Nigeria More Insecure Under Buhari Than Abacha – Mailafia

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the nation’s Finance Bill (2019) into law. Dr Obadiah Mailafia…

COAS: We will deal with agitators, insurgents

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has vowed to deal decisively with those threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria, warning that those behind such discontents must…

Insurgency: Nigeria under critical threat ― Defence Minister

The Minister of Defence, Major General Salihi Magashi (rtd), on Monday, declared that the country was under critical security threat following resurging terrorists’ attacks, banditry and abductions across the states…

One officer dies after unknown gunmen attacked Imo police division headquarters

….Imo CP Warns perpetrators to stop Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri The Imo state police command on Sunday said one officer died after unknown gunmen attacked police division headquarters in Isiala…

ISIS, al-Qaeda planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria, US warns

There are plans by terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda and ISIS to penetrate Southern Nigeria, the United States has warned the Nigerian government. The US says the dreaded groups are looking to…

Wike To FG: If You Kill Ortom, Be Prepared To Bury Nigeria

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the Federal Government will be held responsible if Samuel Ortom, his Benue counterpart, is assassinated. The convoy of Ortom was attacked along Makurdi/Gboko…

Ortom: How herdsmen opened fire on my convoy

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has narrated how gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked his convoy on Saturday. The incident was said to have occurred at Tyo Mu along Makurdi-Gboko…

Gunmen Attack Another Police Station In Anambra, Scores Killed

Armed men launched an attack on Ekwulobia Police station in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State on Friday. The police station was among the ones razed during the October…

“Since FG has politicised the issue of insecurity, It won’t end in Nigeria, says Wike

The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has explained that the reason banditry would not end was that the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government has continued the…

Military Will Soon Crush Bandits, Kidnappers In North West – Air Force Chief

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, on Wednesday vowed that kidnapping and banditry in the North West will soon be over. Speaking during an operational visit to…

3 OPC members docked, remanded over allegations of burning Wakili’s house

Three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) were on Wednesday docked before Chief Magistrate Olaide Hamzat of the Oyo State Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Iyaganku in Ibadan over…

Boko Haram burns ‘military base’, school, health facility in Yobe

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents in the early hours of Tuesday burnt down a ‘military base’, school and health facility in Katarko village in Gujba Local Government Area…

Many missing as Boko Haram retakes Borno LG

Boko Haram terrorists have retaken Damasak, the Headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area, LGA, of Borno State after reportedly dislodging the Nigerian security forces. Damasak, a border town with Niger…

Troops kill 41 terrorists, rescue 60 captive in Borno

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army have neutralised 41 terrorists and rescued 60 captives comprising of elderly women and children in Gamboru, Borno State . The troops…

Boko Haram attacks will end soon, says COAS

The Chief of Army Staff ( COAS) , Lt. Gen . Ibrahim Attahiru , on Sunday, assured that the ongoing war against Boko Haram will soon be over . Attahiru…