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Extremism in the ranks is a ‘threat,’ but the Pentagon’s not sure how to address it February 21 An armed supporter of President Donald Trump speaks casually with a Washington State Patrol trooper during a rally on Jan. 10, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Ted S. Warren/AP) The sea of protesters-turned-rioters massing near the Capitol on Jan. 6 carried with them pro-Trump signs, American flags and an array of political banners. Also among the crowd were many emblems of the mil...

Punch Newspapers Sections Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Some gunmen have abducted seven passengers along Ilesha-Akure road, near Iwaraja junction, and demanded payment of ransom before releasing them. The abduction, according to sources, occurred on Monday and the victims were said to have been moved to a forest in Iwaraja. The identities of the victims were not clear as of the time of filing this report, although they were said to be members of a transport union. But the Osun State Coordinator of Ood...

Gunmen kill police officer, kidnap three Chinese in Osun The Amotekun commander in the state confirmed the incident and said "our men are currently in the bushes to ensure that they rescue the kidnap victims." ADVERTISEMENT Some gunmen on Monday killed a yet-to-be identified police officer attached to three Chinese expatriates in Osun State. After killing the officer, the three expatriates were taken away from a mining site in Ifewara area of Ife East local government of the state. Sources in t...

Share A police officer attached to three Chinese expatriates in Osun State was on Monday killed while his bosses were also abducted by yet to be identified gunmen at a mining site along Ifewara area of Ife East local government of Osun State. The incident which happened at Akere, an adjourning village to Ifewara according to an eyewitness account, saw the gunmen shooting sporadically into the air to scare people around the area before they perpetrated their evil deeds. The reason for killing th...

Storied Marine infantry regiment deactivated as Corps carries on with force redesign February 3 U.S. Marine Corps Col. John H. Rochford, the commanding officer of 8th Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. Keith D. Hoge, the sergeant major of 8th Marine Reg., both with 2d Marine Division, case the regimental colors during a deactivation ceremony on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 28, 2021. The regiment served a total of 68 years and is now being deactivated in accordance with the Commandant of th...

Akinwale Aboluwade  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State Command, indicated on Tuesday that it has deployed a total of 150 personnel of the Corps to the trouble zones in the state. Mr Iskilu Akinsanya, state Commandant of NSCDC, gave the indication at the command’s headquarters saying the people of the state should give maximum support to the security agencies in the state in a bid to combat insecurity. Akinsanya, during the monthly review of security situation...

No fewer than seven people have been confirmed dead after operatives of Amotekun engaged some Fulani herdsmen in Oyo State. The incident reportedly

January 3 Marines show Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members room-clearing techniques during Exercise Forest Light Western Army at Kirishima Maneuver Field, Kumamoto, Japan, Jan. 27, 2020. (Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton/Marine Corps) In 2021 the Corps will launch a new pilot program to extend the time new Marines spend at the School of Infantry to 14 weeks. The pilot program comes as the Corps looks to develop a new way to fight as the threat of a near-peer enemy like China or Russi...

Outrage erupts over Trump pardons of convicted Blackwater murderers and corrupt GOP congressmen. The first of what may be many presidential pardons from Donald Trump’s final weeks in office shocked the military, veteran and national security communities. While the political press focused on Trump setting free two people who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, here’s what we were stunned to see…  They massacred civilians in Iraq 1...

Daily Post Nigeria Published To ensure a hitch-free Christmas and new year celebrations, the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps Kaduna State command has deployed 2,500 personnel in the state. This, according to the Command’s Spokesman, ASC Orndiir Terzungwe, was to ensure surveillance and physical security during the yuletide. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, “The Corps Commandant, Nurradeen Abdullahi, disclosed this while addressing Heads of Departments and Area Commanders and Division...