about 18 doctors and their relatives kidnapped.’

‘Though we had several unpleasant moments where we had to mourn because of the kidnappings and deaths of our members, we still had great times

Amotekun Commandant Dies In Motorcycle Accident In Oyo

Death Of UI Student: Amotekun Breaks Silence

The Southwest Security Network (Amotekun) in Oyo State, has stated that its operatives did not kill a student of the University of Ibadan (UI) last Sunday.

Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, the Commandant, in a press release on Saturday, said the corps only engaged a three-man robbery gang.

Olayanju noted that the leader was eliminated, while two others were handed over to the Police at Atiba Station in Oyo town.

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He recalled that on Sunday, December 20, an Amotekun patrol team from Oyo East and Atiba Local Government Areas ran into an …

PFN Chairman, Wife Abducted On Christmas Day By Gunmen

PFN Chairman, Wife Abducted On Christmas Day By Gunmen

The Kaduna State Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, (PFN), Apostle Emmanuel Egoh Bako and his wife, Mrs Cindy Bako, were on Friday evening, 25th December 2020, kidnapped by unknown gunmen at their residence in Albarka Camp, Fadan Kagoma, near Kafanchan in Jema’a local government area.

The state chairman of CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, who confirmed the kidnap of the cleric and his wife to Newsmen said the Christmas celebration came and went with sad dust of abduction of a religious leader with his wife.

Apostle Emmanuel Egoh Bako, according to Rev. Hayab, is the Secretary, Southern Kaduna …

Kidnappers Storm Kaduna School, Abduct Only Female Students

Oyo Deputy Minority Leader’s Sister Kidnapped

Gunmen have kidnapped Mrs Jumoke Babalola-Oludele, the sister of Oyo State House of Assembly Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Sunkanmi Babalola and are demanding ₦20 million ransom for her release.

Information gathered said that Babalola-Oludele was kidnapped on Monday night around Oniguguri junction, beside Lion of Judah, Iyana Church, Monatan area, Ibadan.

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Babalola who represents Egbeda State Constituency in the state Assembly, said that he was informed by an eyewitness that his sister was kidnapped at about 8:20 p.m by three gunmen who drove in a white Toyota …

DSS Uncovers Plans To Bomb Churches, Mosques, Others

DSS Uncovers Plans To Bomb Churches, Mosques, Others

The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted Nigerians about plans by some criminal elements to carry out violent attacks on critical infrastructure, places of worship, recreational centers and other public places during the yuletide seasons.

It said the planned dastardly acts are to be executed through the use of explosives, suicide bombing, and other dangerous weapons.

The DSS spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, said the objective of the attack is to create a general sense of fear among the people and subsequently undermine the Government.

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He, however, assured Nigerians that …

Edo Head Of Service, Anthony Okungbowan Regains Freedom

Edo Head Of Service, Anthony Okungbowan Regains Freedom

Mr. Anthony Okungbowa, the Edo state Head of Service (HoS), who was kidnapped on Saturday evening along Oza Road, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state, has regained his freedom.

Okungbowan was released by his abductors on Monday night according to a family source, who pleaded anonymity.

The source said that Okungbowa was set free after payment of an undisclosed amount as ransom demanded by his kidnappers and that the HoS was hale and hearty since his release.

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The family source disclosed that the ransom …

Court Of Appeal: NJC Recommends 18 Justices To Buhari

NJC Sacks 2 Judges Over Forgery, Appoints 69 Others

Nigerian’s National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended two judges, Grand Kadi Shu’aibu A. Talba, the Grand Kadi of Yobe State and Hon. Justice Abdulkareem Babatunde Abdulrasaq of Osun State High Court with immediate effect.

According to the report, the Council also said that it considered the Report of the Interview Committee and recommended the appointment of 69 Judicial Officers as Heads of Court, Judges of High Court of States, Kadis of States/ FCT Sharia Courts of Appeal and Judges of the Customary Courts of Appeal.

NJC in a statement signed by the director of Information of the Council, Soji …