Saturday, 28 December, 2024

Category: Security


Popular human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has said that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) briefly detained him and seized his passport on Sunday. The Publisher of Sahara Reporters said this in an X post, describing the seizure of his travel Read more…


The FBI is investigating an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump after a man armed with an AK-style rifle was spotted near Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday. The Associated Press reported, citing three Read more…


A deadly violence broke out at the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC)  Eastern Zone election in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Saturday, leaving four people dead and a bus burned. The election which took place at the Abuloma Model Primary School turned Read more…


The Department of State Services (DSS) has been accused of arresting a University Lecturer, Dr. Abubakar Alkali, over his alleged support for the recent #EndBadGovernance protest, which rocked parts of the country in August. LEADERSHIP reports that a 10-day nationwide Read more…


On the flight back to Rome from Singapore, Pope Francis spoke to the journalists accompanying his Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania. He discussed the dramatic situation in the Holy Land, as the number of victims in Gaza has exceeded Read more…


A Calabar-based human rights lawyer, Barr. Mba Ukweni (SAN), has asked the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to withdraw soldiers of the 245 Battalion, Afi Barracks, Ikom local government area of Cross River State, from government-owned Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Operatives of Anambra State Police command have arrested eight suspects for various crimes. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga (SP) revealed this in a press statement on Friday. Ikenga said that the Read more…


Sweden will pay immigrants up to $34,000 to return to their home countries, Migration Minister Johan Forssell told reporters on Thursday. Forssell’s announcement comes amid a broader reversal of the Nordic nation’s once-liberal migration policy. Immigrants who voluntarily leave Sweden Read more…


The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has given the Army, the Air Force and the Navy mandate to ensure there is an improvement in crude oil production from 1.35 million barrels per day, to 2.2 million barrels by Read more…


A video showing a Metropolitan Police officer allegedly advising a group of Nigerian women not to report their husbands to the police but to “manage it” is now under investigation after resurfacing on social media, six years after it was Read more…


Israel’s defense minister says the window is closing on an opportunity to reach a temporary cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that he believes could also bring calm to the country’s volatile northern border with Lebanon. Speaking to reporters, Yoav Gallant Read more…


The Imo State Police Command says it arrested five kidnap suspects terrorising the Obinze, Avu, and Ihiagwa areas of the state. This is just as the police said it rescued a kidnap victim during an operation in August. The Force Read more…