BY V. AL-PEA
Operation Rainbow, the security initiative undertaken by Plateau State and the federal government graduated 1700 operatives on Thursday, 21st January 2011. The Nigerian Police, Civil Defense, Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Immigration Services subjected the graduating class, who are mostly from the southern part of Plateau State, to two weeks of information gathering techniques.
Meanwhile, a …

BY V. AL-PEA
The executive governor of Plateau state, Da Jonah Jang swore in new management committee chairmen of 17 local government areas in the state on January 21st, 2012. According to Jang, it is the climax of an exercise which started with the nomination of appointees by the stakeholders.
As the chairmen took oath of office at the Government …

By V. AL-PEA
The Messenger Voice (TMV) spoke to Bistu Yilji Johnson, who is Chairman of the State Youth Christian Association of Nigeria–YOWICAN. A Catholic and journalist with the Word of Life newspaper, Johnson discussed many things, including security. TMV wanted to know how Johnson views Nigeria’s battle with Hausa Islamic terrorism especially the one coming from Boko Haram. …

Via Vanguard
By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano
KANO – Sequel to conscious effort to bridge the gap between followers of Nigerian two top religion, Concerned Muslims in Kano made history Sunday in the ancient city when the y paid a solidarity visit to Christians in their various places worship.
The visit, the first of its kind in recent Kano history took the …

A BBC Report
A British-based arms dealer helped organise the shipment of thousands of guns from China to Nigeria without the necessary licence, a court has heard.


Gary Hyde, 42, partly arranged and organised the shipment in 2007 of 80,000 rifles and pistols and 32 million rounds of ammunition.
 
Southwark Crown Court heard he did not receive permission from …

January 9, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday alleged the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had infiltrated his government.
He claimed some of members of the group, which had claimed responsibility for the killings in parts of the North, were in the executive, legislative and judiciary arms of government as well as the police and …