security forces – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png security forces – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Security Forces Rescue Abducted Israeli National in Taraba https://www.theinfostride.com/security-forces-rescue-abducted-israeli-national-in-taraba/ https://www.theinfostride.com/security-forces-rescue-abducted-israeli-national-in-taraba/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:00:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=407412 An Israeli national, Gil Itamar, who was kidnapped by armed criminals in Atim Community along the Takum/Chanchangi Road in Taraba State, has been rescued by a combined team of security operatives. The successful operation was conducted by the Taraba State Police Command in collaboration with the military and local hunters, following a fierce gun battle [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/security-forces-rescue-abducted-israeli-national-in-taraba/feed/ 0 Enugu State Intensifies Crackdown on Kidnappers https://www.theinfostride.com/enugu-state-intensifies-crackdown-on-kidnappers/ https://www.theinfostride.com/enugu-state-intensifies-crackdown-on-kidnappers/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:00:45 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=387509 In a determined effort to combat the growing menace of kidnapping and other criminal activities in Enugu State, security forces have successfully neutralised at least 27 kidnappers, including members of the notorious Auto Pilot faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), also known as Unknown Gunmen. This faction, allegedly led by Finland-based fugitive [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/enugu-state-intensifies-crackdown-on-kidnappers/feed/ 0 APC, Buhari And Security Forces Plan To Declare Fake Results – CUPP https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-buhari-and-security-forces-plan-to-declare-fake-results-cupp/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 12:41:00 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=224765 With less than 2 months to the 2019 general elections, the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, the umbrella body of opposition parties in the country, has once more raised alarm over what it sees as a plot by the Presidency to rig the polls. The coalition said an unholy unity among the trio of [...]

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]]> Exclusive: Saraki Won’t Resign, Let Abu Ibrahim Do His Worst https://www.theinfostride.com/exclusive-saraki-wont-resign-let-abu-ibrahim-do-his-worst/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:56:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=212691 The Senators representing Bauchi Central and Kwara South respectively, Isa Hama Misau and Rafiu Ibrahim have warned their counterpart from Katsina South, Abu Ibrahim and his fellow travellers in the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to foment any trouble when the Senate resumes on September 25, as the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki will [...]

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]]> Governor Shettima Meets Civilian JTF Members, ‎Unfolds Welfare Package For Them https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-shettima-meets-civilian-jtf-members-%e2%80%8eunfolds-welfare-package-for-them/ Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:14:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116037 Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State yesterday, held a meeting with the youth volunteers assisting the Nigerian security forces in the war against insurgency popularly known as “Civilian JTF”, during which he commended their gallant efforts and unveiled welfare packages for them. The meeting held at the Multi-purpose hall of the Government House, Maiduguri. The governor [...]

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]]> Shi’ite Leader Had Been Running A Parallel Government In The Past 40 Years – Sheik Gumi https://www.theinfostride.com/shiite-leader-had-been-running-a-parallel-government-in-the-past-40-years-sheik-gumi/ Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:51:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116035 Kaduna-based renowned Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, yesterday reflected on the recent deadly between the Nigerian Army and Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites in Zaria, saying he had earlier warned the sect’s leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky against blocking the highways during Arbaeen. He said the Shi’ite leader had been running a parallel [...]

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]]> President Buhari Declares War Against Boko Haram Technically Won https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-declares-war-against-boko-haram-technically-won/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 23:32:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=115092 It seems Nigerians, most especially those in the North-East part of the country could sleep with their two eyes closed as President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Nigeria has “technically won the war” against Boko Haram. The president told the BBC that the militant group could no longer mount “conventional attacks” against security forces or [...]

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]]> Group Accuses Burundi of Systematic Killings in capital https://www.theinfostride.com/group-accuses-burundi-of-systematic-killings-in-capital/ Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:09:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114633 According to a report by a UK-based human rights group, Burundi’s security forces systematically killed dozens of people on December 11 as an act of repression in the country’s capital, The government, however, blamed much of the violence on rebels. Amnesty International said it documented extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests, and looting by the police in [...]

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]]> Mass Panic among Staff and Students as Kenyan university stages Terror Drill https://www.theinfostride.com/mass-panic-among-staff-and-students-as-kenyan-university-stages-terror-drill/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:56:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109780 A security drill at a Nairobi university has caused mass panic among staff and students after security forces used what many thought was live ammunition to stage a pretend attack on the school. Social media went into overdrive on Monday afternoon as security forces simulated an attack against Strathmore University’s Madaraka campus in the Kenyan [...]

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]]> Mali Hotel Attack Explained: Who, Why and What’s Next? https://www.theinfostride.com/mali-hotel-attack-explained-who-why-and-whats-next/ Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:04:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108254 Malian security forces were hunting on Saturday for at least three at-large suspects involved in the brazen attack on a five-star hotel that killed 21 people in the heart of the capital, Bamako. A breakaway al-Qaeda faction from the country’s troubled north, al-Morabitoun, claimed responsibility for the nine-hour siege that ended after special forces stormed [...]

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]]> Coalition Of Southern Kaduna CSOs Accuse FG Of Neglect https://www.theinfostride.com/killings-coalition-of-southern-kaduna-csos-accuse-fg-of-neglect/ Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:15:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/09/killings-coalition-of-southern-kaduna-csos-accuse-fg-of-neglect/ A coalition of Southern Kaduna civil societies yesterday, at a press conference in Abuja, accused the federal government of not taking adequate and urgent measures to end the killings in their area, as well as identifying the perpetrators and bringing them to book. The civil societies stated that they are weary of petitioning, protesting, demonstrating [...]

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]]> Zaria Shootings: Killing Of Shiite Muslims Can Lead To Wider Bloodletting, Endless Conflict https://www.theinfostride.com/zaria-shootings-killing-of-shiite-muslims-can-lead-to-wider-bloodletting-endless-conflict/ Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:15:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/zaria-shootings-killing-of-shiite-muslims-can-lead-to-wider-bloodletting-endless-conflict/ Kaduna based civil rights activist, Comrade Shehu Sani weekend, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to take charge of the security situation in the country. Sani, who was reacting to the tragic killing of some Shiite Muslims in Zaria last week Thursday by soldiers, said the president should call the military and other security agencies to [...]

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]]> #Insurgency: Several Feared Dead In Boko Haram Attack On Borno https://www.theinfostride.com/several-feared-dead-in-boko-haram-attack-on-borno/ Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:15:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/several-feared-dead-in-boko-haram-attack-on-borno/ Boko Haram gunmen killed many people in an attack on the town of Damboa in Borno State, throwing explosives into residential homes and shooting dead civilians who tried to surrender, an official said Friday. “The insurgents attacked the town from 6:30pm (1730 GMT) on Thursday to the early hours of today,” said the official in [...]

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]]> The Truth About Boko Haram and #BringBackOurGirls Campaign [VIDEO] https://www.theinfostride.com/the-truth-about-boko-haram-and-bringbackourgirls-campaign-video/ Sun, 11 May 2014 09:30:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=41854 British, U.S. 'experts' arrive to help in Nigeria ‘“Damning testimonies gathered by Amnesty International reveal that Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings about Boko Haram’s armed raid on the state-run boarding school in…

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]]> Thai security forces shoot dead seven drug suspects https://www.theinfostride.com/thai-security-forces-shoot-dead-seven-drug-suspects/ Sat, 12 Apr 2014 04:44:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35105 Thai security forces shot dead seven suspected drug smugglers and seized hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine pills after a firefight in the Golden Triangle border region, an official said Saturday. The clash broke out late Friday in the mountains…

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]]> Cameroon forces search region where priests, nun kidnapped https://www.theinfostride.com/cameroon-forces-search-region-where-priests-nun-kidnapped/ Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:25:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33672 Cameroon's security forces Sunday were sweeping the remote northern region where two Italian priests and a Canadian nun were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, a local government official said. "We are everywhere. We have been on the ground since…

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]]> Arms smuggling to Boko Haram threatens Cameroon https://www.theinfostride.com/arms-smuggling-to-boko-haram-threatens-cameroon/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 03:20:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/02/arms-smuggling-to-boko-haram-threatens-cameroon/ Follow @{0} A pile of rifles after disarmament in eastern DRC. Weapons smuggling to Boko Haram is heightening insecurity in northern Cameroon YAOUNDE, 21 February 2014 (IRIN) – Recent arms seizures and arrests of traffickers in Cameroon’s Far North Region have highlighted the escalating insecurity caused by Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria and the impact [...]

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]]> Militants Capture Soldiers As Dispute Kills Thirteen https://www.theinfostride.com/militants-capture-soldiers-as-dispute-kills-thirteen/ Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:32:17 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14051 Militants appeared to have captured five Iraqi soldiers near Fallujah, according to witnesses and online videos, while anti-government fighters took control of more territory in Anbar province Sunday. . Meanwhile attacks elsewhere in Iraq killed 13 people, pushing to more than 850 the number of people killed this month. . Authorities have been grappling for [...]

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]]> Egypt army says jihadist leader killed in Sinai peninsula https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-army-says-jihadist-leader-killed-in-sinai-peninsula/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:36:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=4186 Egyptian troops killed on Monday a leader of an Al-Qaeda inspired militant group that operates in the Sinai peninsula and that has claimed attacks against security forces, the army said. Ibrahim Mohammed Salaima, also known as Abu Sohaib, a "field leader…

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]]> Security ramped up for Nelson Mandela’s grand funeral https://www.theinfostride.com/security-ramped-up-for-nelson-mandelas-grand-funeral/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:43:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=4162 South African security forces had only days to implement a rough plan for Nelson Mandela's grand funeral, based partly on blueprints of past major events like the 2010 World Cup final. South Africa's first black president had been seriously ill for…

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