Sunday, 04 January, 2026

Category: Security


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi Amb. Ikebunwa Fidelis Lotanna has provided full sponsorship for the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) volunteer team that will work alongside law-enforcement agencies to manage traffic across Nnewi during the forthcoming yuletide season. This development was Read more…


Burkina Faso has released 11 pilots and crew members of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), nine days after their detention for landing in the West African neighbouring country Their release followed intensive diplomatic efforts by the Nigerian government, led by Read more…


The Presiding Bishop of the Old Catholic Apostolic Church, Nigeria (OCAC), Most Rev. Dr Raphael Oluwaseun Fagbohun, has lamented the country’s rising insecurity, systemic corruption, and weakening institutions, calling on the President Bola Tinubu-led government to draw lessons from the Read more…


The United States told Ukraine to accept its “platinum” offer of security guarantees or risk losing them completely. US officials said Nato-style guarantees were on offer on Monday in Germany, at peace talks that could end the war if Ukraine agrees to Read more…


President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a Proclamation further restricting entry to the United States for nationals from countries deemed high-risk due to “demonstrated, persistent, and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing” that threaten U.S. national security and public Read more…


The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed support for the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, describing him as a key asset of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and urged the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Read more…


A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic Read more…


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has approved the “special presidential promotion” of his aide-de-camp (ADC), Nurudeen Yusuf, from the rank of colonel to brigadier-general. The approval was conveyed in a letter from the office of the national security adviser (NSA) to the Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied bias in the recent arrest and detention of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC said “though not disposed Read more…


The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has reacted to reports that a Nigerian-owned supertanker has been seized by United State authorities. The supertanker was seized over allegations of crude oil theft and Read more…


A former Ekiti lawmaker and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ayodele Arise, has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the option of military action against Burkina Faso to secure the release of Nigerian soldiers currently being held in Read more…