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The role of force protection in military operations cannot be overemphasised. Recently, in furtherance of its continued efforts at developing the capacity of its personnel to tackle various security challenges, the Nigerian Air Force graduated 676 additional regiment personnel trained in force protection in complex air-ground complexities, writes Chiemelie Ezeobi In line with the ever-changing complexities of military operations, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) established the Special Forces (SF) ...

3 min read The judicial panels of inquiry probing various acts of police brutality and human rights abuses have yet to resume in about 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), a report says. The judicial panels had gone on a short recess for the Christmas and New Year holidays in December 2020, with some of them resuming sitting on January 5. A weekly report issued by a civil society group, YIAGA Africa in partnership with Enough is Enough (EiE), stated in their report...

    The Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku says all is now set to revamp and reposition its tertiary education to meet the global demand for result-oriented graduates and more impactful studies. He was speaking when he inaugurated members of the governing boards of the two foremost tertiary institutions of the College of Education and the state polytechnic Suntai. Represented by his deputy, Haruna Manu, the decision is to make the institutions more responsive to the needs of the state and en...

FG to commence construction of housing project for IDPs FG to commence construction of housing project for IDPs Share The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it would soon commence the housing project for the Internationally displaced persons (IDPs) across the country. Sen Basheer Mohammed, the Hon federal commissioner in the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced persons (NCRMI) under the presidency stated this while distributing relief materials to thousand of I...

Vanguard News Gunmen ambush, kill two policemen in Taraba On Two policemen in Taraba state have been ambushed and killed by gunmen. The deceased officers who are attached to Karim Lamido local government division of the police force were killed along Jen road. One of the police officers is a sergeant while the other is a constable. Spokesman of the state Police Command, DSP David Misal, confirmed the attack. According to him, “on the 25/01/21 at about 1900hrs, two policemen attached to Karim...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt The Department of Petroleum Resources has launched an investigation into the explosion that occurred at a gas refilling station in Rumuodomaya, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday in which one person was feared dead and several others injured. The DPR said its officials were at the scene of the incident and had commenced investigation to unravel the cause of the explosion. The Zonal Controller of the DPR, Port Harcour...

Punch Newspapers Sections Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Monday, condemned the kidnapping and assassination of Ardo-Kola Council Chairman, Salihu Dovo. In a condolence message to the family and the people of Ardo-Kola signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan-Abu, Ishaku described the act as barbaric and wicked. While assuring the people of the state that the perpetrators would not be allowed to go scot-free, the governor directed security...

Frank Ugboma, Oguta constituency representative at the Imo House of Assembly, has condemned the amendment of some portions of the House Rules. Ugboma told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Monday that the act was a “flagrant abuse of legislative process”. At the last sitting, Deputy Speaker Amarachi Iwuanyawu (APC Nwangele), moved a motion to relax Order 11 and Rules 61, 62 and 63. “Any member who misbehaves will be suspended for that sitting, if the offence is not considered ...

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku has directed all relevant security agencies in Taraba to beam their searchlight and fish out killers of Hon. Salihu

  The Taraba State Police command says it has arrested four persons in connection to the kidnap and subsequent murder of the Chairman Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of the state, Salihu Dovo. Confirming the arrest to journalists in Jalingo, the Police Public Relations Officer, David Misal, pledged that none of the perpetrators will escape. He however disclosed that one of the suspects died while receiving treatment on a hospital bed after the villagers attacked him while trying to escape from...