The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Adesola Amosu, has assured that the missing Air Force Alpha Jet will soon be found, even as he ruled out sabotage.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo late Saturday visited his son, Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo in Jos, alongside Plateau Deputy Governor Ignatius Langjang and Security Chiefs.
The Boko Haram members had attempted taking over the town
Defence Headquarters on Thursday reassured that the ongoing onslaught against the insurgents in the North Eastern part of Nigeria is yielding positive results.
The Defence Headquarters has said that the “alarmist” report on foreign and online media on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was “clearly intended to cause panic in the city and the nation”.
On this 150th Day since the abduction of the Chibok girls, we members of the #BringBackOurGirls Movement sign this Declaration and call on all Nigerians to do the same so that we can come together to save the Nation.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has apologized to the people of Maiduguri, Damboa, Biu and the environs in Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria for the power outage being experienced there since mid-July, 2014.
El-Kanemi FC of Maiduguri goalkeeper, David Obiazor has failed to make the Super Eagles final squad for this Wednesday all important Nations Cup qualifier against the Bafana Bafana.
From a ragtag band of fighters conducting sporadic raids and bombings from its hideouts, Nigeria’s Boko Haram is fast evolving into a force able to take and hold territory.
Apprehension among Maiduguri residents grew after fierce fighting between Nigeria’s military and attacking Boko Haram fighters over the town of Bama, 70 kilometres south-east of Maiduguri
The United States is deeply worried about the apparent worsening security situation in north- eastern Nigeria and has thus called for collective efforts to tackle the insurgents, Boko Haram.
The Defence Headquarters said the explosive was loaded into a van used in transporting charcoal to the market
Many casualties may be recorded as the area is usually a crowded commercial centre
The militants came into the village of Barderi, near the University of Maiduguri, on the outskirts of the city, on Wednesday night, telling people to gather to hear them preach, but then turned the guns on the crowd
The suspension order was contained in a statement from the Office of the Chairman of LMC, which cited current security intelligence as the reason for the decision
This was contained in a statement issued by Major General Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information, in Abuja
NAN recalls that the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday announced the shutting down of five Federal Government colleges in North East “high risk areas”
The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, made this known in a statement on Sunday
Apparently disturbed by renewed attacks by the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in the North East, especially Borno and Adamawa States, the lawmakers opined that operating from there would enable the Chief of Army Staff to respond swiftly to attacks
The explosion, which went off at exactly 1:30pm, occurred right in front of a large military military post called JTF Sector 4, which is located in the area called Post Office