Share TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: MILITARY GAINS MOMENTUM AS BELLO TURJI SURRENDERS AND LAKURA IS CLASSIFIED AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION By Gambo Jagindi January 25, 2025 In a significant boost to the Nigerian military’s efforts to combat terrorism and banditry, two major developments have occurred in recent times. Notorious bandit kingpin BelloContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News The UK Minister of State for Defence, Lord Vernon Coaker has reaffirmed the longstanding defence partnership between his country and Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and counter insurgency opration in the North-East. Coaker, who is on a working visit to Nigeria, stated this at the HeadquartersContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 33 suspected drug traffickers with assorted illicit drugs through raids in Lagos, Kano, Kwara, Taraba and the FCT. This is contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, (DMA), Mr Femi Babafemi on SundayContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has detained for prosecution, a 26-year-old nursing student at Noida International University in India, for allegedly waiting to ingest 76 wraps of cocaine. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News The Nigerian Army has announced that its troops have shot dead two suspects accused of killing four soldiers on protection duty in Rivers. Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division in Port Harcourt, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He revealed that theContinue Reading
Share By Aluta News Dr Ayodele Oni, an energy lawyer, has called on the Federal Government to leverage modern technology in combating pipeline vandalism. Oni, who is also a partner at Bloomfield Law Firm, recommended the deployment of drones, pipe-in-pipe systems, fibre-optic sensors, and pressure-drop-controlled flow stations to enhance pipelineContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Abia says it has arrested two suspects for child-trafficking and abduction in Aba town in the state. The command’s spokesperson, ASC Doreen Udugwu, in a statement on Saturday, said the suspects were 24-year-old Uche Royal, and 20-year-old ChideraContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News News Investigators/ The troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have apprehended a 25-year-old suspected female ammunition courier, Shamsiyya Ahadu. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre of the operation, Lt.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, has sensitised 1,713 pupils at the Gwandu Emirate Primary School to the dangers of smuggling counterfeit goods into the country. The Customs Area Comptroller, Mr Iheanacho Ernest-Ojike, who was on charity visit in the schools, in Birnin Kebbi onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Mr Gregory Maduakolam, an Assistant Editor-in-Chief with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who was kidnapped on Thursday, has regained his freedom. Maduakolam announced his release through phone calls to some of his colleagues at about 11:51 p.m. on Saturday. He explained that he was released afterContinue Reading
