Security

Following the directives by the Army Headquarters to troops in the North East for a painstaking search of motorists and cargoes, troops of the 3 Division Nigerian Army have intercepted and arrested some kingpins and […]

The question that is likely to still remain on the minds of most citizens is why governors elected by citizens in a free and fair election would need 62 security details, sixteen years after the […]

Nigeria’s salvation from the hands of Boko Haram and miscellaneous cancers, such as corrupt public officials, can only come from Nigerians. I worry that we have put too much faith in the hands of entities […]

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, has bared his fangs against five policemen in the state command for allegedly demanding N50,000 from a truck driver carrying fairly used clothes. Sunday Telegraph learnt that […]

African Defence Chiefs and Ministers of Defence are meeting in Bamako, Mali, to discuss the threat of terrorism in the African sub-region. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar, said in an electronic mail […]

The former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obua, is affected in the latest mass purge at the State Security Service (SSS), reliable security sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. An investigation […]

The army yesterday made a shocking discovery – Nigeria’s biggest illegal bunkering site near the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and two kilometres from the Rivers state Government House, Port Harcourt. The Commander of the 2 […]

The attack on a team of policemen in Owutu area of Ikorodu, Lagos, in the early hours of Monday, during which three policemen were shot dead and others injured, was said to have been carried […]

Fifty-six persons were killed at the weekend at Badu village in Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members. Badu is located 68km from Maiduguri, the capital. The residents […]

A columnist with Vanguard, Donu Kogbara, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Her abductors reportedly stormed her home in Nkpogu, Port Harcourt, in a CRV car amid gunshots. Eyewitnesses, who spoke […]

The Federal Government will on Tuesday (tomorrow)arraign a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly being in possession of firearms without license, The PUNCHlearnt on […]

Many of us who have lived or are still living in some of the world’s advanced democracies would probably understand better what it really means to live in an organised, civilised and secure society. The […]

The Federal Ministry of Defence was stopped from taking part in arms procurement, Permanent Secretary Ismaila Aliyu said yesterday According to him, the Services took over completely what should be part of the ministry’s  responsibilities. […]

THE marching order given to the service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari to defeat Boko Haram in three months sounds good on paper. It will create the impression that government is serious and determined in […]

The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban ki Moon, was in Nigeria last Sunday and Monday, triggering sad memories of the dastardly 2011 bombing of the UN building in Abuja, which claimed the lives of 23 […]

How I wish I were playing the proverbial fly-on-the-wall when President Muhammadu Buhari received a delegation from the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission  the other day in Abuja and warned his […]

Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari made some pronouncements that again highlighted the unresolved problems with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). At the 2015 National Security Summit, President Buhari announced a plan to recruit at least […]

IN a speech during the graduation ceremony at the National Defence College in Abuja on August 8, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Ministry of Defence to urgently articulate a proposal for the establishment of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ordered the suspension of the Comptroller-General of Immigration, David Parradang with immediate effect. Saturday PUNCH learnt that Parradang’s suspension might not be unconnected with the ongoing investigations into how a […]

Last Wednesday, Mrs. Amina Zakari, the Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made a bold statement in Akure, Ondo State. On the occasion, she publicly disowned the April 11, 2015 House of […]