Tragedy has struck the Adamawa State Police Command, as the Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Mohammed Ali, was shot dead in broad daylight by unknown people. Read more »
Governors of the 19 northern states meeting in Kaduna have resolved that they would no longer condone criminals and criminality in their various states. Read more »
Two engineers, Briton Chris Macnamus and Italian Franco Lamolinara allegedly taken hostage by Boko Haram in May 2011, have been killed in Nigeria during a joint rescue attempt by ... Read more »
THE Federal Government has approved recommendations of Mr. Usman Galtimari-led Presidential Committee on Security challenges in the North-East which includes dialogue with Boko ... Read more »
A European court has ruled that the rights of a group of Somali and Eritrean nationals who were intercepted by Italian Customs boats and returned to Libya in 2009 were violated. Read more »
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has restarted its onslaught against army and police personnel in Nigeria. Read more »
The violent hijack of a Dutch cargo ship off the Nigerian coast has highlighted the increase in piracy in the area. Read more »
South Sudan's Vice President, Riek Machar, has warned the country's members in diaspora against disseminating erroneous information about the planned disarmament of civilian ... Read more »
The political opposition has called on citizens to topple the ruling government which it says has 'ruined' the country. They say the ruling party has destroyed the social fabric ... Read more »
The three boys were beheaded because the militia group Al-Shabaab accused them of being invovled in spying activities, eyewitnesses have said. Read more »
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