Defence chiefs from West Africa's regional bloc, ECOWAS, will meet today, Wednesday in Abuja, Nigeria, to deliberate the recent coup in the Republic of Niger, the bloc said in a statement on Tuesday, NAN reports.
The Defence Headquarters has said that the 287 students of a school in Kuriga, Kaduna State, who were kidnapped last week are being held in locations that are difficult to get to.
Senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko has explained how his proposed bill will allow Nigerians to bear arms for self-defense following the increased rate of insecurity across the country. Nwoko spoke on Thursday as a guest on Arise TV's Morning Show.
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that troops in the last two weeks intercepted stolen crude worth N1.2 billion as Nigeria's oil production capacity increased in September. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen.
Consequently, the country has found itself compelled to spend more on defence than it normally would. In 2019, the total allocation to the defence sector was N589.955 billion.
"Arsenal have got to sort their defence out," Parlour told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast. "To go 22 games unbeaten, it was a great run and it was always going to come to an end.