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By Emmanuel Oshodi The Nigeria Police Force renewed commitment to ensure adequate protection, safety and security of lives and properties of travelers and communities on Abuja-Suleja-Bida-Minna highways and other major roads across the country has continued to yield positive result as Police  during the week paraded criminal gangs terrorizing Abuja-Suleja-Bida-Minna …

Islamist militants Boko Haram on Monday released a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014. At least three of the group were seen carrying babies. One of the students said: “We are the Chibok girls… …

Troops of Nigerian Army on internal security operations deployed at Akwanga highway Nasarawa State, yesterday Wednesday 10th January 2018, arrested a suspected gun runner, Mohammed Bello, in an Opel Vectra Saloon Car with the fabricated guns heading to Saminaka to link up with his gang leader Damina Saminaka. During preliminary …

Governor Ayodele Fayose today met with Hunters Association of Nigeria, Ekiti State chapter on the menace of herdsmen in parts of the middle-belt of the country especially Benue State.   The Governor stated on his verified twitter handle “On the herdsmen menace, I met with local hunters in Ekiti State …

UNHCR, the UN Refuge Agency, is stepping up its presence in south-eastern Nigeria, to provide life-saving support to thousands of people fleeing unrest in English-speaking areas of Cameroon. Since tensions between security forces and pro-independence demonstrators in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region intensified in October, joint UNHCR and government teams have …

An Italian court has approved the prosecution of Royal Dutch Shell and Eni in the controversial sale of OPL 245 oil block. OPL 245 is located in an extremely rich oilfield in the Niger Delta, estimated to worth half a trillion dollars. The sale of the block has been replete …