by Favour Owonibi | Jul 7, 2025 | Military, NEWS, Security
President Bola Tinubu has issued a marching order to the military to confront criminal gangs threatening the peace and sovereignty of the nation, ‎ ‎President Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima gave the charge at the grand finale of the 2025...
by Favour Owonibi | Jun 30, 2025 | Military, NEWS, Security
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has inaugurated a student group to counter violent extremist and insurgency ideologies ‎ ‎Speaking at a one-day multi-sector conference in Maiduguri, Borno State, the CDS charged students, youths, and the civilian...
by Favour Owonibi | Apr 21, 2025 | Military, NEWS, Security
The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, has visited communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State affected by recent attacks to commiserate with victims ‎ ‎In a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence on Sunday, the Minister extended...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Mar 18, 2025 | Military, NEWS
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 20 commissioners of police (CPs), 19 deputy commissioners (DCPs), 13 superintendents (SPs), and 14 deputy superintendents (DSPs) – across the country This is contained in a statement issued on...
by Bawa Ene Victoria | Feb 11, 2025 | Local, Military, NEWS, Security
Suspected local bandits have killed one person and kidnapped nine others in an attack on Palaita, a village near a military base in Erena, a garrison town hosting hundreds of displaced persons in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The terrorists reportedly...
by Bawa Ene Victoria | Feb 11, 2025 | Military, NEWS, Security
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says 800 former insurgents who surrendered to the military are currently undergoing de-radicalisation for onward re-integration into the society. The Chief of Defence, Operations, Major-General Emeka Onumajuru, who made this known while...