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US queues up with 7 countries to buy Indian fighter jets
World’s military super power, the United States, is surprisingly in line to buy Indian made single engine fighter aircraft after the Asian nation offered to sell units of its light combat aircraft called Tejas. Indian defence ministry announced weekend that…
Police, Air Force raise alert levels as bandits roam free
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has charged its operational commanders across the country to deal ruthlessly with roaming bandits that have encircled the country with terrorism, abductions and killings. The directive came as the Nigerian police said it…
Italian politicians condemn killing of Nigerian vendor
*Killer arrested An Italian man has been arrested after a Nigerian street vendor was beaten to death on a busy shopping street even as politicians slammed “indifference” as passers-by apparently had not physically intervened. The mayor of an Italian town…
Military now defends bandits against sieged communities
As kinappers take over Enugu Port Harcourt expressway Men in military gear yesterday allegedly came in defense of armed bandits and herdsmen against host communities in Abia State, amplifying a worrying development in the worsening insecurity that that thrive in…
Bank robber, 61, earns new 20 years prison term after 38 years in jail
A notorious bank robber in United States, Todd Cannady, who started robbing banks, businesses and people of raw cash since last 40 years, has spent only two years of the period free. And just within weeks after completing a 22…
Insecurity: Nigeria in deal to buy Turkish gunships
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government is in deal to procure combat helicopter from Turkey as the European country boosts its profile as global supplier of light arms and battle equipment to poor countries. The Oracle Today reports Turkish Aerospace Industries to…
Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, shot dead
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, according to NHK public television. Abe, 67, was…
USAF rocket with nuclear capability explodes mid air
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports A rocket launched by the United States’ Air Force to test the possibility of land based nuclear warhead failed after it boomed midair just after it left the launch pad. Military journal, AirForceTimes reported early…
Insecurity: Gov Matawalle begins training of vigilante group
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has begun training for a newly-established security outfit, Community Protection Guard (CPG) to tackle banditry and kidnaping in parts of the state. The announcement was contained in a statement by Malam Jamilu Birnin-Magaji, Press Secretary…
Bandits abduct newly posted DPO in Kaduna
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) newly posted to Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State has been abducted, according to Emergency Digest. The DPO was abducted along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway around 9am on Monday. Sources told journalists that the DPO was on…
