A Joint Security Tactical Team has foiled an attempted bandits attack on communities in Munya, Shiroro and Paikoro Local Government Areas of Niger State. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday, May 15. “On 15/05/2022 at about 0700hrs, information was received that suspected armed bandits were sighted at Zazagha and injita villages of Munya LGA,” the statement read. “Joint security tactical teams were immediately drafted to the area, and discovered that …
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Leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno State has died from injuries he sustained from an explosion which was reportedly triggered by mines planted by Boko Haram insurgents. The incident which occurred at Maliya village, Mandaragarau ward in Biu Local Government Area of Borno, also left 5 others injured. Ibrahim Maliya Saidu was the planning secretary of CJTF in Biu, before the incident which claimed his life. Top Cjtf member, Mohammed Aliyu who confirmed Maliya’s death, described him …
Netherlands national team coach, Louis van Gaal has shown his determination to lead his players to World Cup qualification as he was pictured training on Monday, November 15 sitting on a golf buggy after fracturing his hip joint on Sunday. The 70-year-old former Manchester United manager hurt himself after falling off his bicycle while cycling back to the team hotel after training on Sunday night. Gaal, who underwent a hip replacement on the other leg in 2012 …
Gunmen on Wednesday evening, May 13, killed a son of former Ondo Military Administrator, Brig.-Gen. Okpaleye in Lagos. The deceased, Muyuwa Babafumilayo Okpaleye, 40, was shot by the hooded armed men, numbering about four, at a drinking joint at Adekunle Kuye, off Ikate street, Aguda, Surulere, where he was hanging out with his friends. According to reports, the gunmen parked their Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) at an adjoining street and followed a footpath that led to the drinking …