BREAKING NEWSPublished December 28, 2018 Ex-President Shehu Shagari is dead. Shagari passed away at the National Hospital Abuja on Friday. He was 93 years old. Mr Shagari was elected president in 1979 and led Nigeria between 1979 and 1983 on the platform of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN). He was removed from office via a military coup in December 1983. …
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The Nigerian Army says it will conduct exercise “Egwu Eke III – Python Dance” nationwide, to tackle already “observed upsurge’’ in security challenges as the 2019 general elections draw nearer. According to the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, who announced this at a news conference on Friday in Maiduguri, said the exercise will be conducted from January 1 to …
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Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it had developed a special mobile application that would allow Nigerians monitor the 2019 general election and reduce electoral malfeasance. A National Commissioner with INEC and Chairman, Board of The Electoral Institute, TEI, Dr. Mustapha Lecky, made the disclosure, yesterday, in Abuja, while declaring open a three-day workshop on Electoral Security Training of Trainers …
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PublishedDecember 28, 2018Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai The Nigerian Army on Friday said Boko Haram terrorists had not taken over Baga town in Borno State, contrary to reports in some sections of the media. “Baga town is not in the hands of the Boko Haram. They contested it (taking the over the border town) but they lost the …
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In order to checkmate the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in Borno State, Governor Kashim Shettima has called an emergency extraordinary security meeting in Maiduguri. The meeting is scheduled for Monday and expected at the meeting are heads of security establishments, leadership of the Civilian JTF and hunters, traditional rulers, Borno elders, the three Senators and 10 members of House of Representatives …
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Family of late former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal, Alex Badeh, yesterday, refuted claims by the suspects linked to his death that they killed him to seize alleged huge sums of money he had on him to buy farmland. The family insisted that contrary to the claim, Badeh did not discuss any issue about the acquisition of land …
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Oby Ezekwesili, Presidential Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), says she is contesting the 2019 elections to correct the nation’s political anomaly and usher in good governance. Mrs Ezekwesili made this known in an interview with journalists while canvassing votes in Onitsha, Anambra State on Thursday. The former Minister of Education, who was flanked by some female …
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Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State on Thursday threw his weights behind the call on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Yari, declared his support for emergency while addressing journalists in Gusau, the state capital. The governor returned to Zamfara on Thursday from Saudi Arabia …
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Heavy fighting at a multinational military base in Baga, Borno State, has seen the insurgent group, Boko Haram, allegedly take control of the town, several security sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. The army, however, denied the narrative, saying the attack occured, but was successfully repelled. Baga, a fishing community, fell to the group in 2015 but was retaken by the …
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The police on Wednesday embarked on what appeared an effort to deceive Nigerians, issuing a haphazard denial to a PREMIUM TIMES story that detailed the disappearance of 167 police officers who were set to be deployed in active combat operation against Boko Haram fighters. The fleeing officers, who have now been declared wanted with potentially grave consequences if found, were amongst the 2,000 …
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