Thursday, 19 February, 2026

Category: Security


The UK should focus on more “cost-effective” systems like drones, retired Rear Admiral Philip Mathias has said The UK is no longer capable of running a nuclear submarine program after years of mismanagement, retired Rear Admiral Philip Mathias has said. Read more…


The Acting Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, Bawa Kaltungo, on Monday, alleged that a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, diverted N4.9 billion belonging to the Read more…


Mr Julius Bokuro, the Special Assistant on Media to former Minister of Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has launched a blistering attack on the Economic and Financial Crimes  Commission (EFCC) over the sealing of his Maitama residence in the Federal Capital Read more…


There’s palpable fear in Anambra State following deadly attacks by gunmen on Nawfia and Lilu communities in Njikoka and Ihiala Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state. In Nawfia community, four people were murdered in cold blood, on Sunday evening, at Read more…


At least 11 Nigerian soldiers are currently being held by the military regime in Bobo-Dioulasso in the South West of Burkina Faso. They were captured after their aircraft conducted an emergency landing while “violating AES airspace.”. This was confirmed by Read more…


The revised National Security Strategy offers hope of resolving the Ukraine conflict, President Putin’s spokesman has said The newly revised US National Security Strategy (NSS) released by the administration of President Donald Trump in large part aligns with Russian views, Read more…


Over a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin Republic following a failed coup attempt, including the suspected ringleaders of the foiled operation, according to military and security sources who spoke to AFP on Sunday. A military source said 13 Read more…


United States, US lawmaker representing the Virginia’s Second District in the House of Congress is currently in Nigeria. The lawmaker, who made this known on Sunday via a post on his official X handle said he came into the country Read more…


“Today, the Nigerian armed forces stood gallantly as a defender and protector of constitutional order in the Republic of Benin …” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the gallantry of Nigeria’s military on Sunday for responding swiftly to the request by Read more…


The Federal Government has secured the release of 100 pupils abducted on November 21 from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in the Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The successful rescue of the 100 children Read more…


Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “substantive phone call” with American officials engaged in talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida, aimed at ending Read more…


Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Waidi Shaibu has commissioned a state-of-the-art wargaming centre located at the Department of Land Warfare, Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna State. The centre, a brainchild of the COAS, is Read more…