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4 days ago
Sir: Borno State was once known as a peaceful place, but the past decade of Boko Haram violence has changed everything. Now, as the region begins to recover, will it be possible to return to the peace of the past?
16 Mar
Troops belonging to the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, have announced their breakthrough over extremists and insurgents in Taraba State.
25 Feb
The Borno Government has resettled 447 households displaced by the insurgency to newly constructed houses in Dalori village of Konduga Local Government Area.
9 Feb
Troops of the I Division Nigerian Army (NA)have neutralised four insurgents while others escaped with gunshot wounds.
8 Feb
Every action is preceded by thoughts and volition. In volition lies what the thoughts intend to achieve sanctioned by the power of decision. Volition thus springs from the will. Thoughts are fed into the heart which is the hearth, the base and seat of our volition to trigger it. When the thoughts are impure as…
24 Jan
Electricity distribution across the North Eastern part of Nigeria, affected by insecurity may be returning to profitability and improved performance as data from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) showed a 100 per cent remittance from the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC). Investors, who took over the assets at privatization had deserted the utility company…
18 Jan
 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists clashed again over territories in the Lake Chad region and lost many of their fighters in the process.
20 Nov
There seems to be more wins for troops on frontline as Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Aircraft under Operation Whirl Punch (OPWP) have sustained air strikes against terrorists operating in the Northwest and North central Region of the Country leading to the decimation of several terrorist elements at Tsauni Doka at Igabi Local Government Area of…
19 Nov
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has urged the Federal Government to take the surveillance and security of the country’s space seriously.
18 Nov
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that insurgency and vandalism pose a major threat to transmission towers in the country.
16 Oct 2023
A barrage of strikes by the air components of the various operating theatres has devastated terrorists across the country, as many were sent to the early graves. Six gun trucks and 40 motorcycles belonging to the hoodlums were reportedly destroyed by the air force. According to spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore…
14 Oct 2023
Gunmen killed six labourers in an overnight raid in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said Saturday, in the region's latest bout of violence. Balochistan has been plagued for decades by a separatist insurgency as well as sectarian killings, and attackers have a history of targeting workers seen as outsiders in the region. Two local officials…

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