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...
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Nigeria and the United States (US) are forging ahead in deepening cooperation on security, counterterrorism, regional stability, and strategic partnership. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who undertook a three-day working visit to the United States from May 4 to May 6, held a series of high-level...
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede has charged troops of 2 National Mission Force Brigade to redouble their efforts in eradicating the numerous security challenges in their Joint Operations Area (JOA) and Southern Kaduna generally. The CDS gave the charge during his operational visit to the Brigade...
Theatre Command of Joint Task Force, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), and the Adamawa State Government have restated their resolve to deepen collaboration aimed at strengthening security operations, enhancing rapid response capacity, and ensuring the protection of lives and property across Adamawa State and the wider North East region. This...
Chairman of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Joseph John Hayab, has led the distribution of relief materials to 1,000 heads of households displaced by over a decade of Boko Haram insurgency in Maiduguri, Borno State. The beneficiaries, currently residing in camps and host communities, received assorted...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, sustained operational pressure on terrorist elements with a precision air interdiction mission conducted on 24 April 2026 over Ali Sheriffti, a known terrorist enclave in the Southern Tumbuns. Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen...
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...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced specialised aeromedical evacuation training for its Nursing Officers at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, facilitated through the Office of Security Cooperation at the United States Embassy, Abuja. NAF in a statement on Wednesday said the ongoing training...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed May 26 for the Department of State Services (DSS) to open its case of alleged terrorism against the immediate past Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, and his son, Abdulaziz. When the case was called, Akinlolu Kehinde...
United States has commended the Nigeria government for accelerating terrorism-related prosecutions, describing the recent conviction of hundreds of militants as a major step toward strengthening justice and national security. In a statement posted on X, Senior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, praised Nigeria’s commitment to tackling...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has donated ₦50 million to the family of the late Lt. Col. OC Okolo, who lost his life during a Boko Haram attack at Mandaragirau in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State on 16 February 2026. The governor recently made a...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday, 10 April 2026, reaffirmed the determination of the Nigerian Army to defeat all security threats confronting the nation, with the continued support of citizens. The COAS made this known during an operational visit to Yobe State, where he...
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) has decried the unabated attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, specifically on the last Saturday invasion on Ashigashiya village in Gwoza LGA and Kopul village of Askira-Uba lLGA in his Senatorial District. The separate attacks led to the killing of a disabled household who...
Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has announced that the Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards to strengthen security across the state. The governor made this known on Thursday in Jos while expressing appreciation to Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his visit and intervention in addressing the...
Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) has inaugurated Counter- Terrorism Department. The grand opening/inauguration of the department took place at its office in Kubwa, Abuja. Officers from the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Civil Defence and other security agencies, stakeholders, as well as some members of the public were in attendance....
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called for a decisive shift from routine peacekeeping to robust, intelligence-driven security operations following the deadly attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area, which claimed several lives, including women, and left many others injured. The Governor made this call on Monday,...
Weighed on the scale of the insecurity ravaging the entity he was entrusted with the responsibility of governing since May 29, 2019, the feats accomplished by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on the restoration of security as sine qua non for the recovery of the state from...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sharply criticised the Federal Government following Nigeria’s ranking in the latest Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2026, accusing the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of failing to protect citizens amid worsening insecurity. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong,...
Nigeria has again come under scrutiny following its ranking among the world’s most terrorised countries in the latest Global Terrorism Index, with former presidential candidate Peter Obi describing the development as a troubling reflection of leadership failure. Reacting to the report, Obi said the country’s position highlights a dangerous...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has cautioned Non-Profit Organisations, NPOs, across the country to guide against infiltration by terrorist networks that seek to exploit the sector for acts of terrorism against the state. He gave the warning in Abuja on Tuesday,...