The Headquarters, United States Department of Defence (Pentagon), is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger Republic and will withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel “out of an abundance of caution.” According to Reuters, U.S. officials disclosed this on ...
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Feed SubscriptionNSCDC Capable Of Relieving Nigeria’s ‘Overstretched’ Military — Interior Minister
Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said that only the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) has the capability to relieve Nigeria’s overstretched military from fighting terrorism and other numerous security challenges confronting the nation. Tunji-Ojo who ...
Read More »Army Commander Asks Disloyal Soldiers To Leave As Coup Spreads Across Africa
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, on Wednesday asked soldiers to be loyal to President Bola Tinubu and the constituted authority, at all times. Usman said this while addressing soldiers at ...
Read More »Bauchi Governor Urges NAF To Carry Out Forest Surveillance
Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has urged the Nigerian Air Force to urgently carry out air surveillance across all forests in the state to check the hideout of criminals. The governor decried the recent activities of bandits in Toro, Ningi, ...
Read More »Navy College Of Health Sciences Not For Civilians — Spokesman
The Nigerian Navy has dismissed online advertisements calling for admission into the Nigerian Navy College of Health Sciences and Technology (NNCHS) Offa, Kwara State. The director information Naval Headquarters, Cdre Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said NNCHS is a professional naval institution exclusively ...
Read More »19 Days After Niger Coup…Hope Rises As Junta Leader Opens Talks With ECOWAS
The leader of the military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, is said to have indicated interest in dialoguing with the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This is coming 19 days after the junta ...
Read More »NPC Chairman Meets COAS to Discuss Security for Census
The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, fnsa, met with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Thursday to discuss security arrangements for the upcoming Population and Housing Census. The meeting, ...
Read More »ECOWAS Activates Military Standby Force Over Niger Republic
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has activated its standby force for possible action against the Niger Republic Junta, with the aim of restoring constitutional order in the country. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, announced this ...
Read More »Niger Military Junta Consolidates, Forms New Gov’t
Following a decree announced on national television on Thursday, Military leaders in Niger, who seized power in a coup last month, have formed a new government. The decree promulgated states that Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine will lead the ...
Read More »$1.9bn arms imported into Africa annually, says NATCOM
The National Commission for the Coordination and Control of Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, on Tuesday, raised concern over the proliferation and infiltration of arms and ammunition in Africa. The agency said the development had fuelled conflicts in ...
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