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The Nigerian Navy (NN) has signed a contract with Dearsan Shipyard Limited of Turkey for two new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) expected to be delivered in 2024.

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo noted that Nigeria’s aggressive presence in the maritime environment has led to a drastic reduction in criminality.

Gambo said the feat was acknowledged by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its Global Piracy Report of July 14, 201, indicating the lowest piracy and armed attacks against ships in 27 years.

The Naval chief said this was corroborated in October by the Defence Web maritime security …

Two Nigerians based in Ireland pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering of about €183,000 (about ₦86.9 million) in false Pandemic Unemployment Payments, or PUP, from the Department of Social Protection.

Oluwagbewikeke Lewis, 35, and Bashiru Aderibigbe, 45, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money between April to December 2020. The two also pleaded guilty to 11 counts of possession of forged passports, falsified bank statements, and stolen UK passports.

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It was revealed Wednesday at the Cork Circuit Criminal Court in Ireland Wednesday that they had used stolen PPS …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has submitted a budget proposal of ₦38,152,288,851.00 for 2022 to the National Assembly.

The budget estimate includes a Recurrent Personnel Cost of ₦10,499, 961,097 and a Recurrent Overhead of ₦998,973, 302, while the capital expenditure is pegged at ₦26,662,354,452.

The Chief Executive, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig-General Mohammed Buba Marwa who presented the budget to the House of Representatives Committee on Narcotic Drugs, expressed gratitude to the House for their support.

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Marwa said the Committee’s effort to amend …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to host a stakeholder engagement forum this week as part of activities lined up for the implementation of the Fifth Generation (5G) Technology Deployment Plan in the country.

A statement signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs of NCC, said that the forum will afford industry stakeholders the opportunity to discuss the draft Information Memorandum (IM) for the upcoming auction of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band.

Scheduled to hold at the Lagos Marriot Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, Thursday November 4, 2021 at 10:00 am prompt, the Commission has confirmed that the attendance at …

The kidnappers of two professors and other members of staff of the University of Abuja, have demanded ₦300 million from families of victims.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the armed men who are yet to be identified, invaded the staff quarters for the institution on Tuesday morning and whisked away the victims.

According to the school authority, those abducted during the unfortunate attack are Professor Obansa and his son; Professor Oboscolo, his son and daughters, as well as Sambo Mohammed and Dr Tobins.

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A day after the …

China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much more quickly than anticipated, narrowing the gap with the United States, the Pentagon disclosed in a report published Wednesday.

China could have 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027, and could top 1,000 by 2030 — an arsenal two-and-a-half times bigger than what the Pentagon predicted only a year ago, the report revealed.

The updated estimate marks a dramatic increase from the projection reported in last year’s China Military Power report, which placed the tally around 400 warheads within a decade.

‘Over the next decade, the PRC aims to modernize, diversify and expand …

A Pentagon report warns that China’s rapidly growing nuclear arsenal is expanding at a much faster pace than estimated just a year ago, while a new Chinese military modernization goal could provide Beijing with ‘more credible military operations in Taiwan.’

The accelerating speed of China’s nuclear expansion may enable Beijing to have up to 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027, with Beijing’s intended goal of obtaining at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, according to the Pentagon’s annual “China Military Power” report to Congress that was released Wednesday.

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The pace …

Health officials in Georgia sounded the alarm Wednesday over the slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations, after some 17,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had to be destroyed because they expired.

The Black Sea nation is in the midst of a devastating new wave of the pandemic despite vaccines being widely available.

The country of 3.7 million people saw record numbers of daily cases this week, with 6,024 new infections on Wednesday, and was the country with the fifth-highest number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the week to Tuesday, according to a tally from official sources compiled.

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The Independent National Election is today holding a stakeholders meeting ahead of Saturday’s November sixth governorship election in Anambra.

The meeting currently holding at Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka the Anambra State Capital, attracted major key players in the election including the INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, Supervising National Commissioner, Barrister Festus Okoye, top security agencies in the state and beyond including the Army and Navy, the civil society groups as well leaders of different political parties.

Candidates of different political parties including the candidate of the All Progressives Grand …

Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Tuesday, abducted five travellers along the Damaturu-Maiduguri Road.

The incident occurred at about 3pm at Tamsukau in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. The town is about 7 kilometres from Ngamdu, where the Super Camp of Armed Forces is located.

The criminals were reportedly dressed in military uniforms, set up a checkpoint and stopped vehicles.

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The terrorists took the wheels, drove off but later released the vehicles and some passengers, holding on to five.

A military source told PRNigeria on Wednesday that …

The Nigerian Army has lamented the reduction of its budget from N710 billion earlier proposed to ₦579 billion in 2022.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya who appeared before the Senate Committee on Army chaired by Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume said the reduction which was carried out by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Budget office was unhealthy amid heightening insecurity in the nation.

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The Army pleaded with the lawmakers to remove them from the envelope budgeting system which he maintained was hampering their operations.…

The Biafra National Guard (BNG) has declared it is combat ready and not scared of Nigerian forces.

In a propaganda video on Facebook Tuesday night, the fighters unveiled what appears to be rockets named ‘Red Devil 01’.

The purported weapons were painted in colours synonymous with Biafra – black, green, red and yellow.

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In his remarks, BNG self-acclaimed leader, ‘General’ Innocent Orji stated that “Biafra is real”.

‘We have re-declared the sovereignty of the Biafra nation; we have hoisted our flag. I and my men will defend Biafra with the