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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the reported arrest and detention of Mr. Fisayo Soyombo, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), by the 6th Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt and called for his immediate and unconditional release. Describing Mr. Soyombo’s arrest and detention over the last three days as illegal and unconstitutional, MRA ...

  The Federal Government has approved a 25 to 35 per cent increase in the salary structures of police officers, the armed forces, public servants, among others. It announced this on Tuesday through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), stating that the salary raise takes effect from January 1, 2024. The NSIWC, in a statement issued by its ...

The State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, Comdt. Maku Olatunde in a renewed effort to enhance security across Anambra State has sued for greater synergy and collaboration with the Nigerian Army. Comdt. Maku made the appeal on Wednesday, April 24,2022 while on a familiarization visit to the Commander, 302 Artillery Regiment (302 AR) Nigerian ...

By Gbemiga Ogunleye The year was 2002 and we were seeing off Mrs. Bola Thomas, the Chief Executive Officer of LTC Advertising. She had come to The Punch on a courtesy call, in solidarity, for the foremost role the newspaper played in forcing the soldiers back to the barracks, after 16 years of military rule. When we saw the charming ...

As part of efforts to further strengthen the security architecture in Ekiti State, the Nigerian army has deployed additional troops from the 32 Artillery Brigade to the State. The Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade, Maj. Gen. JR Lar who led the detachment of troops said that the troops are in the state to enhance security of the state. Brig. Gen. Lar ...

…urges Enugu Governor, army, others to remove soldiers from Enugu-Ezike A Civil Society Organization (CSO) and political advocacy group, the IGN SPEAKERS (hereinafter referred to as THE SPEAKERS for short) has appealed to Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major-General Umar Musa, and other relevant political stakeholders, to ...

Raymond Ozoji,  Awka The Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria Anambra state chapter (IPAC) has accused the APC candidate for November 6 governorship election, Sen. Andy Uba, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Army, the Police and the Directorate of State Security (DSS) of a grand plan to falsify the results of the forthcoming gubernatorial election. IPAC at a news ...

•Governor Hosts Chief of Army Staff, Top Military Personnel Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on service personnel in Lagos military commands to be fully committed to their constitutional responsibilities of keeping the peace and strengthening security in the State. The Governor pledged the State Government would not waive its mandate to provide logistics support to all ...

Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Biafra De-Factor Customary Government, yesterday, said they would not be cowed by military’s clampdown threats. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, had said at the first Commanding Officers’ Workshop 2021 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Tuesday, that military would go after agitators like Nnami Kanu, Sunday Igboho and Dokubo if they did ...

Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has said he will not be intimidated by the fresh attempt by the police, the army and the Department of State Services to arrest him, saying any effort to arrest him on Yorubaland will fail. Igboho said this during an interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, while reacting to the face-off between him ...