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Trial run on new Lagos-Ibadan rail begins December Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The unbearable insecurity on the Abuja-Kaduna road has forced thousands of passengers to start using the train and has raised the passenger volume on the railway by 270 per cent. According to the Federal Read More …
Residents in panic mode as the Federal Capital Territory gradually transforms into a haven for criminals, ADELANI ADEPEGBA writes September 5, 2019 began like any other day for the Acting Head of the Abuja Bureau of The PUNCH Newspaper, Mr Olalekan Adetayo. On leaving the venue Read More …
Gbenro Adeoye, Mudiaga Affe, Adelani Adepegba, Tunde Ajaja and Olaleye Aluko Amid the prevailing insecurity in the country, the military and the police would spend a whopping 91 per cent of their budgets on recurrent expenditure, comprising overhead and personnel costs, while the remaining nine Read More …
As part of measures towards addressing threats to national security, the Federal Government has inaugurated a special training programme for federal and state security administrators. The training programme being organised by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) in collaboration Read More …
Okodili Ndidi, Abuja Nigerians will henceforth be requested to carry identification cards to prove their identity to the military as the Nigerian Army begins quick profiling of citizens under a new military exercise, codenamed: Operation Positive Identification. The exercise, according to the Chief of Read More …
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nigerian Army has said it will begin operations Python Dance and Crocodile Smile in the South-East and South-West on November 1. The army added that Exercise Ayem Akpatuma would commence on the same day in the North-Central. The Chief of Army State, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, stated Read More …
The Nigerian military suffered a major loss as armed persons killed at least 38 soldiers in violent attacks last week. Six civilians and 10 suspected bandits were also killed in other attacks while no fewer than 16 others were kidnapped across Nigeria. The major attacks Read More …
The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, raised a Point of Order on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday to report activities of kidnapping along Abuja-Lokoja expressway. Mr Melaye spoke at the start of plenary. He stressed the importance of the road to its Read More …
Peter Obi, centre, speaks at the Platform Event Peter Obi, running mate to Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Anambra State, has said it is inappropriate to say that a government exists in any country where there is no security of lives and properties of Read More …
Bashir Bello – Katsina Not fewer than 20 kidnap victims in Katsina State were reportedly sold into slavery in Burkina Faso. Slavery Information available to our correspondent revealed that the victims were allegedly kidnapped in Kankara local government area of the state and sold to Read More …