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Macron Vows to Assist Nigeria After Wave of Student Kidnappings
French President Emmanuel Macron says France will increase support to Nigeria as the country battles a surge in jihadist and criminal violence. Macron said President Bola Tinubu asked for broader cooperation, and he pledged to work more closely with Nigerian…
Jihadists free final batch of abducted Borno girls
The last group of young women and girls abducted in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on November 22 were released late Saturday. Borno has long been the center of the jihadist conflict that began 16 years ago, and the latest kidnappings…
Insecurity: Archbishop Martins calls for activation of Tier-1 response
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins has called for coordinated national measures by the three tiers of government and all security forces in combating worsening insecurity in the country. Such a measure, according…
Abuja court convicts Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charge
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has been convicted of terrorism based on the prevailing charges pressed against him by the government. Early reports from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has it that the judgement is…
US explosive producer explodes, workers dead
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports A munitions and explosives producer, Accurate Energetic Systems (AES), at the weekend suffered explosion at its factory; leaving no survivors at the plant where remains of 16 workers have been confirmed. The explosives plant located…
Komolafe reveals new strategy to curb oil theft
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Commission Chief Executive (CCE) of the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr Gbenga Komolafe, has declared that the successes recorded in combating crude oil losses in the country was the result of presidential directive on agencies…
DICON partners Oida Energy on Nigeria’s 1st Oilfield Shaped Charge Manufacturing Facility
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) and Oida Energy Limited weekend signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish Nigeria’s first in-country oilfield shaped charge manufacturing facility; marking a significant advancement in realizing government’s aspiration for…
