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The Imo State Police Command has reported a successful operation against suspected terrorists on Tuesday. In a statement signed by spokesperson Henry Okoye, it was revealed that operatives from the command’s Counter-Terrorism Unit thwarted an attack by suspected IPOB/ESN members during a routine patrol along the Owerri/Aba Road, near Owerri Airport. About ten attackers, travelling…
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No fewer than 100 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have threatened to storm the corporate headquarters of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to register their anger over the state of disrepair of the Warri refinery. Spokesperson of the group, Engr. Efe Irabor, in a statement on Tuesday, warned against the purported plan to convert…
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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has joined the representative of the AU Secretariat, AFRIPOL Secretariat, and Chairmen of all Sub-Regional Police Committees in Africa to seek real-time solutions to global and regional security issues as they affect the African continent at the ongoing 12th edition of the African Union Mechanism for…
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Nigerian Senate The Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Code of Conduct, Ethics, and Public Petitions, has condemned the military for significant delays in the disbursement of insurance benefits to families of deceased personnel, describing the backlog of 174 cases within the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) alone as “intolerable.” The Senate’s criticism came during a…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for a stronger collaboration between the government and the media in carrying out their shared responsibility for Nigeria’s national development journey. Describing media leaders as the crème de la crème and conscience of the nation, he also made a strong case for a balanced partnership to drive national unity…