Sunday, 15 February, 2026

Category: Security


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…


Anew dimension has been added to the search for a lasting solution to Nigeria’s festering security challenge: a proposal by some stakeholders urging the government to set up a special Commission of Inquiry to investigate the role of present and Read more…


The President of the Indigenous Igbo Youth Congress, Chief Mayor Echefu, has condemned the life sentence passed on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. According to him, the IPOB leader was fighting for the freedom Read more…


The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says the Nigerian soldiers who were on an aircraft that made a forced landing in Burkina Faso are still in trapped in that country. Tuggar made this disclosure during a press briefing with Read more…


POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE The Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is pleased to announce the commencement of recruitment of Fifty Thousand (50,000) Police Constables into the Nigeria Police Force, as directed by Read more…


A British service member who died in Ukraine has been identified by London as belonging to the Parachute Regiment A member of the UK armed forces who died in Ukraine has been named as Lance Corporal George Hooley of the Read more…


Days after President Bola Tinubu ordered the withdrawal of police escorts and other personnel from Very Important Persons (VIPs) to focus on regular policing duties, the Senate observed on Wednesday that the directive had been openly flouted. VIPs are not Read more…


A former Anambra State governor, Chris Ngige, has been arrested in Abuja. Chukwulobe dispelled the rumours circulating online that Ngige had been kidnapped. He said, “Former Governor of Anambra State and immediate past minister of labour and employment, Dr. Chris Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi In a resounding demonstration of synergy between community stakeholders and local governance, a delegation from the Police Community Relation Committee (PCRC) Area Command Nnewi, led by Chairman Hon. Amobi Okonkwo (Anunuebe/OkwuekwuluṅụọiyiAnaedo), paid a courtesy visit to Read more…


A rights group, Advocacy for Human Rights and Cultural Values for Development Initiative (AHRCVDI), has condemned the establishment of a parallel Hisbah group, known as “Hisba Independent Fisabilillahi,” in Kano State. The executive director of AHRCVDI, Comrade Sambo Jibril Jada, Read more…


The Senate has approved the deployment of Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin to restore public order and maintain peace following an aborted coup two days ago. President Bola Tinubu had asked the Senate to approve the deployment of troops Read more…