The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has approved the strategic redeployment of senior officers to key command, operational and staff appointments across the Nigerian Army (NA), as part of ongoing efforts to enhance operational effectiveness, strengthen leadership and align the Service’s command structure with Nigeria’s...
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Lagos State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its campaign against violent crime with the arrest of four suspected armed robbers and the recovery of several items believed to have been stolen from victims. The suspects were apprehended by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested 10 suspected vandals in separate operations across Abuja as part of ongoing efforts to protect public infrastructure from criminal activities. The operations, carried out in Kubwa, Wuye and the National Mosque area, led to the recovery of armoured electrical cables and...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has joined police organisations around the world in marking the United Nations International Day of Police Cooperation, highlighting the importance of international law enforcement collaboration in confronting transnational crime, protecting vulnerable persons and strengthening public safety. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday...
Presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi has reaffirmed his commitment to tackling insecurity, unemployment, poor healthcare and inadequate education, following a series of political and community engagements across Kogi, Benue and Enugu states. Obi, in a statement shared on his social media platforms on Sunday, said...
Nigeria has called on the African Union (AU) to adopt innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms to strengthen the continent’s capacity for conflict prevention and resolution while reducing its reliance on external funding. The call was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, during the 26th Extraordinary Session...
National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), in collaboration with the Centre for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMICO), on Friday, 4 September 2026, held a strategic roundtable in Abuja to discuss the proposed zonal townhalls on preventing electoral violence and strengthening election security ahead...
Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mamman Giwa, held a strategic conference with senior police officers of the Command as part of measures to strengthen security and public safety during the Ember Months and the approaching festive period. The conference actor to a statement by the Command’s spokesperson,...
Nigeria and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have signed an agreement for a Joint Work Programme to strengthen strategic partnership in the development of data for energy policy and investment across the value chain for economic growth and energy security. This is just as the Vice President, Senator Kashim...
Nigerian Navy, in collaboration with other security agencies, has uncovered an alleged fake recruitment and training scheme operating under the name of a “Nigeria Coast Guard Academy” in Akwa Ibom State, arresting 12 people. The operation was conducted on Monday, August 31, 2026, at the Merchant Seaman Academy in...
Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed profound appreciation to the security agencies and groups involved in the successful rescue of the sixteen Corps Members abducted in Kogi State on 26 August 2026, while they were travelling from the Bayelsa State camp on relocation to Abuja...
… Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has pledged the accelerated reconstruction of critical public infrastructure in Mallam-Fatori, headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area, as part of efforts to support residents returning to communities liberated from insurgency. Governor Zulum made the commitment on Monday during a working visit...
Nigerian Navy has added forensic investigation and security management to the professional skills of its personnel, with 80 officers and ratings graduating from a specialised training programme in Makurdi, Benue State. The two-week programme, held at the Nigerian Navy Provost and Regulating School, was organised by Naval Headquarters in...
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has offered an amnesty to armed youths operating in the Sankera axis of the state, urging them to abandon criminal activities, surrender their weapons, and return to their communities. The governor made the appeal during his thank-you tour of Katsina-Ala Local Government...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has further strengthened its operational capability and mission readiness with the commissioning of a reconstructed runway and military apron on 27 August 2026 in Rivers State. Commissioned by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, the upgraded facilities will enhance...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has received the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria His Excellency Yousef bin Mohammed Al-Balawi on a courtesy visit aimed at further strengthening the longstanding bilateral relationship and defence cooperation between Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The visit provided an opportunity...
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to building a self-reliant and technologically advanced defence industry, describing local production and industrial capacity as critical to strengthening the nation’s security architecture. Matawalle made the remarks on Wednesday during the 7th Nigeria–Türkiye Defence Industries Cooperation Meeting held...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, commissioned newly completed blocks of flats for officers at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna, reaffirming the Nigerian Army’s commitment to improving the welfare and living conditions of its personnel and their families. The accommodation project was initiated...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS), for rescuing kidnapped victims and dislodging a criminal camp on the outskirts of Atabula village, Aloshi District, Obi LGA of the state. Governor Sule spoke on the heels of the recent rescue, by DSS operatives, of...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, on Wednesday, delivered the opening address at the North-West Security Summit in Gusau, Zamfara State, where he called for an intelligence-led, community-supported, and coordinated regional response to insecurity. The Summit, hosted by the Zamfara State Government, brought together governors, traditional rulers, security chiefs,...