Security Report
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Paris attacks: Third body found in flat raided by police; as death toll hits 130
A third body has been recovered from the apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis raided by police after last…
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$2.6bn arms procurement scandal: Stop playing politics with serious issues — Jonathan advises Pres. Buhari
Former Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has for the first time waded into $2.6 arms procurement scandal which has seen the…
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Boko Haram: Army clarifies reports of casualties; re-groups for Sambisa attack
The Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, has confirmed earlier reports which claimed that Nigerian troops suffered…
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Kano terror attacks: NEMA confirms 19 dead; Buhari urges vigilance; as U.S denounces ‘callous terrorist acts’
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 19 fatalities from Wednesday’s twin suicide bomb attacks at the Farm Centre,…
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Commandos storm Bamako hotel attacked by Islamists, dozens freed; ‘attackers spoke with Nigerian accent’ — Witnesses
Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako, Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in…
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Nigeria Air Force pounds Sambisa forest; -Destroys Boko Haram logistics…No soldiers missing – Commander
BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Nigeria Air Force has said that the air component of Operation Lafiya Dole is intensifying…
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2 female suicide bombers hit Kano mobile phone market; 13 feared dead
Two female suicide bombers, Wednesday afternoon, attacked the Farm Centre, a popular mobile phone market in Kano, Kano State, with…
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Security remains my top priority in Lagos – Ambode; hosts LSSTF Board members
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Tuesday evening, restated his commitment to protect the lives and property of the people…
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2 die in police raid targeting suspected Paris attack mastermind
A female suicide bomber blew herself up and another militant died, Wednesday, when police raided an apartment in the Paris…
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Deputy senate leader, Ekweremadu escapes assassination attempt
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, reportedly escaped an assassination attempt, Tuesday, according to a statement by his…
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German police trains EFCC operatives, others
As a way of strengthening the capacity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other law enforcement agencies,…
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JTF raid militants’ hideouts in Bayelsa, recover arms, ammunition
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Joint Military Task Force (JTF), Codenamed; Operation Pulo Shield (OPS) in Niger has raided militants’ hideout in…
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Russia confirms bomb caused crash of airliner in Egypt; offers $50 million reward
Russia, Tuesday, admitted that a bomb caused the fatal crash of a national airliner in Egypt which killed all 224…
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8 ‘deadly’ Boko Haram members on the loose in Maiduguri – Army
The Nigerian Army, Monday, said eight deadly Boko Haram terrorists had been let loose on Maiduguri, Borno State. The army…
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IGP meets MOPOL squadron commanders ahead Bayelsa, Kogi guber polls
Ahead of the forthcoming Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, Monday, met…
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Army arrests Boko Haram ‘wanted’ kingpin
ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Troops of the Nigerian Army, Sunday, arrested one of the Boko Haram terrorists on the ‘wanted’ list,…
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N66m fraud: Court overrules former presidential candidate’s bid to stop trial
Justice B. O. Quadri of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, November 11, 2015,…
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Army repels fresh Boko Haram attack in Borno
Nigeria’s army, Friday, said it has repelled an attack from Boko Haram militants in the town of Gwoza, Borno State,…
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Police deny killing MASSOB, IPOB members; as IGP reaffirms commitment to protection of citizens’ rights
The Nigeria police, Thursday, denied allegations making the rounds that its men and officers were culpable for the killing…
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State police ‘best’ for Nigeria — Gov. Tambuwal
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has stated that to effectively provide adequate security to its teeming population, Nigeria should…
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NDLEA intercepts N59m cocaine concealed in whiskey packs, wooden frames
Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted wraps of white powdery substance that tested positive for…
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EFCC arraigns ex-medical director, 4 others for N84.8m scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tuesday, arraigned a former Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo…
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Another Boko Haram suspect on ‘wanted list’ arrested at Adamawa checkpoint
Barely a day after the arrest of a terror suspect on the military’s wanted list, Chindo Bello, Sunday, by vigilant…
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Military destroys more Boko Haram camps in Borno
ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade, Sunday, cleared more terrorists’ camps along Bale, Bita and Damboa…
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Wanted Boko Haram terrorist nabbed at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja
The Nigerian Army High Command, Sunday, confirmed that one of the 100 terrorists recently declared wanted has been arrested following…
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