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The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), has called on Muslim Ummah to use the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir to promote peaceful co-existence and collective effort towards addressing security challenges in the country. Magashi…

The Minister of Defence Major General Bashir Magashi (Rtd) has said that banditry and insecurity had persisted in the North West because the Nigerian military does not have modern technologies and enough personnel to subdue to the…

Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has advised the National Security Council to suspend Anti-Grazing Law enacted by some states while grazing routes should be opened up for cattle. The minister who had previously called for…

Warri-based fiery lawyer and human rights activist, Oghenejabor Ikimi, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all Service Chiefs, the Security Adviser and the Defence Minister immediately over the recent abduction of about 110…

The Federal Government on Monday announced plans to establish a commission for the control of illegal firearms in the country. The Minister of Defence, retired Lt.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, made the disclosure while fielding questions in…

THE Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali (retd), has said the Armed Forces are consolidating the gains of Boko Haram, adding the insurgents have been decimated. He made this known at the Passing out Parade of 200…

NO fewer than 12,000 persons held hostage including Chibok girls by the Book Haram insurgent had been set free by the Task Force in charge of security in the North East says the Defence Minister, Mansur Dan-Ali. The Minister Stated this…