Security

There is a lot that Nigerians do not know about their army. Would you believe, for instance, that the Nigerian army actually conducts world-class training on how to avoid civilian “collateral” casualties during its operations? […]

Dino Melaye, the Kogi senator who was arrested in Abuja early Monday, has been released after a stand-off that lasted about two and a half hours, his spokesperson has told PREMIUM TIMES “Yes, he had been […]

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of Dino Melaye at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday morning. The spokesman of the Service, Sunday James, told the News Agency of Nigeria […]

Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) has been arrested after checking in at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. The senator tweeted that he was picked up on Monday on his way to […]

IGP Transfers Kwara CP, Announces Replacement The Police Service Commission (PSC), yesterday, promoted 18 senior officers to the next ranks, including Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. According to a […]

The Police Service Commission (PSC) said on Thursday that 45 officers who participated in the successful arrest of notorious kidnap kingpin, Evans, have been granted special promotion. A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, a spokesperson for […]

Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, says he was not arrested by the police. On Wednesday, the police led him away from the national assembly after he allegedly led some suspected thugs to seize the […]

The theft of the Senate mace by suspected thugs was, at best, carried out with the connivance of security agencies, and likely sponsored and carried out by security agents, PREMIUM TIMES can reveal. The robbery, […]

The US government intends to hand over to a third country an American citizen captured in Syria allegedly fighting for the Islamic State group, rather than present him to the US justice system, a court […]

HAVING, in his own opinion, “technically” defeated the Boko Haram insurgents, President Muhammadu Buhari and some interest groups are anxious to grant amnesty to “repentant” insurgents. De-radicalisation, amnesty and reconciliation are, indeed, useful tools applied […]

Workers of the Police Service Commission on Thursday stormed National Assembly to protest against the practice of appointing retired police officers as the chairman of the commission by the Federal Government. The workers, under the […]

Police have ordered the arrest of the operatives of a rogue unit after armed officers cornered a Nigerian writer at a bank in Lagos on Monday, held him hostage for hours demanding bribe. The writer, […]

Osun has been rated the most peaceful state in Nigeria, followed by Kogi, Ekiti Kwara and Imo states. The ranking was done courtesy of the research findings of the Foundation for Peace Professionals (FPP). Yobe, […]

William Easterly is a Professor of Economics at the New York University, who in a 2006 publication: The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Harm and […]

Just 48 hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, announced the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to Very Important Personalities, his two subsequent pronouncements have proved too floundering to inspire any hope of […]

The police in Abuja yesterday notified Abuja residents in possession of unauthorised arms and ammunition to immediately surrender them before it is too late. The FCT Police Commissioner, Sadiq Bello, said in a statement yesterday […]