Mr Abubakar, a retired major general, served as Director of Defence Information between 2015 and 2017. The former Director of Defence Information, Rabe Abubakar, and his wife have been abducted by suspected bandits in Katsina State, police and security sources have confirmed. Read more…
Fourteen days after gunmen stormed three schools in Oyo State’s Oriire Local Government Area, abducted school principal, Mrs Rachael Alamu, has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu and Governor Seyi Makinde to negotiate with her captors, warning that lives remain in Read more…
Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has called for the establishment of a comprehensive national database, saying it is essential for improving security operations and tackling criminal activities across Nigeria. Speaking during an interview on ARISE NEWS on Friday, Musa said Read more…
A tentative agreement has been reached between the U.S. and Iran to extend a fragile ceasefire in the three-month conflict by 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and establish a framework for broader talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, according to U.S. Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has, for the umpteenth time, given assurance of the safe return of the school children kidnapped recently in Oyo and Borno States. In a release issued on Wednesday to mark the 2026 Children’s Day, the president, whose Read more…
Secure underground bunkers used by Ukrainian military commanders and leadership are the top targets, Andrey Kartapolov has said. The Russian military will begin targeting bunkers used by Ukrainian military commanders and leadership in response to Kiev’s continued terrorist attacks on Read more…
What to know about the Iran war:President Trump has said a deal with Iran is “largely negotiated” and that he will either sign “a great and meaningful” pact with Tehran “or there will be no deal.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Read more…
The Kwara Police Command revealed that gunmen kidnapped ten individuals from the Yashikira Emir’s palace in the state’s Baruten Local Government Area. Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the state’s command spokesperson, said in a statement on Monday that the gunmen also stormed the Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Ahead of the 2026 Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed 851 personnel across the state, with an assurance of a hitch-free sallah celebration.. Commdt Maku Olatunde, the Read more…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the U.S. will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country “another way.” The U.S. will give diplomacy every chance to succeed before exploring the “alternatives,” Rubio told Read more…
The police in Imo State say they have arrested two men who allegedly raped and beheaded Wendy Achumba, a female nursing student in Umulogho, a community in Obowo Local Government Area of the state. Henry Okoye, the police spokesperson in Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra Operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) have arrested seventeen male suspects allegedly linked to cult-related activities and other acts considered contrary to public morality at an identified hideout in Awka in the early hours Read more…