Daily Trust (Nigeria)
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:29
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy Senator Chris Anyanwu has berated the ministry of finance for releasing only 55 percent of the 2013 capital budget for the Nigeria Navy.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:47
The Nigerian Army in Borno State yesterday refuted media reports that 30 people including a groom who were returning to Maiduguri from a wedding ceremony in Adamawa State were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, saying only five people died in the attack.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:15
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, yesterday released a new video, in which he claimed that he personally led the attacks in Damaturu on October 24.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 08:14
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Israel to collaborate with his administration to fight against insurgency currently ravaging Nigeria.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:36
The Nigerian Navy has mobilised more patrol ships in search of the two Americans kidnapped by pirates last week in a move also aimed at checking theft of crude oil and pipeline vandalism in the country’s waterways.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:57
Report from Brass said yesterday that suspected pirates attacked an oil vessel and took two American mariners hostage. The abduction of the two Americans came barely two days after Exercise African Winds organised by the African Partnership Station (APS) during which it vowed to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 07:47
An intense shootout between suspected militants and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) after a sudden attack on the Esuk Otu community in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Monday left at least three people dead, our correspondent learnt yesterday.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 07:46
The Netherlands government has expressed concern over the increasing rate of insecurity at the Gulf of Guinea.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 07:42
The Gombe State Police Command has arres-ted a vehicle with ammunition near Wuro Juli along Bypass area of Gombe metropolis.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 08:34
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said yesterday that extra-judicial killing could be acceptable only during armed conflicts other than circumstances permitted by law.