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Plateau state police ban sale and use of holiday firecrackers

December 21, 2012 no comments

Jos – The Plateau police command on Friday announced a ban in the sale and use of bangers as part of measures for peaceful celebration of Christmas and New Year festivities. Mr. Chris Olakpe, the Com...

BREAKING: House of Reps says NYSC to halt posting to crisis states in ...

July 3, 2012 no comments

The Nigeria House of Representatives has reportedly stopped the National Youth Service Corp from posting incoming corps members to restive areas in the north where an increasingly violent insurgency ...

NYSC orders corps members to report to restive northern states

July 3, 2012 no comments

(Punch/NAN) – The National Youth Service Corps on Monday asked potential corps members to report at their orientation camps location where the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram is waging ...

Boko Haram attacks – some Christian leaders ready to fight back

June 15, 2012 no comments

There are growing fears that Boko Haram’s persistent attacks targeting the Christian minority in the nation’s restive north could lead to a civil war, reports have said. Following a recen...

Benue beefs up security as Boko Haram threatens bomb attacks on Senate...

May 21, 2012 no comments

Alleged text messages from the Boko Haram terrorist sect threatening to attack the Benue state residence of Senate President David Mark created panic during the weekend. Security operatives launched ...

Boko Haram threatens to attack Government residences and facilities

May 18, 2012 no comments

Radical terrorist group Boko Haram has warned that it will resume its violent attacks, this time targeting government residential quarters across 19 northern states, including Abuja. In an interview ...

Bauchi enforces Sharia law, destroys 215 cartons of liquor

April 19, 2012 no comments

Buying, selling or indulging your thirst for a little liquor is a punishable offense in Bauchi State where the Sharia Commission recently destroyed 215 cartons of alcohol confiscated across the state...

Nigeria army to unleash trained dogs on Boko Haram members

April 11, 2012 no comments

The Nigeria Army High Command is trying a new tactic in the war on terror, setting loose trained dogs on members of the Boko Haram sect. The Nation reported that a special squad has been trained to u...

JTF deploys armoured cars to city streets of Kano

April 6, 2012 no comments

In an effort to tighten security in northern Nigeria’s largest city of Kano during the Easter weekend, the Joint Task Force on Friday deployed armoured vehicles to patrol the city streets and w...

Six killed as military attacks Boko Haram in Maiduguri

March 26, 2012 no comments

Six people were killed on Sunday in a shootout between suspected members of the Boko Haram sect and military forces, including an ex-police officer and two of his friends, reports said. The military ...

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