United Kingdom has commended Governor Uba Sani’s efforts in tackling security challenges in Kaduna State and as a result, it has moved the State from red to amber in the UK travel advisory advice. The Head of UK Development Cooperation, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development, Ms Cynthia Rowe disclosed this...
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In a deadly assault, suspected kidnappers gunned down eight Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel and abducted a Chinese expatriate at the BUA Cement Company in Okpella, Edo State, on Friday night. The attack occurred around 10:00 p.m. as the NSCDC team escorted five Chinese expatriates back...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has promised to support security agencies with technological gadgets to enhance surveillance and intelligence gathering toward tackling insecurity in the state. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, disclosed this during a bimonthly press conference on Thursday in...
Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has intensified its fight against crime by targeting not just criminals but their influential backers, according to the agency’s State Commander, Mr. Adetunji Adeleye. Speaking to journalists in Akure on Tuesday, Adeleye revealed that the corps is adapting to the...
Nigeria Police Force has recorded another significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to combat illegal arms trafficking and other forms of violent crime across the country. Force Public Relation Officer, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the Katsina State Command operatives intercepted two...
Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has firmly rejected allegations by former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who claimed in a recent television interview that the ONSA coordinates ransom payments and incentives to bandits. The ONSA labeled these claims as “baseless” and highlighted significant progress in the...
Ebonyi State Police Command has verified the gruesome beheading of Dick Nnachi, a middle-aged man, in Oso-Edda, located within the Edda Local Government Area. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, was confirmed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Joshua Ukandu, in a statement on Sunday. The communities of...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is mobilizing approximately $2.61 billion to activate its proposed 5,000-strong Standby Force, aimed at combating terrorism and stabilizing the region, according to Dr. Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission. Speaking at a joint meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Finance and Defence...
Niger State Government has ordered the closure of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Mokwa due to growing security risks and reports of illicit activities. The decision follows concerns that the camp, originally set up to house flood victims, was being misused by individuals not affected by the...
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has called on African defence leaders to take decisive ownership of the continent’s security challenges during her address at the inaugural African Chiefs of Defence Forum in Abuja on Monday. Highlighting the escalating threats of violent extremism, cyber warfare, and climate-induced instability, she...
By CHRIS NWOKOCHA – Nigeria today is facing one of its most complex security challenges since independence. Banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, and armed robbery have taken root in the forests and rural areas, threatening lives, livelihoods, and national stability. At the center of proposed solutions stands the Nigerian Forest Security...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- FCT Police Command has announced the results of Operation Sweep Abuja, a security operation launched on July 7 in the Federal Capital Territory. FCT Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, in a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja said the operation led to the impounding of...
No fewer than 7 suspects have been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly killing a Port Harcourt based lawyer, Mr. Bright Owhor. It would be recalled that Owhor, aged 46, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on July 6 at his residence on Market Road in...
Commandant of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. Abdul Khalifah, has emphasized that the academy’s curriculum is strategically crafted to prepare officers to address Nigeria’s pressing security issues. He made these remarks during the ongoing Exercise Camp Highland for Army Cadets of Regular Course 72 and Short Service Course...
Seven farmers abducted from their farmland in Itaogbolu, Ondo State, have regained freedom after spending five days in captivity. The gunmen launched a surprise attack on the farmers while they were working on their farms in Akure North Local Government Area. A relative of one of the abductees revealed...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar has said the transfer of the abandoned airstrip in Eket, Akwa Ibom State which was previously under the operation of Mobil Producing Nigeria will boost air power for national security. Abubakar, who stated this when he...
A joint operation by the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) and the Department of State Services (DSS) has disrupted a major gunrunning syndicate in Taraba State, leading to the arrest of a suspected high-profile arms trafficker. The operation, conducted near Ambassador Roundabout in Wukari Local...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- At the interactive forum in Arewa House, Kaduna, on Wednesday, NSA Nuhu Ribadu and CDS General Christopher Musa spoke on the efforts to keep our country safe under the Bola Tinubu presidency. Ribadu fired the first shot to remind us that Nigeria has been battling...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF), under Operation Fasan Yamma, conducted a devastating airstrike that eliminated 95 terrorists near Ragada and Warari villages in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State. According to a credible intelligence source cited by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), NAF fighter jets intercepted the terrorists...
Speaker of the Benue House of Assembly, Hyacinth Dajoh, has assured displaced Yelwata refugees that no invader will succeed in taking their land. According to him, “Our land was given to us by God, and nobody can take it from us.” Dajoh made this statement during a visit to...