Security

Recent security mishaps in the country has elicited reactions from concerned Nigerians, especially the recent invasion of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Afaka, Kaduna State by armed bandits. One of such came from former Commodore of the Nigerian Navy, Kunle Olawunmi, who clearly stated that sponsors of terrorist groups …

President Muhammadu Buhari says the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy Afaka, (NDA) in Kaduna State will not discourage the Armed Forces from pushing forward with their fight against banditry and criminality. Earlier reports detailed how gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked the academy in the early hours of Tuesday, …

Bandits have invaded the Afaka barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, killed two Naval officers and abducted two Majors. According to sources, the bandits attacked the barracks around 1am on Tuesday, even as security has been beefed up within and around the barracks to stop the bandits from …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday, warned Nigerian President, Muhammad Buhari, against turning the country into a cow republic. The governor who was reacting to the statement from the Presidency indicating that president Buhari had approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites across 25 …

President Buhari had a closed-door meeting with the service chiefs in the statehouse today, August 19. The meeting had in attendance Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and others. See more photos below..

According to a report by Daily Trust, a senior Boko Haram commander, identified as Amir Adamu Rugu Rugu, and his family have surrendered to Nigerian troops. The terrorist and his family surrendered to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Amir Adamu …

The Imo State Police Command on Tuesday said its operatives have arrested one Ikechukeu Umaefulem, the “Chief Priest” of the Eastern Security Network, the security arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra. According to Abattam, exhibits recovered from the suspects included one pump action gun with five round of live cartridges, one …

Popular Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the embattled former head of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, will face trial no matter how long it takes.Recall that Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, had alleged that he bribed Kyari to arrest …

The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has appointed DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) He replaces DCP Abba Kyari who was suspended following his alleged links with suspected fraudster, Ramon ”Hushpuppi” Abbas. Hushpuppi had alleged that he bribed Kyari to …

The Nigerian police boss has recommended that Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police indicted by American authorities for allegedly being in bed with a notorious fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, should be suspended.Inspector-general of Usman Alkali Baba made the recommendation to the Police Service Commission in …