Category: Defence

US designates unnamed Nigerian, others financiers of ISIS

    Three persons, including a Nigerian, and six entities have been designated as financial facilitators of the activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and...

Police launch probe into delivery of parcel with live ammunition to Bank Director

        Ammunition           The Police Command in Lagos State has launched an investigation into the delivery of a...

Senate defers debate on state police bill to televise it live

    The Senate has deferred the alteration of the Constitution for the decentralisation of policing in Nigeria, which will facilitate the establishment of...

Court adjourns Nafiu-Bala Gombe’s suit against Mark, Aregbesola until June 30

    Adjournment     The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned a suit filed by Mr Nafiu-Bala Gombe , seeking to stop the David Mark-led...

NUT hinges reopening of schools on govt. providing adequate security measures

      Security   The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Wing, has hinged the reopening of public schools in the state on government putting...

El Rufai

Alleged Wiretapping: DSS Closes Case against El-Rufai

          The Department of State Services (DSS) has closed its case against former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in the ongoing alleged...

Jubilation as Troops Rescue 47 from ISWAP Enclave in Borno

        At least 47 people have rescued from the enclave of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) by troops of the Joint Task Force (North...

Oyo school kidnap: Terrorists reduce demands as troops block escape om routes

              Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho       There are strong indications that...

The Pen and the Shield: Why Nigeria Needs a Permanent Media–Security Partnership

  The recently concluded National Security Summit organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists was more than an event. It was an encounter between two institutions...

Now, nowhere is safe (2), by Hassan Gimba

By  Hassan Gimba   This article was first published on April 11th, 2022. Last week, we revisited the first part because its message remains as relevant today as it...