See the List of Names of NAF Officers that Died in Abuja Crash

MilitaryNewsNigeriaObituarySee the List of Names of NAF Officers that Died in Abuja Crash

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 22, 2021

The Nigerian Air Force has released the names of seven of its officers who died in Abuja crash on Sunday. The aircraft, Beechcraft KingAir B350i belong to the NAF. The jet en-route Minna in Niger State, after reporting engine failure, crashed close to the runway of the Abuja airport. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, in a statement said, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal IO Amao,...

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Kagara Abduction: JNI Wants FG to Take Decisive Action Against Criminality

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaKagara Abduction: JNI Wants FG to Take Decisive Action Against Criminality

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

KADUNA — The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has called on the Federal Government to take decisive action against acts of criminality, including banditry and kidnapping. The JNI also urged the government to reclaim forests where bandits hide to terrorise citizens. Dr. Kahlid Aliyu, the Secretary-General of JNI, made the appeal in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. He spoke in reaction to the kidnapping of some students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School,...

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Ethiopian Refugees Suffer Appalling Conditions in Sudan, MSF Says

AfricaNational SecurityNewsEthiopian Refugees Suffer Appalling Conditions in Sudan, MSF Says

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

CAPE TOWN —  More than 61,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region and lived under appalling conditions in neighbouring Sudan, medical aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Friday. Up to 12,000 refugees were currently scattered in and around the Hamdayet transit camp near the border without proper shelter and access to water, food, blankets, and sanitation, the group said. Some had been in Hamdayet for months, with new people arriving every day,...

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FG Ready to Strengthen Military Ties With Friendly Nations

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityNewsNigeriaFG Ready to Strengthen Military Ties With Friendly Nations

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

ABUJA — The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthening bilateral and multilateral ties with friendly countries to support the ongoing military operations across the country. A statement by Magashi’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadri, said he made the remarks during a visit by the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Fahad Al-Taffaq, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that such cooperation would...

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Federal and State Governments Vouch to Protect all Non-indigenous Communities

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaFederal and State Governments Vouch to Protect all Non-indigenous Communities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 19, 2021

Lingering insecurity in some parts of the country, the National Economic Council after a critical review of the security situation in the country, under the chairmanship of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN resolved to made effort towards the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of all perpetrators of crime in the country while both the States and Federal governments would ensure the full protection of all Nigerians wherever they reside. According to the resolution of the Council,...

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See Names of Abducted Students of Kagara, Niger State

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSee Names of Abducted Students of Kagara, Niger State

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 19, 2021

The Niger State Government has released names of the students, teachers and other residents abducted on Wednesday from the Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State. According to the list that emanated from the State Ministry of Education, 27 students were abducted alongside five other staff and nine members of their families. This made a total of 41 persons abducted. Three of the staff abducted were teachers and two were the non-teaching staff. The names...

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Fani-Kayode Meets Sunday Igboho, Join Calls for Licensed Guns for Nigerians

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaFani-Kayode Meets Sunday Igboho, Join Calls for Licensed Guns for Nigerians

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 19, 2021

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has joined the calls for Nigerians to be licensed to carry sophisticated arms like AK-47 if Fulani herdsmen are permitted to secure themselves with the same type of weapon. The former Minister said this on Thursday when he visited Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, known as Sunday Igboho, at his residence in Ibadan. Fani-Kayode said the best way to tackle the insecurity facing the nation was for the...

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Kagara Kidnapping: Government Says 42 People including 27 Students Are Missing

National SecurityNewsNigeriaKagara Kidnapping: Government Says 42 People including 27 Students Are Missing

PilotnewsFebruary 18, 2021

Not less than 42 people, including 27 students, are yet to be found after gunmen attacked Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State. The Niger State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Muhammad Idris, said this. He added that the whereabout of three teachers were as well unknown. According to Idris, 12 family members of the teachers were also kidnapped during the attack. He added that one student, whose identity is yet to be known, was...

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Police in Katsina State Guns Down Armed Bandit, Recovers Rifles, Ammunition

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice in Katsina State Guns Down Armed Bandit, Recovers Rifles, Ammunition

PilotnewsFebruary 18, 2021

Katsina State Police command has gundown armed bandit and recovered one Ak 47 rifle with 17 rounds of 7.62 live ammunitions. According to Press statement by the Commissioner of Police in the state CP Sanusi Buba the bandit was shot during a gun duel  today Wednesday at Danmusa Town, in Danmusa LGA of the state. The statement read in part “today being 17/02/2021 at about 02:00hrs, DPO Danmusa Division and team responded to a distress...

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Government to install CCVs on Major Highways Across the Country to tackle Kidnapping

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernment to install CCVs on Major Highways Across the Country to tackle Kidnapping

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2021

Muhammad Dingyadi, Minister of Police Affairs said machinery had been set in motion to install Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras on all major highways across the country as a measure towards curtailing kidnapping. He said the project would be a public-private partnership scheme. Dingyadi on Channels Television breakfast programme, “Sunrise Daily” said “President Muhammadu Buhari already gave approval for the project, and an agreement had been brokered with NPS Technology Company to revamp an abandoned...

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