Mr. Ovanja Yakubu, the Divisional Police Officer, Okehi local government area of Kogi State has confirmed that two kidnappers were gunned down in the early hours of Tuesday while collecting ransom on their victims from one of the neighbouring states. He said men of the Nigeria police in his division have been drafted to join professional hunters to apprehend the third kidnapper dead or alive. “The success of the operation followed an actionable intelligence report,...

MAIDUGURI — Following Saturday’s discovery that ACTED, an international Non-Governmental Organization (iNGO) was using a hotel in Maiduguri for training some persons on shooting, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has directed the immediate suspension of its operations in the state. Zulum’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, who announced the Governor’s directive, said the French iNGO was found using toy guns and simulators in training exercises at a hotel located off a circular road in Maiduguri....

Nigeria chief of army staff, Faruk Yahaya has urged soldiers at the firing line to wipe out the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents. While addressing troops of Sector 2 joint task force of operation Hadin Kai in Damaturu, Yobe state, Yahaya assured the soldiers of improved welfare. He added that a new reward system for commendable troops will be created. A statement by Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, disclosed this. “The Chief of Army Staff further...