Mike Ejiofor, a former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), has said he used to discourage families of those who were kidnapped from paying ransom until he became a victim of kidnapping. He said the spate of kidnappings Read more…
Category: Security
Israel’s military on Saturday issued its most detailed warning yet to Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon that it would be “ready to attack immediately” if provoked, as it recounted its actions along the northern border during four months of war in Read more…
Worried by the alarming rate of insecurity in the country, the National Security Adviser to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has ordered the immediate stoppage of the personnel of certain Para-Military Services from wearing camouflage uniforms henceforth. A competent source Read more…
Governors in the South-West region are seriously considering setting up joint patrols by security agencies to rid the area of kidnappers who have made life unbearable for the residents. The state governors are also planning more logistics support for security Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the re-run elections in Ikono/Ini federal constituency of Akwa Ibom and two constituencies in Enugu and Kano States. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Sam Olumekun said in a statement Read more…
In a 100-day span ending January 2024, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that it recovered N70.6 billion, secured 747 convictions, mainly for cybercrimes, out of 2,657 accepted petitions. According to EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede, the recoveries Read more…
The UK economy has been hit hardest among its European peers by shipping disruptions in the Red Sea, an S&P Global PMI survey released this week shows. According to the findings, 12% of UK manufacturers report that delivery times have been Read more…
Fresh facts have emerged that the killers of the Olukoro of Koro in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, perfected the murder plot in a pub, popularly called beer parlour, in the town. Oba Aremu-Cole, Read more…
The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend. Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor In view of the rerun of House of Representatives elections in Nnewi North and Orumba North LGAs of Anambra State scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2024, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Commissioner of Police, Read more…
Gunmen, on Thursday evening, invaded Koro town in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing the traditional ruler, Oba Segun Aremu-Cole. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the palace of the monarch around 7 pm, fired gunshots which Read more…
A Houthi anti-ship cruise missile fired into the Red Sea came within a mile of a US Navy destroyer on Tuesday, a report said, close enough that the American warship turned to its close-in weapons system — a last line Read more…