Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that people who break oil pipelines and steal crude oil should be treated as treasonable offenders. The governor, who stated this in Port Harcourt on Monday, when he hosted the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isiaka Oladayo Amao, also stated that the fight to stop oil theft…
How Soldiers Hijacked Election in Rivers
The governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers State was generally peaceful but was marked by very low turnout of voters and hijack of materials by men in military uniform.Reports from across the state talked about the overwhelming show of force by the military, who clamped down on leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Rivers Bloody Election
Presidential election in Rivers State records high casualties raising fears about future elections and safety of the people. Rivers State was unable to cleanse itself of the tar of bloody elections in the last presidential and National Assembly elections when it recorded the highest number of deaths on Election Day. The state had been dubbed…
The Nigerian Customs Intercept Arms At Lagos Port
The Nigerian [twitter_icon] Customs says its operatives have intercepted another container laden with arms at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos. It was gathered that the terminal where the container was found has been shut down, while the quantity of the arms cache is yet to be determined. Nigeria Customs Service in January 2017…
Army Moves Military Command To Maiduguri
Following the order of President Muhammad Buhari that the military move its Command Centre to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in the fight against the Boko Haram sect, the authorities of the Nigerian Army has followed the directive and concluded arrangements for all service chiefs to move to Borno State on Tuesday. The announcement of…
Boko Haram: Why Military Solution Is Not Enough
Beyond the recent successes recorded by the Nigerian military against the Boko Haram sect, Dr. Raymond Gilpin, Academic Dean, Africa Center for Security Studies, U.S. Department of Defense, has said that one of the major positives coming out of Nigeria is the fact that Muhammadu Buhari, retired general and President-elect realises the need to address…
War On Terror: Military Warns Against Careless Talk
The Nigerian military has raised concerns over what it described as careless talks and undue exuberance by some individuals from the military of neighbouring countries involved in the Multinational Joint Task Force, MJNTF, which have the implication of destabilising the spirit of the joint efforts against terrorism within the sub- region. Reacting to a statement…
Pro-ISIS Group Hacks US Military’s Twitter, YouTube Accounts
The United States Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked by a pro-ISIS group on Monday. The accounts have been temporarily suspended, and investigations are currently ongoing, according to a statement released by the U.S. Central Command. The pro-ISIS group first posted a warning to the US military on its twitter account, saying, “AMERICAN…
150, Not 2000 People Killed in Baga – Nigerian Army
The Nigerian military on Monday refuted claims that over 2000 people were killed in Baga, Borno State by men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram insurgency group. Chris Olukolade, Major general and Director of Defence Information addressing a press conference on Monday, said about 150 people died in the terror onslaught. He said…
Al-Qaeda chief Killed by Pakistan Military
Adnan el Shukrijumah, a senior al-Qaeda militant, accused of planning to bomb trains in New York and London, has been killed in Pakistan, the country’s military says. The military announced Shukrijumah’s death in a statement, saying that he was killed along with two other suspected militants in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal area early Saturday. South…
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