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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the country is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu confirmed this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and gas facilities at Owaza in Abia and Odogwa in Etche Local…
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The Nigerian Military High Command says there are plots from different quarters to instigate members of Armed Forces of Nigeria to overthrow the present democratic administration led by President Bola Tinubu. The attempt, it says, will fail, insisting that the military is happy and better under democracy, and as such it will not get involved…
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The governors of the southeastern states of Nigeria, the House of Representatives ad hoc committee, and security agencies including the Chief of Army Staff, yesterday met over the worsening insecurity in the southeast. The Reps ad-hoc Committee at the meeting with the Chief of Army Staff decried the violent crimes by gunmen and other criminal…
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ECOWAS, West Africa’s regional economic bloc has threatened a military intervention to remove the leader of a coup in Niger unless the junta reinstates the nation’s democratically elected president. The warning by the Economic Community of West African States came after thousands of people rallied in the capital, Niamey, on Sunday in support of the…
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The military junta in Niger has warned West African leaders meeting in Abuja against any military intervention in the country’s ongoing coup. A meeting of West African leaders is scheduled for the Nigerian capital Abuja, today Sunday July 30, for an emergency summit on Niger. The heads of state of the 15-nation Economic Community of…
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The African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the country’s democratically elected government. The ultimatum coincided with a meeting the coup leaders had with senior civil servants to discuss how they would run the country and as the U.S. and the European Union threatened sanctions against the regime….
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By: Oyez Olatunde RexWith Agency Reports In defiance to the widespread condemnation of their attempted usurpation of the democratically elected government, Leaders of the coup in Niger has dissolved the government, suspended the constitution and declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday. This is coming days after saying they had…
The United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Niger’s President Mohammed Bazoum as military officers continue to hold the democratically-elected leader captive declaring a coup. A group of officers from all branches of the military made the television announcement late on Wednesday, after members of the president’s own…
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has yesterday declared that the amnesty programme for bandits and terrorists in Zamfara and other parts of Northwest has failed. Lagbaja also acknowledged the complexities of the crises in Kaduna and Plateau butreaa the military’s determination to stem insecurity, especially with the cooperation of the stakeholders…
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The Retiring Chief of Defence Staff and service chiefs in Nigeria will be sent home with mouth watering benefits upon retirement. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that these benefits, outlined in a confidential document known as the Terms and Conditions of Service for Officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces, include bulletproof vehicles, personal assistants, guards, and generous…