Tag: SECURITY
Illicit Arms Flow: Arms Control Center Partners Service Chiefs, Seeks Collaboration...
The newly established National Centre for the Control of Small Armsand Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has partnered Service Chiefs ofmilitary and paramilitary agencies to combat...
Security Crises: Us Lawmakers Stop $875m Arms Sale To Nigeria
US lawmakers are holding down a proposed sale of attack helicopters toNigeria, citing poor human rights record of President MuhammaduBuhari’s government, as it grapples...
Gyet Maude: First Class Traditional Ruler Abducted In Kaduna Regains Freedom...
The kidnapped traditional ruler of Jaba Chiefdom in Kaduna State, GyetMaude has regained his freedom.He was released by his abductors on Wednesday evening after...
Buhari, Zulum Meets Over Insecurity
Monday night President Muhammadu, met with Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum, at the State House, AbujaEven though details of the meeting are still being...
Neutralizing Ranked Commander Of IPOB/ESN Group By Security Forces
On Saturday, a team of security forces comprising deployment of Nigerian Army troops, Nigerian police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and operatives of the Department of...
Insecurity: Senate Urges IG, DSS To Tackle Security Challenges In Edo
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba and also the Director-General of the Department of State...
Security Challenges: Nigeria Needs To Review Means Of Dealing With Insurgence,...
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday admitted that the nation needs to review its conventional means of dealing with security challenges.He said the government...
Insurgency:Soldier Fighting Boko Haram Commits Suicide
A Nigerian soldier serving with 27 Taskforce Brigade Buni-Yadi in Yobe State has reportedly committed suicide.A source from the military, who spoke under the...
Security Challenges:Troops Kill Bandits, Rescue 28 Kidnap Victims In Katsina
Troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have rescued 14 victims including two women abducted by bandits in the Faskari and Mararaban Kawaye areas of Katsina...
Bobisky: Most-Wanted Rivers Robber Dies Hours After Arrest
The police authorities in Rivers have arrested a suspected kidnapper said to be the most wanted in the state, Honest Digbara, popularly known as...
EDO Election: Police Bar Security Aides From Accompanying Vips, Political Appointees
The Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu has barred security aides from accompanying personalities and political appointees during the September 19 Edo state governorship...
Insecurity: 1,165 Killed, 113 Abducted In Northwest Nigeria In Eight Months...
A non-governmental organisation, Nigeria Mourns said at least 1,165 people were killed in violent attacks in the Northwestern region of Nigeria between January and...
Security Challenges: North-Central Breaks Away From ACF, Announces New Group
Leaders from the North-Central geopolitical zone have announced their withdrawal from the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF over the worsening insecurity in the region and...
Seven Killed, Many Missing As Boko Haram Ambushes Military, Convoy
Boko Haram kill 7 travellers, injure escort soldiers along Maiduguri-Damboa road.At least 9 Nigerian soldiers were reported dead on Saturday as suspected Boko Haram...
Buhari Sack Security Chiefs, Nigerians Lives Matters Too – Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and many Nigerians, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all his Service Chiefs.He made this call while...
Presidency Reacts To Security Incident In Villa
The Presidency has admitted concerns expressed by several members of the public regarding the recent incident among the occupants of the Villa. The incident...
Security Task Force Flags Off Operation Accord Against Bandits
A multi-security task force maintaining peace and harmony in Plateau and some parts of Bauchi and Kaduna states Operation Safe Haven, has flagged off...
Interstate Travel Ban Violation: Security Agents Complicit — REPs
The House of Representatives has accused security agents of complicity in the violation of the ban on interstate travels aimed at mitigating the spread...
COVID-19 Centres Running Out Of Beds – FG
The Federal Government says coronavirus isolation and treatment centres in the country are running out of bed spaces.Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
FG Won’t Tolerate Human Rights Abuses By Security Agencies – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the federal government will not tolerate any form of human rights abuses by the security agencies in the...
