ROUTINELY, Nigeria’s security agencies employ cruel, outdated tactics in the course of law enforcement. Their repertoire includes harassment, extortion of the youth, illegal arrests, detention and extra-judicial killings. Instead of refraining from such hubbub, it […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun a nationwide campaign to enlighten youths about cybercriminals and harmful internet content. The campaign started on Monday with a conference attended by students from 24 private and public […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government is handling the security of the country well. Osinbajo spoke when he received clergymen from the north — the Arewa Pastors Forum for Peace — at the presidential […]
The police say there will be no salary for the special constables that will serve as community police. Frank Mba, police spokesman, told TheCable that only employed persons would be absorbed into the service. He […]
Mr Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, gave one of the most sensible responses to criticism by an official of the Muhammadu Buhari administration on Friday. Reacting to calls for the president […]
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says living in Nigeria is the biggest threat to one’s life. Obi said this while responding to questions during an interview with ThisDay. Asked if he has had […]
I had said in my Letter To Mr President 2 – Security, that he is the only president in recent history who neither reshuffled his cabinet nor reviewed the hierarchy of the armed forces after […]
A former Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani, has been released from the custody of the EFCC after meeting his bail conditions, the commission has said. The acting spokesperson to the Commission, Tony Orilade, confirmed the release […]
There was uproar on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday when the Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, called for the immediate resignation of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Abaribe made the call […]
Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has asked Shina Olukolu, Oyo state commissioner of police, to help reinstate the sacked local government chairpersons in the state in compliance with the directive of the attorney-general of […]
The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the anti-graft agency, EFCC, have condemned the Transparency International 2019 report that ranked Nigeria poorly on the fight against corruption. According to the latest anti-corruption watchdog […]
Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political organisation, says the federal government has no right to declare Amotekun, a south-west security outfit, as illegal. On Tuesday, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, declared Amotekun […]
The police on Sunday strongly warned the South-West Stakeholders Security Group working with the Western Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard), against any breach of security. The police commands in Ekiti, Ogun and Ondo […]
Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on US military bases in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general, on Wednesday. The BBC reports that more than a dozen missiles launched from Iran […]
The United States embassy and consulate in Nigeria have issued a travel advisory to its citizens. In a statement released on its website and dated January 3, 2020, the embassy advised citizens to review their […]
The police in Nigeria have placed the country on a nationwide red alert amidst claims that some elements within the country may be plotting to instigate crisis as part of the fallout of the killing […]
When President Donald Trump’s national security team went to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, they weren’t expecting him to approve an operation to kill General Qassem Soleimani. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defence […]
The US federal authorities have seized an aircraft belonging to a Nigerian facing multi-million dollar fraud charges in the country. According to WSB-TV, the seizure was made on Tuesday at the Peachtree DeKalb Airport in […]
Dear Mr. President, Travelling from Lagos to Anambra State on November 9, 2019, I counted 67 “checkpoints” mostly manned by armed men of the Police Mobile Force along the 371-kilometre stretch from Sagamu to Asaba. […]
Gildas Tohouo, the managing director of Maersk Nigeria Limited who was attacked in his Ikoyi home on Sunday, is in a stable but critical condition. This was disclosed in a statement by Maersk. Tohouo, alongside […]
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