NATIONAL SECURITY

The Nigerian Army and Navy have promoted 177 senior officers. The Army Council approved the promotion of 122 senior officers from the ranks of Brigadier General to Major General and Colonel to Brigadier General respectively. The promoted senior officers are 52 Brigadier Generals and…

The Department of State Services has given Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and other stakeholders in the downstream sector 48 hours to end the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. Addressing journalists at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, the spokesperson, Peter…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has declared that security agencies are always under pressure to compromise elections in the country. He has, however, called on Nigerians to have implicit confidence in Nigerian military officers and men who will remain…

The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday warned religious leaders from both Islam and the Christian faiths to desist from inciting Nigerians against the present administration in the country. The secret police also warned political leaders to do away with usage of…

The military high command yesterday debunked allegations of involvement in the abortion of pregnancies of wives of insurgents in the North-east. A statement issued by the Director, Defence Information (DDI), Maj Gen Jimmy Akpor, said the allegations smacked of wickedness in view of…

The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno, yesterday, assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari, had given a clear directive that the will of the people must prevail in the 2023 general election and that’s exactly what the government would ensure happens during…

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has said Nigeria cannot surmount the current security challenges without legislative support. Monguno said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence for his agency’s budget defence. The…

There was tragedy at a military base in the northeastern part of Nigeria on Thursday, as a soldier killed a colleague and a worker of a non-governmental organisation, providing humanitarian support in the region. The soldier was also said to have subsequently injured…

A senior officer in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General O. A. James, is dead. James was the Director of Finance at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) in Lagos. He died Tuesday night after a drunk corporal, Abayomi Ebun, knocked him down with…