Security

The Presidency yesterday assured the Ijaw that it has nothing against them and therefore has no intention whatsoever harass or persecute them. But it warned that whoever violates the law should be ready to face […]

The detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, rtd, yesterday, asked an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama to stay further proceeding on the N32billion money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes […]

Nigeria’s army chief of staff told an inquiry on Tuesday that his soldiers had acted appropriately during a bloody raid last month on a minority Shi’ite sect in which at least 60 people were killed. […]

Exactly 647 days after they were abducted, the fate of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists remains a mystery. It has also remained a crime too horrifying to comprehend. That hundreds of teenage […]

Nigeria’s army chief of staff told an inquiry on Tuesday that his soldiers had acted appropriately during a bloody raid last month on a minority Shi’ite sect in which at least 60 people were killed. […]

LET me begin with nostalgia about beautiful, peaceful Nigeria of the 1970s where religious tolerance was manifest, violent cults were unknown and one can travel any time, even all night, without any fear. Today, Nigeria […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe 38 former military chiefs, officers and companies for alleged arms procurement fraud, a presidency statement said on Friday.

The Chairman of  Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr. Mike Okiro, has disclosed that about N8.6 billion would be required for the planned recruitment exercise of 10,000 police personnel into the force. He said this at […]

LIKE other belligerent groups before it, the end of Boko Haram insurgency is certain. Ni­gerians look forward with enthusiasm to its impending doom’s day. Between technical, marginal or complete defeat of the sect, the promise […]

More than two million Nigerians have fled their homes seeking refuge from Boko Haram insurgents over the last six years. One of the largest camps is in a semi-arid field outside the north-eastern town of […]

THE debate over which is preferred, the death sentence or the life sentence, may never be resolved to finality. They are two sides of the same coin. In the case of the death sentence, punishment […]

Authorities of the Federal High Court of Nigeria (FHCN) have dissociated the court from media reports to the effect that the court granted bail at N250million to the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo […]

Some Nigerians who say they have lost family members in last month’s clash between the army and members of the country’s main Shia Muslim sect have been protesting in the northern city of Zaria. They have been telling BBC […]

Nigeria’s former defense minister has been charged with money laundering and criminal breach of trust over 300 million naira ($1.5 million) intended for defense spending, the financial crimes agency said on Tuesday. Bello Haliru Mohammed […]

It is not only a question of justice, but also a question of honour. Concerning the controversial 2015 terror-war mutineers now sentenced to 10 years in prison after a death-sentence review, Nigeria’s military authorities demonstrated […]

The Federal Government has cautioned Gabon and other ECOWAS member states not to dump deportees from their countries in Nigeria. Interior Minister Abdulrahman Dambazzau, who  gave the warning on Thursday in Calabar during the evacuation […]

The ever-present threat of violence by Boko Haram hangs heavy over the  country, despite official claims that the battle against the Islamist group has been “technically” won. After setting a December 31 deadline to rid […]