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Former Chief of Army Staff Lt.-General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd) has called for total reform of Nigeria’s security sector to address the current security challenges confronting the country. Dambazau also …
At Blueprint 2021 Annual Lecture/Awards: Dambazau seeks security overhaul, counter-terrorism reform strategy Read More
Six travellers were on Monday abducted between Obbo-Ile/Osi road in Ekiti local government area of Kwara state by five armed hoodlums. And in a swift reaction, operatives of the Kwara …
Six travellers abducted in Kwara, police rescue 4 victims Read More
With the latest marching order from President Muhammadu Buhari, security agencies have taken the battle to the terrorists with scores of them being neutralised by ground troops and air assets …
Terrorists in disarray as NAF bombards Kaduna, Niger Read More
Gunmen attacked eight Police Dragon squad attached to Delta State Command, injured three Policemen, killed Chief Jose Onalugbum and carted away their rifles along Ozoro /Kwale road in Ndokwa West …
Gunmen kill one, attack policemen, cart away rifles in Delta Read More
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of water-tight security to cover all schools, hospitals, health workers, and critical national infrastructure around the country. Force Public …
IGP orders water-tight security around schools, hospitals, critical infrastructure Read More
The FCT Police Command has smashed two robbery syndicates and arrested six suspects as part of it’s on-going operation targeted at identifying distinctive styles of the perpetration of theft of …
FCT Police smash 2 robbery syndicates, nab 6, recover 76 laptops Read More
Kwara state governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, has tasked religious and community leaders to do more in their expected roles to compliment government’s efforts in ending insecurity in the country. The governor …
Compliments government’s efforts on security, AbdulRazaq tasks religious, community leaders Read More
Following a distress call that some of the bandits that escaped arrest during the Izombe and Agwa raids conducted by the Imo state Command’s tactical teams were sighted blocking the …
Police arrest 6 suspected bandits, recover weapons in Imo Read More
Just few days after President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘full freedom’ order to security agencies, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday announced troops of Operation HADIN KAI in the North-east have killed 29 …
Days after Buhari’s full freedom order: Troops give terrorists bloody nose, kill 76 in 2 weeks, 55 arrested, 1,755 surrender Read More
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Ahmed Idris Wase, has commended men of the Nigerian Army for their efforts in combating banditry and other forms of criminality in …
Reps Deputy Speaker seeks deployment of more troops to Wase, Kanam Read More
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), CP Babaji Sunday, has called on members of the public within the FCT to shun the barbaric act of jungle justice in …
FCT Police rescue 3 ‘fraudsters’ from mob, warn against jungle justice Read More
…1,755 surrender The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday said troops of Operation HADIN KAI in the North-east killed 29 terrorists, arrested 55 and rescued 52 civilians in the last two weeks. …
Troops arrest foreign bandits, kill several terrorists Read More
Seven captives of the AK9 Abuja- Kaduna train, a couple with their four teenage children and another 60-year-old woman with failing health, were on Wednesday released by the terrorists who …
Kaduna train attack: Terrorists free more captives, kidnap Ango Abdullahi’s daughter-in-law, 4 children Read More
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has reiterated the determination of the Nigerian police in managing security challenges that might come up before, during and after the 2023 election. …
Police committed to addressing insecurity for credible elections in 2023 — IGP Read More
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Lucky Irabor has said the masterminds of the June 5 massacre in Owo, Ondo state, have been captured by security operatives. The CDS also …
Owo massacre: Nigeria Military expose identity of killers Read More
The FCT Police Command has said that it’s officers and men restored normalcy at Airport Road Abuja following a clash between commercial motorcycle riders popularly called okada and FCT taskforce. …
Taskforce/okada clash: FCT Police wade in, restore calm along airport road Read More
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed a policeman, PC Liyomo Okoi, attached to Ekori Division, Cross River State, for flogging a man with cutlass. Blueprint had reported that Okoi, who …
Police dismiss officer for flogging man with cutlass Read More
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has commended the Nigerians troops under the military Operation Thunder Strike and Police Headquarter’s Operation Puff Adder for maintaining security on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. …
El-Rufai hails troops over security on Kaduna-Abuja highway Read More
Almajiri system of traditional Qur’anic education, which aimed at spreading the study of Islam in Northern Nigeria, collapsed during colonial rule leading to some of the students becoming tools for …
How collapsed Almajiri system turned students to bandits, Boko Haram members – Alfacare Read More
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN, has tasked the military to do more in improving Civil-Military Relations (CMR), saying “this will yield …
Strong civil-military relations key to addressing insecurity – NHRC boss Read More
Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed serious concerns over the rising insecurity in Nigeria, saying the security architecture is gasping for breath as nobody is safe anymore. The …
Insecurity: We’ll apply for AK47, AK49 for volunteer guards – Ortom Read MoreAs the nation prepares for the 2023 general elections, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has said that election security was critical to the advancement of democratic culture …
2023: Election security critical to advancement of democratic culture – IGP Read MoreA non-partisan advocacy group, the Rebirth Movement has described as unnecessary, diversionary and unpatriotic a recent story published in a national newspaper that July salaries of some personnel of the …
Report on delay of military personnel salaries unpatriotic, diversionary – Group Read More
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has raised concerns over threat posed to the country by terror elements, bandits, kidnappers, and other highly organised, and violent criminal …
Why security threats are on increase – IGP Read More
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Wednesday pulled down trees and shanties at a forest in Pasali along Kuje-Gwagwalada road suspected to be bandits’ hideout, and reclaimed the area earmarked …
One week after Bwari attack: FCTA hits bandits’ hideout in Kuje forest, reclaims market Read More