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Ahmad Gumi, Islamic cleric, says the federal government is “trying to find a scapegoat” for its failure to tackle insecurity. The cleric was reacting to the plan by the federal government to sanction some media organisations for “glorifying terrorism”. In a 50-minute documentary titled ‘The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara’, published on Monday, […]

Nigeria airlines have increased fares for domestic flights to at least N80,000 depending on the trip over the rising cost of aviation fuel and foreign exchange (FX) crisis. Checks by TheCable on Friday showed that Azman Air flight from Lagos to Kano/Kaduna increased from about N60,000 to N100,000. Air Peace also increased […]

Gunmen have reportedly attacked a military checkpoint in Madalla area of Suleja LGA, Niger state. Jibril Bisallah, information officer of Suleja LGA, said the gunmen attacked soldiers of the guards brigade near Zuma rock. He, however, said there was no confirmation yet on the number of casualties from the attack which occurred […]

The Nigerian Army has carried out a major redeployment of some of its general officers commanding (GOCs) and senior officers across its units and formations.  The development comes a day after President Muhammadu Buhari held a national security council meeting with the service chiefs.  Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, in a statement on […]

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) says Flutterwave and Chipper Cash are not licensed to operate in the country. Patrick Njoroge, CBK governor, said this on Thursday in Nairobi, the country’s capital, at a media briefing following its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting. Flutterwave is a Nigerian fintech company that provides a […]

Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says the recent attack on the presidential guard troops in Abuja resulted in a “decimation”. Monguno said this on Thursday while speaking to state house correspondents after a meeting of the security council in Abuja. On July 24, troops of the presidential guard troops ran into […]

Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA), says Nigerians are tired of the country’s worsening insecurity and are gravitating towards self-help. He spoke on Thursday while briefing state house correspondents on the outcome of the national security council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. The NSA […]

The federal government has reportedly procured six attack helicopters from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).  The helicopter, T129, has the capacity to perform well in hot temperatures and high altitudes. According to Defense News, Temel Kotil, general manager of TAI, said the company will deliver a batch of six T129 attack helicopters. […]