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OPERATION HADIN KAI: THEATRE COMMANDER DECORATES NEWLY PROMOTED BRIGADIER GENERALS IN THE THEATRE The Theatre Commander (TC) Joint Task Force ( JTF ) North East (NE) Operation HADIN KAI ( OPHK ) Major General CG Musa had on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 decorated eight (8) Senior Officers of the Nigerian Army (NA) to the rank of Brigadier Generals. The investiture ceremony took place at Headquarters Theatre Command Officers' Mess in Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. In his remarks, the Theatre Commander Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa congratulated the newly promoted Brigadier Generals for their elevations and thereafter commended their spouses and family members  their support and prayers toward their progress in the NA.  The Theatre Commander, urged the Senior Officers to be focused, firm, fair and flexible to personnel under their command while exercising their powers of command . He encouraged them to commend those doing well and must correct and punish those not willing ...

TROOPS RAID IPOB/ESN CAMPS IN EBONYI AND ENUGU STATES, RECOVER IED, FIRE ARMS Troops of 82 Division  in conjunction with Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police and Department of State Services on Exercise GOLDEN DAWN II on Monday 19 December 2022 conducted Joint raid operations at an IPOB/ESN  Camp located at Amagu village Nkalaha community, Ishielu LGA of Ebonyi State. During the raid operations, the troops came in contact with members of the dissident group , resulting in exchange of fire. In the encounter, the gallant troops neutralized some of the irredentists, while others took to their heels abandoning the camp. On winning the fire fight, troops recovered 102 rounds of 7.62mm special, 2 Pump Action guns, 5 locally made rifles, 1 roll of  Detonator 27, quantity 24  Detonators, 33 electrical cables, quantity 12 of type 36 Hand Grenades and 12 bags of substances suspected to be Marijuana. Other items recovered include, 3 Motorcycles, 2 Generators, 1 Water pumping mach...

PICTURES: GOV. BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU AT THE COMMEMORATION OF COMPLETION FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF LAGOS RAIL MASS TRANSIT (LRMT) BLUE LINE (MARINA TO MILE 2), AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE BLUE LINE STATION, IGANMU, ON WEDNESDAY, 21ST DECEMBER 2022 PIX 1: The Blue Rail Line inaugurated by Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the commemoration of completion ceremony for the First Phase of Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line (Marina – Mile 2), at the National Theatre Blue line station, Iganmu, on Wednesday, 21 December 2022. Inset L-R: The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa; Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Abimbola Akinajo during the ceremony. PIX 2: The Blue Rail Line inaugurated by Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the commemoration of completion ceremony for the First Phase of Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line (Marina – Mile 2)...

LAGOS ASSEMBLY COMMENDS NEIGHBOURHOOD SAFETY AGENCY   The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information Security and Strategy has commended the Management of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) for its efforts at ensuring a safer and secured Lagos State.  Hon. Setonji David, Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, who gave the commendation during the committee’s familiarisation visit to the Agency at the Safety Arena complex, Bolade Oshodi, said the operatives of the Agency are majorly responsible for the relative peace and security being enjoyed by residents of Lagos State.   He said that the State has been more peaceful than others despite its urban population and the preponderance of socio-economic activities across its landscape, often a recipe for crimes and criminalities.  The Chairman also applauded the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, for his support for the Bill...

CHINESE AMBASSADOR AT HQ NAF, THANKS CAS FOR RESCUE OF 7 CHINESE EXPATRIATES  The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Cui Jianchun, was at Headquarters Nigerian Air Force yesterday, 20 December 2022, on a ‘thank you’ visit to the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao over the rescue of 7 Chinese mine workers at Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State. While expressing his gratitude to the CAS for his leadership which has translated to the commitment of NAF operational forces in the counterterrorism efforts, Ambassador Jianchun noted the high level of professionalism exhibited by the NAF Special Forces that undertook the rescue mission. According to the Ambassador, “From what I learnt, your Special Forces conducted themselves in the most professional manner worthy of praise and emulation. This was possible because of the right kind of leadership that the Nigerian Air Force and indeed the Armed Forces of Nigeria current have.”  Responding, Air Marshal Amao informed...

21st December, 2022 PRESS RELEASE   DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND DEPLOY MASSIVELY AHEAD OF YULETIDE SEASON, ASSURES RESIDENTS OF ADEQUATE SECURITY The Commissioner of Police Delta State CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, PSC+ has assured Deltans of a hitch free Christmas celebration. The Commissioner of Police has ordered massive deployment of Personnel across the State to provide adequate security before, during and after the celebration to ensure protection of all residents in the State and the successes of all activities lined up to mark the celebration.  The CP  directed that all Area Commanders, DPOS and Tactical Commanders to deploy men to all venues of the Celebrations and other resort centres to avoid  mischief makers showing their ugly faces and causing any form of mayhem for law abiding citizens in the State and  to ensure proper supervision of their men deployed. Police Patrol teams have been drawn from Dragon Patrol, safer highways, Quick Response Squad, Rapid ...

14-year-old Nigerian girl unveils addiction recovery mobile app For many years, experts maintained that only alcohol and powerful drugs could cause addiction. However, Neuroimaging technologies and more recent research have shown that certain pleasurable activities such as gambling, shopping, screen time and pornography also impair the brain. Nobody starts out intending to develop an addiction, but recent research has proven that 1 in 3 people in the world has an addiction of some kind. Drug addiction alone has reached epidemic levels across the globe with Nigeria clocking around 14.3 million drug users of which 3 million suffered from a drug use disorder. The colonisation of the brain by addiction manifests in three obvious ways: craving for the object of addiction, loss of control over its use and sustained involvement with it despite adverse consequences. This neuropsychological disorder has negatively caused an uprise in mental health-related issues and unproductivity among people,...

Court Sentences Two To Death By Hanging For The Murder Of Radio Nigeria Staff In Port Harcourt December 21, 2022   A Degema High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death two suspects Godwin Udoh and Wisdom Udoh for the murder of one miss Oluchi Okorie, a staff of Radio Nigeria, Purity FM.Abakaliki. The judge ,Justice Okogbule Gbasam,   in his judgement sentenced the two defendants to death by hanging. Justice Gbasam who based his judgement on the confessional statement made by the defendants to the police ,said from the evidence presented to the court it was clear that the defendants were the last persons with the deceased before the sad incident. The two defendants who are natives of Akwa  Ibom State were said to have picked late Miss Okorie along East West road on the 10th of April 2015 on her way from Abakiliki in Ebonyi state  to visit her sister in PortHarcourt. The 1st defendant Godwin Udoh was said to have pushed out Miss Okorie...

2023: ICPC to Deploy Visual Aids to Document Vote-Buying   The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared its readiness to deploy visual aids to document cases of vote-buying in the 2023 general election.   The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, OFR, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ summit on addressing the influence of money on the 2023 general election organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja.   The move, according to him, is one of the Commission’s plans to support INEC to monitor compliance with the extant provisions of the electoral act. More photos below .