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Nigerian Government To Receive 4 U.S. Attack Helicopters Soon

Nigerian Government To Receive 4 U.S. Attack Helicopters Soon

December 31, 2025 3:49 am

Tinubu says U.S.-built helicopters will boost Nigeria’s airpower as the government steps up the fight against insurgency and terrorism nationwide efforts fast.

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced that four attack helicopters purchased from the United States will arrive in the country soon, signaling a renewed push to strengthen Nigeria’s security capabilities amid persistent violence and instability.

Tinubu disclosed the development during a meeting with leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on December 26, 2025, according to officials familiar with the discussions. He said the aircraft are part of broader efforts to reinforce Nigeria’s security architecture and

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IBB: Urges Nigeria To Reject Bandit Surrenders Until End Now

IBB: Urges Nigeria To Reject Bandit Surrenders Until End Now

December 26, 2025 1:13 am

Former military leader says the government should reject talks, push total military action, and question negotiators amid Nigeria’s banditry crisis in the nation.

Former Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has urged the Federal Government to reject any surrender offers from armed bandits, calling instead for a decisive military campaign to completely defeat the groups before considering dialogue.

Babangida, widely known as IBB, made the remarks in a post on his verified account on X, weighing in on Nigeria’s prolonged struggle with armed banditry that has killed thousands and displaced communities across the country’s northwest and north-central regions.

“While the …

Israel Dismisses Generals, Punishes Officers Over Oct. 7 Flaws

Israel Dismisses Generals, Punishes Officers Over Oct. 7 Flaws

November 25, 2025 1:32 pm

Israeli military removes senior commanders and disciplines top officers after damning findings on intelligence lapses preceding Hamas’s October 2023 assault.

Israel’s military has dismissed three generals and sanctioned several senior officers for what investigators describe as deep institutional failures that allowed Hamas’s October 2023 attack to unfold largely undetected. The decision, announced on Sunday, comes amid intensifying demands for accountability from bereaved families and the broader Israeli public.

October 7, 2023 assault, the deadliest in Israel’s history, exposed wide-ranging vulnerabilities across the country’s security and intelligence apparatus. Despite months of debate, the Israeli government has yet to establish a formal …

Trump Denies Strikes On Venezuela Amid Rising Regional Tension

Trump Denies Strikes On Venezuela Amid Rising Regional Tension

November 1, 2025 12:50 am

United States President Donald Trump has dismissed reports that his administration is planning strikes inside Venezuela, despite a major U.S. military deployment to the Caribbean that has raised regional tensions.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump flatly denied suggestions that Washington was considering military action against Venezuela. “No,” he said when asked if reports about planned strikes were true.

His comments appeared to contradict statements he made earlier this month suggesting that the United States might take direct action against individuals or groups allegedly linked to drug trafficking. “I think we’re just going to kill …

Over 120,000 Evacuated As Floods Ravage Central Pakistan

Over 120,000 Evacuated As Floods Ravage Central Pakistan

September 9, 2025 10:08 am

Pakistan — Under a blistering late-summer sun, families huddled in tents and open fields Monday after record floods forced more than 120,000 people from their homes in central Pakistan. What they carried with them was little more than the clothes on their backs; what they lost was nearly everything else.

The mass evacuation, backed by military helicopters and rescue boats, unfolded overnight in Jalalpur Pirwala, a city in eastern Punjab province where weeks of torrential monsoon rains combined with dam releases from India swelled rivers to dangerous levels. Officials said nearly 2.2 million people across Punjab have been displaced since …

NYSC: Another Conduit For Looting Nigeria's Treasury

NYSC: Another Conduit For Looting Nigeria’s Treasury

April 17, 2023 3:33 am

Welcome to Nigeria where virtually every notable government ministry, agency, or Parastatal has remained a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the raping of Nigeria’s resources. Many of these institutions which were created with lofty goals in mind have surrendered themselves to the whims and caprices of the thieving Nigerian political elite class. Rather than serve the purpose for which they were instituted for Nigerians, they have all merely served the purpose of their corrupt masters who think nothing good about the country whose resources they have continually plundered.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has over the years effectively …

Nigeria Does Not Stand A Chance With The 1999 Constitution

Nigeria Does Not Stand A Chance With The 1999 Constitution

November 14, 2022 1:58 am

In sane countries, the process of writing and adopting constitutions is entirely people-centered. This is because not only will the citizens be guided by it, it will also determine how their lives are shaped.

In Nigeria, the story is different and, as expected, in the negative.

The country’s present constitution was written by ‘strong men’ who did nothing but dethrone civilian governments while declaring themselves lords over the hapless citizens through criminal decrees. How can a country ever witness any iota of progress under such wickedness enshrined into a constitution?

Those who framed the 1999 constitution never acted in the …

AK-47 Nigerian Military Sends Strong Warning To Gov Ortom

AK-47: Nigerian Military Sends Strong Warning To Gov Ortom

October 15, 2022 3:21 am

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has asserted that no Nigerian state governor has the authority to acquire high-caliber weapons for use by quasi-security outfits.

He made this assertion while reacting to questions in the company of the Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi after the National Security Council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

His reaction came barely few days after Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State gave the administration one-month deadline to approve his request to obtain an AK-47 licence or he …

Burkina Junta Leader Damiba Agrees To Step Down – Mediators

Burkina Junta Leader Damiba Agrees To Step Down – Mediators

October 3, 2022 7:37 am

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba agreed to step down Sunday, two days after military officers announced he had been removed from power, religious and community leaders said.

Following mediation between Damiba and the new self-proclaimed leader, Ibrahim Traore, ‘Damiba himself offered his resignation in order to avoid confrontations with serious human and material consequences’, the religious and community leaders said in a statement.

They added that Damiba had set ‘seven conditions’ for stepping down, including a guarantee of security for his allies in the military, ‘a guarantee of his security and rights’ and that those taking power must …

Do More To Protect Southeast Region – Uzodinma Urges Army

Do More To Protect Southeast Region – Uzodinma Urges Army

September 30, 2022 5:21 am

The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has appealed to the military to ‘study the topography’ of the South East region, introduce new techniques and do more the protection the citizens of the area.

Uzodinma made this appeal when the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Enugu, Major Gen. Umar T. Musa, paid him a courtesy call at the New Executive Council Chambers Government House, Owerri, Thursday.

The Governor noted that insecurity has challenged the government so much and it will “continue to encourage the military and other arms of the Armed Forces to help the government bring …

How US, NATO Is Using Tech For Disinformation – Report

How US, NATO Is Using Tech For Disinformation – Report

September 30, 2022 4:53 am

An intelligence report by Russian military authorities has revealed that the current propaganda of the United States and the European countries around their interests is a repeat of past media campaigns against the geopolitical opponents of the West.

The report which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York had alleged that methods of replicating and falsifying facts were deployed by the West led by the United States and Great Britain in Syria, Serbia, Libya, Iraq, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, saying it’s quite clear where Kiev got all the manuals.

‘It is worth remembering the most resonant event, which served …

Russia Moved To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Degree

Russia Moves To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Decree

August 26, 2022 7:40 am
Reports reaching Africa to Daily News has it that Due to Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has directed the Russian military to expand its manpower by 137,000, bringing the overall number of army personnel in the country to 1.15 million.
Vladimir Putin’s order, which becomes effective on January 1 did not define how the military would increase its strength—whether it would do so by increasing the number of conscripts, recruiting more volunteers, or doing both.
Following the directive which was announced on Thursday, there will be 1,150,628 more service members in the Russian military, bringing
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