Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified reports surrounding the recent killing of terrorist commander Abu-Bilal Al-Minuki, following public confusion triggered by references to a similar operation conducted in 2024 involving a militant bearing the same name. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director Defence Information, Major General Samaila...
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Nigerian Senate has renewed calls for accelerated security reforms following the abduction of 87 students and teachers across schools in Borno and Oyo States within a 24-hour period, describing the incidents as a grave threat to the nation’s future and educational stability. The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, strongly condemned...
United Kibaku Global Youth (UKGY) forum have raised concerns over Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists renewed attacks which have claimed many lives with properties worth millions of naira destroyed. The group lamented that in the last one week, there were coordinated attacks without confrontation at various communities in Chibok Local Government...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have continued to record significant operational successes under Operation DESERT SANITY, including the rescue of abducted civilians, neutralisation of terrorists, and arrest of suspected terrorist collaborators across the theatre of operations. Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task...
In line with the drive of the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, to build a highly responsive and technologically advanced Nigerian Air Force (NAF), participants of Senior Course 48 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, witnessed firsthand the Service’s...
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have uncovered illegal arms manufacturing sites in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State and arrested five suspected Berom militia members linked to the fabrication of weapons used in attacks across the state. Security sources according to a report by a security...
Fresh tension has gripped parts of Plateau State after gunmen attacked Nding Susut community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, killing five members of the same family and injuring three others. The attack reportedly happened on Tuesday night when the assailants stormed the community and opened fire on residents...
A Bauchi-based public affairs analyst, Hamisu Shalele, has described Governor Bala Mohammed as one of the finest state leaders Nigeria has produced since the return to democratic rule in 1999. Speaking during an interview with NATIONAL ACCORD correspondent in Bauchi, Shalele reflected on his long-standing engagement with Nigerian politics,...
Nigeria Police Force, through the Force Intelligence Department Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS), has recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest of six (6) notorious kidnapping suspects and the rescue of victims in Kaduna State. The Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has inaugurated a Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR), Peace and Security Committee, pledging strong political backing to ensure its success in tackling insecurity and sustaining peace across the state. The committee, whose framework was facilitated by the Office of the National Security Adviser and...
At least 11 people have been killed after suspected bandits carried out a reprisal attack on communities in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State. Police said the attackers struck around midday on Sunday, invading Jeka da Kolo and Kwalgoro villages where they opened fire on residents before being...
As the international community marks World Press Freedom Day, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have called on the government of President Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s state governors, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike to urgently ensure...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA Sector 2, has delivered a decisive blow to terrorist elements in the North-West, destroying a notorious hideout linked to kingpin Abasu Aiki during a precision air strike in Katsina State. Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters,...
Participants of the Air Force War College have embarked on a national study tour across Nigeria’s North-West region, aimed at strengthening their grasp of operational and strategic air power in support of civil authority and national development. The delegation, drawn from Course 12/2026, visited the Headquarters of 8 Division,...
Key stakeholders in Sokoto State on Tuesday converged at Dankani Hotels to review and validate findings from the Peace and Conflict Analysis (PCA) research report, emphasizing the importance of inclusive contributions in shaping sustainable peace strategies. The validation session, organised by the Crest Research and Development Institute (CRADI), is...
Somewhere in Nigeria today, a market is open because an arms shipment was intercepted last week. A village is quieter because a bandit kingpin is in a courtroom. A child went to school this Monday morning in the Southeast for the first time in years without fear. These things...
Troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE deployed in Sector 9 Shendam, have rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered ransom paid by the family during a coordinated operation on Saturday, 25 April 2026. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force Operation ENDURING PEACE, Captain Chinoso Oteh, confirmed this in a statement issued...
My ill-fated country, those you have affronted with them you must be equalized by sharing the same affront. Those you have denied human rights, Allowed to stand before you but never invited in – with all of them you must be equalized by sharing the same affront. Rabindranath Tagore,...
It was in 2016 that Nigeria first lost top army commanders – Lt. Col. K. Yusuf, Col. B.U. Umar, Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu Ali and Lt. Col. O. Umusu in the war against religious terrorists. Yet another heroic Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba was murdered by terrorists in 2018 as...
In a significant blow to the proliferation of illicit weapons and the activities of criminal elements, troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE have successfully raided a clandestine arms manufacturing site in Gwandanu Village, Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force Operation ENDURING PEACE,...