NDA Set to conduct exercise Camp Highland

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will conduct its final outdoor Field Training Exercise for Army Cadets of Short Service Course 47, nicknamed Exercise CAMP HIGHLAND, in Plateau and Kaduna States, respectively, from 8 – 29 January 2022.   The Exercise is designed to test the cadets leadership skills, physical fitness, as well as command and control abilities, among other military competencies.  The …

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Police Sergeant Arrested For Selling Arms To Cult Members

By Olalekan Olabulo  Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team ( IRT) have arrested a 38-year-old police traffic officer, Haruna Yusuff who sold the stations arms to suspected cultists in Kwara. Six suspected cult members, belonging to the Aiye Confraternity, who were responsible for violent criminal attacks in Omu Aran and neighbouring communities in Kwara State have also …

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Top Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Shuaibu Buried In Ilorin

Top Islamic scholar, Sheikh Alhaji Shuaibu Abdulsalam, the Chief Imam of Maraba Central Mosque, Ilorin, has been buried.  The popular Islamic cleric died on Wednesday, 5 January, 2022 after a brief illness, and was buried same day according to Islamic rites.  Sheikh Shuaibu Abdulsalam was a well loved scholar, who mentored many young Islamic students with his wise teachings.  Imam …

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(Full Text) Defence Headquarters Lists Spectacular Achievements

The Directorate of Defence Media Operations on Armed Forces of Nigeria, has enumerated some of the spectacular feats recorded by Nigeria’s military operations in 2021.  A press statement signed by Major General Bernard Onyeuko, the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, indicated that between May 2021 and 6 January, 2022, Operation HADIN KAI theatre resulted in the neutralization of 950 terrorists …

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Wearing of military uniform in campaign posters illegal, DHQ warns politicians

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has  noticed with dismay that some politicians have formed the habit of wearing military uniforms and accoutrements for electioneering campaign posters.   In a statement, the DHQ said “The campaign posters of some Governors, dressed in military camouflage uniforms, are displayed in noticeable areas in their respective states. This is manifestly illegal and an abuse of the privilege …

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Magodo: Lagos govt agrees to give judgment creditors land

Following a meeting with representatives of the Shangisha Landlord Association, members of the Magodo Residents Association, the police, among others, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said a committee had been set up to identify available plots and additional plots at mutually agreeable areas in the state. Addressing journalists after meeting with the stakeholders at the Lagos House, Alausa, …

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Finally, FG declares bandits as terrorists

The Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists, The PUNCH has learnt. After weeks of footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists. States in the North-West geopolitical zone including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna have been ravaged by banditry in the …

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I hope to see my son one day — 82-year-old father of ‘underwear bomber’, Mutallab

By Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna  Eighty-two-year-old billionaire businessman, and former Chairman of First Bank PLC and UBA, Alhaji Umaru Abdul Mutallab, says he hopes to see his son, Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who is serving a life sentence in a United States prison over terrorism act, one day before his death. At age 23, Farouk fondly referred to as the “underwear bomber”, …

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