Security

By Femi Owolabi GANDOKI, a corporal with the special force unit of the Nigerian army, walks out of a sport betting shop, scans through the ticket in his hands, then nods as his face widens into a smile. The corporal and many other soldiers…
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IN Abuja and across some of the states, brand new police operational cars have been sighted with the name of the African richest man, Aliko Dangote, written on them as the donor. On the bonnet and both door sides of the white painted…
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WILLIE Obiano, Governor of Anambra State, earmarked N42.6 billion for his security votes in three years – money he will never be held to account and he can spend it however he wants without any consequence. The proposed three-year…
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By Musdapha Ilo THE ICIR can authoritatively report that 62 soldiers were killed in Saturday’s attack on a military base by the Boko Haram in Geidam local Government Area, Yobe State. Despite denials by the military about the attack on…
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By Peter Nkanga IN tears, 80-year-old Mama Abiri undressed. Before strangers, family, and friends alike, she clasped her frail breasts, and cried inconsolably, naked. With emotions only a mother could express, she cried in the native…
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Over two days in April, former ICIR Editor, FISAYO SOYOMBO, drove the equivalent of a stolen vehicle from Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, to Lagos, the country’s commercial hub. Not only did he arrive Lagos safely with the car, he…
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It was the vibration of the ringing phone that jolted him from sleep. The room was dark and cozy. The air conditioner hanging on the wall worked silently to keep the room as cold as London where he returned from earlier in the…
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By Ogala Emmanuel “…with the NSA involved I was fine with it. Afterall he is the chief accounting officer of Nigeria’s national security. If he wants to buy it at N100 billion who am I to say no?” Two years ago, as the late evening sun…
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The mood in Nigeria has generally been celebratory since Wednesday, following the release of 105 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Yobe State. But this has not stopped allegations,…
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Soldiers serving jail terms at the Kirikiri Medium and Maximum Security Prisons have cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari to forgive them whatever wrongdoing they had committed and grant them pardon for the sake of their…
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