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No VIP Police Escorts Without My Personal Clearance – Tinubu Tells Ministers
Wednesday January 7, 2026www.thenewsdesk.ng Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed ministers and senior officials to seek his approval before requesting police escorts for official assignments. President Tinubu…
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Army Probes Killing Of Akwa Ibom Teen By Soldier After Alleged Harassment Incident
Monday January 5, 2026www.thenewsdesk.ng The Nigerian Army has confirmed that it is investigating the killing of a 13-year-old boy, Timothy Daniel, who was allegedly shot by a soldier…
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Report: Sultan Of Sokoto Is Reportedly Hiding, Left Palace To Unknown Location
Monday January 5, 2026www.thenewsdesk.ng By Samuel ABASIEKONG-ABASIEKONG The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’adu Abubakar, has reportedly left his palace for an unknown location, sparking concerns and speculations. The Sultan…
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United States Forces Capture Venezuelan President, Maduro – Trump
Saturday January 3, 2026www.thenewsdesk.ng By Idorenyin UMOREN Security Evaluator The United States, US President Donald Trump on Saturday, January 3, announced that United States forces had apprehended Venezuelan…
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Reports Of Bello Turji’s Killing In US Airstrike False, Says Zagazola
Monday December 29, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng By Idorenyin UMOREN, Security Evaluator Reports making the rounds that notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, was killed in a United States airstrike are false,…
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Nigeria Cannot Defeat Insecurity Without Funding Police Oversight, PSC Warns
Monday December 29, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng Despite massive spending on policing, Nigeria remains insecure because accountability and oversight have been pushed to the margins of the country’s security governance, the…
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US Resumes Surveillance of Sambisa Forest After Air Strikes In Sokoto
Sunday December 28, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng The United States (US) has resumed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations over Nigeria’s north-east region, targeting militants in the Sambisa forest, following Thursday…
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U.S. Struck Sokoto Without Nigerian Govt’s Consent, Sowore Claims
Friday December 26, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, claims the Nigerian government lacked prior knowledge of the…
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Nigeria Approved US Air Strikes Against Terrorists – Foreign Minister Tuggar
Friday December 26, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng Nigeria gave the go-ahead for the United States, US, strikes against terrorists in the country’s Northwest region, according the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf…
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Airstrikes First Step To Ending Killings In Nigeria— US Lawmaker Riley Moore
Friday December 26, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng A United States, US Congressman, Riley Moore, has said recent US military air strikes carried out in coordination with the Nigerian government are only…