NIGERIA: Kebbi Gov. Says Army Operations Boosting Agricultural Activities
By Augustine Ehikioya Despite banditry threats, the Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has said that operations of the Nigerian Army (NA) in Kebbi State has increasingly enabled…
Police In Ghana Nabs 2 Suspects Spreading False Information On Shatta Wale
By Augustine Ehikioya Ghana Police Service (GPS) officials have arrested two suspects in Ghana for allegedly spreading false information in connection with gunshot attack on Shatta Wale. Preliminary investigation by…
GHANA: Police Arrests Dancehall Musician, Shatta Wale
By Augustine Ehikioya Police officials in Ghana have arrested Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta Wale, a popular dancehall musician. It has started investigating the claims of shooting…
NIGERIA: Gov. Tambuwal Vows To Support Nigeria Army Against Insecurity… Seeks Review Of Operations In Northwest By Army Chief
By Augustine Ehikioya To overcome insecurity, the Governor of Sokoto State, Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has reaffirmed his commitment to support the Nigerian Army (NA) to tackle insecurity bedeviling the…
NIGERIA: Troops Exterminate ISWAP/BHTS In Encounter… 4 Terrorists Killed In IED Explosion.
By Augustine Ehikioya Towards eradicating terrorism, troops of Joint Task Force, North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have exterminated four ISWAP/BHTs alongside Cameroonian Defence Force at the Forward Operating Base…
SOUTH AFRICA: Police Vows To Punish Arsonists Responsible For Gqeberha Violence
By Augustine Ehikioya Police authority in South Africa has threatened to fish out and make all arsonists who took part in the wanton destruction of property in Gqeberha to face…
NIGERIA: Piracy In Gulf Of Guinea, Nigeria Waters Hits 17 Years Low In 9 Months, Says IMB
By Augustine Ehikioya The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy incidents in Nigeria's waters area of the Gulf of Guinea has reached lowest level reported in past 17…
NIGERIA: Air Force Debunks Paying Bandits In Exchange For Weapons
By Augustine Ehikioya The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has debunked reports claiming that it paid bandits N20 million in exchange for NAF's anti-aircraft gun allegedly seized by the bandits. A…
FEATURE: Insecurity in South East, Time for Igbo Youths to Synergize with Military to Restore Glory
By Jude Ede-Attah The South Eastern region is bleeding and bleeding profusely. Peace and security are eluding the land and like William Butler Yeats wrote in his 1919 classic poem,…
GHANA: Court Jails 2 Robbers 12 Years For Car, iPhones, Cash Theft… As Police Arrests 2 Suspects For Kidnapping
By Augustine Ehikioya The Fiapre Circuit Court in the Bono Region of Ghana has sentenced two convicted armed robbers to twelve years imprisonment. They were arrested for stealing 3 iPhones,…