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GEJ Commissions New Police equipment

Jonathan Commissions Helicopters, APCs

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday commissioned the newly-acquired seven police helicopters, 17 Armoured Personnel Carriers and hundreds of patrol vehicles in furtherance of his administration’s resolve to combat crime and insecurity. Speaking at the Eagles Square, Abuja, venue of the [...]

August 26, 2016 Government and politics
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FG To Launch Government Services Portal

FG To Launch Government Services Portal – The Hon Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson will on Tuesday 16th of April launch the Federal Government Service Portal in Abuja as part of the initiatives for ‘Getting Government Online’’ to [...]

April 8, 2016 Government and politics
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Kidnapping: A New Phase Of Insurgency In Northern Nigeria?

Kidnapping: A New Phase Of Insurgency In Northern Nigeria? In what appears to be a change of tactics, groups operating in the North have taken to kidnapping foreigners, Isaiah Benjamin, Kaduna, Muazu Elazeh, Katsina and NAJIB SANI, Bauchi report on [...]

January 24, 2016 Crime
Road accidents involving buses claimed 1,437 lives in 6 months – FRSC

Road accidents involving buses claimed 1,437 lives in 6 months – FRSC

Road crashes involving buses claimed 1,437 lives across Nigeria between January and June, 2013, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said.   The Corps Marshal, Mr Osita Chidoka, disclosed this on Friday in Sokoto at a sensitisation campaign on [...]

September 15, 2013 Transportation
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Nigerian Military Inaugurates Committee for Screening Captured Terrorist Suspects

The Defence Headquarters has inaugurated an 18-member committee to screen and categorise persons apprehended in connection with terrorism, in the ongoing security operations in Yobe, Adamawa and Borno States. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja [...]

July 26, 2013 Military
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Jonathan Orders Military Patrol of Borders

President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the Nigerian Armed Forces to take over the patrol of the nation’s borders. The main thrust of the patrol is to track down criminal elements within the vicinity of border communities prone to terrorist activities. [...]

May 15, 2013 Strife and sectarian violence