Security

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 Wase and Kanam Local Government Areas of Plateau State, asking for deployment of more troops. Speaking when he visited the headquarters of Operation Safe Haven in Jos, the Deputy Speaker 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 their quest for justice. The CP gave the advice following the rescue of three suspected fraudsters, Francis Emeka Noah, Wua Ikyer, and Bokos Terkula, all male, from an angry mob 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. The military high command also said a total of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Five (1,755) Boko Haram terrorists’ members and their families comprising of 280 males, 523 females 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 abducted them on March 28, 2022. Publisher of Desert Herald Newspaper, and Media Consultant to Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, Malam Tukur Mamu (Dan-Iyan Fika), while announcing their release in a press 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. IGP Usman Baba stated this during the opening ceremony of a workshop on Election Security Management for Police Officers in the North-West zone in Kano Wednesday The IGP was represented 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 was caught in a viral video flogging a civilian with a cutlass, was facing orderly room trial at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, 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. Governor el-Rufai gave the commendation on Monday when he inspected troops deployed to the highway.  He was represented by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, 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 bandits and insurgents in recent years.  According to Alfacare Help and Care Organisation, a firm that seeks and works for peace in Northern Nigeria, the Almajiri traditional Qur’anic system established 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 better result in addressing the present security challenges confronting the country.” Ojukwu stated this during a two-day training programme organised by the NHRC in Collaboration with United Nations High Commissioner Read More

As 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 across the free world. The police boss stated this while speaking during an election security management workshop convened by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to educate police personnel, the military, Read More

A 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 Armed Forces was delayed.The movement while questioning the rationale behind the story, cautions the against reportage that is capable of dampening troops’ morale. The story alleged that Abuja-based soldiers on 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 syndicates. This is as the police boss has blamed the increased security threat on increasing rate of arms trafficking and proliferation, which he said  had occasioned the recent attack on Read More

The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, Wednesday assured Nigerians and the global community that the federal government would, no doubt, conduct a free and fair election in 2023. Fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja, the minister said pessimistic views about the conduct of the 2023 elections were Read More

The Anambra State Police command, Wednesday, confirmed abduction of former lawmaker representing Ogbaru Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Benson Nwawulu. This came two months after the abduction and killing of a former lawmaker, Hon. Nelson Achukwu, who represented Nnewi South, and three months after same fate befelled Hon. Okechukwu Okoye who was representing Aguata 1 where Read More

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved N2.6 billion for the procurement of utility vehicles and gadgets for security agencies operating in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Minister of FCT Mr Mohammed Musa Bello said this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. “Today, I presented a memo Read More

Seven persons said to be security guards were reportedly killed by gunmen, Monday night, in Orogwe community, Owerri West local government area of Imo state. It was also gathered that many others were injured during the attack. The hoodlums were alleged to have invaded the community to kidnap some persons but reportedly failed to achieve their aim. However, the reported Read More

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has charged Nigerian Air Force (NAF) operational Commanders in the various theatres of operation across the country to ‘show no mercy’ and ensure they employ maximum firepower against terrorists posing security threats in the country. While commending them for their efforts as well as the improved synergy with sister Read More

Barely a week after releasing four victims with a threaten to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Nasir el-Rufai, the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train have released five of the remaining 39 hostages. Though security agents and the Kaduna state government were yet to react, or issue any statement regarding the development, the negotiator and spokesman of Sheikh Ahmed Read More

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has allayed the fears of residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs concerning the recent security threats, just as he ordered massive deployment of additional police operatives and operational assets within the territory. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a press statement, Tuesday in Abuja, said the Read More

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said the suspect in the murder of Italy-based Nigeria, Mr. Ogochukwu Alika, has been arrested by the Italian Police and was expected to be charged to court. NIDCOM Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, in a press statement, Tuesday in Abuja, said: “In reaction to the murder of the Read More