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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) weekend said troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria killed several terrorists, rescued 22 kidnapped victims, and foiled oil theft worth over N73 million in the last …
Troops eliminate scores of terrorists, rescue 22 kidnap victims Read MoreIn the dust-choked valleys of Nigeria’s beleaguered terrain, where insecurity dances like a cunning masquerade and corruption lurks like a hungry crocodile under muddy waters, the nation’s security institutions have …
Nigeria’s security agencies in July’s theatre of fire Read More
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) warned that it would not tolerate Urhobo Progress Union’s (UPU) threat against Tantita security service, saying it should back off now, or be ready to …
Ijaw youths ‘ll resist threat against Tantita security service, IYC warns UPU Read MoreThe month of June began with applause for Nigeria’s top security and anti-graft agencies but quickly spiraled into a grim reminder of the nation’s deep-seated vulnerabilities. From deadly massacres in …
How Nigeria’s intelligence and financial crimes agencies fared in June Read MoreThe Kaduna state Police Command has disclosed the arrest of 398 suspects and the recovery of dangerous weapons, illicit drugs, and stolen mobile phones during a nine-day special crackdown on …
State-wide operation: Kaduna police nab 398 suspects, recover arms, phones, others Read More
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state Wednesday chaired a meeting with security officials to review the state’s security situation and finalise preparations for the upcoming Eid-al-Kabir celebration, set …
Yobe: Buni, security chiefs meet ahead Eid-al-Kabir Read More
The Nigerian Customs Service has dismissed a video circulating on social media concerning a shooting incident involving its operatives, stating that it as an old recording from 2019. The spokesperson …
‘Not recent’ – Nigerian customs clarify viral shooting video Read More
Security agencies in Ondo state Tuesday said a search for three kidnapped members of the Deeper Life Bible Church in Ogbese, Akure North local government area has started. The three …
Ondo: Security agencies search for kidnapped Christians returning from Bible studies Read More
The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGOF), Abdulganiyu Adebomehin, has called for the establishment of an enforcement unit within his office to tackle encroachment of flood areas, especially during housing …
Nigeria: SGOF wants creation of enforcement unit to tackle flood Read MoreThe rising wave of insecurity in Nigeria, particularly the recent killings in Benue, Plateau, Zamfara, Kwara and Borno states by unknown gunmen, may have prompted the Nigerian Army to introduce …
The renewed zeal to end insecurity Read More“The only security on earth is opportunity” is both an incredible and philosophical assertion suggesting that relying on perceived security is a false assumption, and that true security emanates from …
Wanted: Opportunity as the best security agent Read More
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Sunday said it intercepted 942 explosives bound for Zamfara state along the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway. The explosives, it further said, were seized by its operatives on patrol …
NDLEA intercepts 942 Zamfara-bound explosives, uncovers drugs in chocolate tins Read More
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has demanded an immediate halt to the ongoing violence in some parts of the country. At a meeting with the country’s heads of security and intelligence …
Halt current violent trends, Tinubu orders security chiefs Read More
The Katsina state government and its 34 local councils have spent N36.8 billion to establish structures to address security challenges in the state. The state’s deputy governor, Faruk Lawal-Jobe, who stated this …
Insecurity: Katsina spends N36.8bn on equipment, personnel in 20 months Read More
A group known as the Tinubu/ Shettima 619 Coalition Groups has commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa on …
Group hails Tinubu, Ribadu, CDS on improved security in North-west Read More
The National President of National Association of Scrap and Waste dealers of Nigeria (NASWDEN), Comrade Ogbu Luke Uchechukwu has said that extortion on the country’s highway was pushing many …
Scrap dealers decry extortion on highways Read More
The Area Commander in-charge of Sango Area Command in Ogun state, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Oladele Bamidele Oluwashola, over the weekend led sanitisation exercise along Lagos-Ogun expressway. He …
Ogun: Area commander leads sanitisation exercise along expressway, gifts residents Read More
Ariaria Stakeholders Forum (ASF) on Sunday accused the Local Government Chairman of Aba North Local Government, Mr Timothy Kalu Iheke, in the arrest of a legitimately approved Abia state revenue …
Abia: Group kicks as LG chairman ‘unleash security operatives on revenue agent’ Read More
The Emnamu Foundation has commended the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, for his leadership and commitment to security reforms in the country. President of the …
Foundation hails DSS DG Ajayi over security reforms Read More
A human rights group, the Unemployed Youth Initiative (UYI), has decried alleged disenfranchisement of security personnel, prison inmates, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and the Independent National Electoral Commission …
Election day: Group decries disenfranchisement of security personnel, INEC, NYSC, others Read More
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise, Hon. Leke Abejide, has asked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to embrace advanced monitoring technology to curb smuggling …
Abejide emphasises deployment advanced technology against smugglers at borders Read More
The federal government has said it is monitoring organisers of the planned #FearlessOctober1 protest scheduled to hold Tuesday nationwide. While the government said it’s not stopping anyone from exercising any individual …
Police, organisers dialogue over October 1 protest, activists give conditions, FG monitors Read More
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero knew why he was arrested by the Department of Security Services (DSS), a security source Monday confided in Blueprint. The revelation …
Why NLC President Joe Ajaero was arrested – Source Read More
Suspected bandits on Monday, September 9, attacked the Primary Healthcare Centre in Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, abducting two nurses and an unspecified number of patients. As …
Kaduna: How terrorists invaded Birnin-Gwari hospital, kidnapped health workers, others Read More
Gunmen on Tuesday, attacked Kwatas and Daffo communities of Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau and killed seven persons. Retired Brig.-Gen. Gakji Shipi, the Special Adviser to Gov. Caleb …
Gunmen attack 2 Plateau communities, kill 7 Read More