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Bomb targets military checkpoint

Gunmen bombed a military checkpoint in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, where an Islamist sect has been blamed for scores of attacks, the army said on Thursday, reporting no casualties. A military spokesman for a special force deployed in … read more

Secret police free Italian hostage

Nigeria’s State Security Services (SSS) in oil rich Bayelsa State has arrested four suspected kidnappers of an Italian working with Moreno Construction Company. State director for the service Andrew Iorkyar disclosed this to reporters in Yenagoa, the state capital on … read more

Boat sinks, 20 drowned

At least 20 people were killed after an overloaded passenger boat capsized in southern Nigeria, an official said. The wooden boat, with over 40 people aboard, was traveling from Eagle Island to Mgbuodohia of Rivers State in the Niger Delta, … read more

Government to spend ₦921.9b on Boko Haram

A budget proposal of ₦921.9 billion has been earmarked by the federal government to fight the menace of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Niger Delta militants and other miscreants who have been terrorising many parts of the country. President Goodluck … read more