Police Command in Lagos State has detained a woman for allegedly killing a 65-year-old man in the Oko-Oba, Abule-Egba area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Hundeyin said the command had recorded a significant breakthrough in...
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The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has assured the people of Borno of President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to addressing the prevailing security challenges across the country. Badaru gave the assurance on Friday when he led the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle and the Chief of...
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) said it has arrested a wanted bandit in Taraba and recovered arms and ammunition. This is contained in a statement by Capt. Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations on Friday in Jalingo. He said the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has called on the military to launch aggressive offensive operations in the Lake Chad islands, also known as the Tumbus, to eliminate insurgents from their enclaves. Governor Zulum made the appeal on Friday while receiving a high-level...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that for the past three years, the Nigerian Armed Forces eliminated no fewer than 1,770 terrorists and arrested 3,070 across the five Northwest states. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa made the disclosure at a sensitisation exercise, organised for Katsina...
Nigeria has adopted the Counter Terrorism Technology (CT-TECH+) initiative to enhance its capacity to secure the country and the Sahel region. The Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, made this known at the official kick-off of the CT...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The FCT Police Command has recorded a significant breakthrough in its ongoing investigation into the tragic attack on the Boys Brigade camping site in Zhayidna Village Orozo, which resulted in the unfortunate death of one of the campers, Johnson John. Police Public Relations Officer,...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is currently holding a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, to discuss the ongoing insecurity challenges in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, presided over by the Chairman of the NGF, Gov....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced that it has honored all commitments made to the victims and families impacted by the tragic airstrike that occurred on January 11 in Dangebe Village, Maradun, Zamfara. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame,...
Borno State Government has received 230 repentant Boko Haram terrorists from the Operation Safe Corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the repentant insurgents graduated from the Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) Camp in Malam Sidi, Gombe State. The insurgents who are...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has debunked a publication in some newspapers dated April 17, 2025 asserting that hundreds of Boko Haram suspects have been apprehended in Lagos. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, debunked the report in a statement on...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the information space is becoming as equally contested as the battlefield where the military communicates its mission, counter misinformation, and maintain public trust. Musa said this at the maiden Quarterly Media Stakeholders Seminar organised by the Directorate of...
The Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE has intercepted 1,306 bags of foreign rice being smuggled into the country. The NNS BEECROFT Commander, Commodore Paul Nimmyel, said this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Apapa, Lagos State. Nimmyel, who is the Maritime Component Commander, South-West Operation AWATSE, said that the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, has commended Nigeria as a regional power and a pillar of stability on the African continent. Speaking during a high-level courtesy visit to the Chief of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- In a ceremony held at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on April 9, 2025, Major General John Ochai, the Commandant, bid farewell to Cadet Covenant Toluwanimi Ogunmola, who has been selected to attend further military training at the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has arrested no fewer than 27 suspected drug peddlers during a coordinated raid in Gidan Drama, Malu Road, Apapa, Lagos State. The Nigerian Navy Ship’s spokesman, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
The Defence Headquarters has dismissed reports of Niger Republic’s withdrawal from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), stating that such a move would have serious security implications. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, addressed the media on Thursday in Abuja, emphasising the critical role of the...
The Nigerian military is committed to enhancing defence cooperation in Africa, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has said. Musa said this while inaugurating the committee to work out modalities for the maiden edition of the Africa Chiefs of Defence Summit which will hold from June...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has raided an internet fraud training facility, commonly referred to as “Yahoo School”, operating in the Iju area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement, in Lagos on Tuesday. CSP Hundeyin said...