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The King of Saudi Arabia plans to step down and announce his son as his successor next week, a source close to the country's royal family has exclusively told DailyMail.com. The move is seen as the final step in 32-year-old Prince Mohammed bin Salman's power grab, which began earlier this month with the arrests of more... Continue Reading →
Security has been beefed up around the Winter Wonderland Christmas fair in London amid fears of a Berlin-style terror attack.Twelve people people died and 56 were injured when Islamic extremist Anis Amri ploughed a truck into a Christmas market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin last December. The attack sparked fears large crowds... Continue Reading →
North Korea hasn’t fired a missile for 60 days, but that may have more to do with its own winter training cycle than with Pyongyang easing off on provocations.Since Kim Jong Un took power in late 2011, only five of the isolated nation’s 85 rocket launches have taken place in the October-December quarter, according to... Continue Reading →
One of the reasons why heists capture popular imagination is the modus operandi. In a recent heist at a bank, the inspiration appears to be a movie — Shawshank Redemption. Staffers of the Bank of Baroda's Juinagar branch in Navi Mumbai were in for a shock on Monday after they realised robbers decamped with valuables from 27... Continue Reading →
Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force on Operation DEEP PUNCH has within the past one week embarked on clearance operations to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists (BHT) from their camps. The troops successfully cleared the terrorists’ hideouts at Talala, Ajigin, Mangzum, Abagajiri, Kafa, Dusula, Buk, Malumti and Abulam.In furtherance... Continue Reading →
NASARAWA STATE GOVERNMENT ASSURES RESIDENTS OF PEACE & SECURITY AS HERDSMEN MIGRATE FROM BENUE VIA NASARAWA AND NEIGHBOURING STATES An emergency security meeting has just ended in the Office of the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State. The meeting was in continuation of meeting held 2nd November, 2017. In the commencement of the meeting before going... Continue Reading →
The Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative led by the Vice Chairman Tijjani M. Tumsah, visited the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole Major General Ibrahim Attahiru. Tumsah said the familiarization tour was coming on the heels of the theater commander's resumption at as the helmsman of the command. He also used the opportunity to... Continue Reading →
As part of efforts to consolidate on the successes recorded in the steady supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has mapped out strategies to boost security around its depots and pump stations to ensure they remain functional. Managing Director of the Nigerian Pipeline and Storage Company... Continue Reading →
Troops of 93 Battalion, 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Saturday 28th October 2017, based on a tip off by security conscious an well meaning Nigerians, arrested two suspected Boko Haram terrorists; Mallam Jamilu Adamu and Mallam Garba Adamu, seeing loitering around at Gishiri village, Ibbi Local Government Area of Taraba State. Preliminary investigation revealed that... Continue Reading →
Efforts of 8 Division Nigerian Army, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, to enhance troops responsiveness and domination of it's Area of Responsibility paid off handsomely on Friday 27th October 2017 afternoon, as gallant soldiers of 242 Battalion intercepted Boko Haram suicide bomb squad at Ngalle village, northern Borno State. The intercepted bomb could have been intended for... Continue Reading →
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