NATIONAL SECURITY

Two separate bandits groups are plotting coordinated attacks on North-West, North Central and South West, a leaked memo from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has revealed. The memo, addressed to all commands of the NSCDC, dated July 25 and sighted…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has said the ongoing counter-insurgency and anti-banditry operations across the country had made the Nigerian Army to scale down its participation in peacekeeping operations across the world. Gen. Yahaya made this known at the…

The Nigerian Army has confirmed three soldiers were killed during an attack on Troops of 7 Guards Battalion on Sunday by suspected terrorists along Kubwa-Bwari Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. While there were conflicting reports about casualties in the attack,…

The Chief Executive Officer of TUSAS, a Turkish aircraft manufacturer, Mr Temel Kotil, yesterday announced the sale six of T-129 attack helicopters, to Nigeria. The announcement followed a deal reached with the company by the federal government. Kotil made the announcement on his…

Three soldiers are said to have been injured in an ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). The soldiers from Guards Brigade, were said to have been on patrol of Bwari Area where the Nigerian…

The gunmen, who attacked a Kaduna-bound train in March, and abducted several passengers, have released four more hostages. The release of the hostages comes a day after the terrorists released a video of them hitting some of the male hostages with a cudgel. In…

Terrorists responsible for the March 28 attack on a Kaduna-bound train have released yet another video of them whipping their victims and threatening to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as well as Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El- Rufai. At least eight people…

The Nigerian Air Force and its Turkish counterpart have agreed to work together in the area of defence technology in order to enhance their operational efficiency in the fight against terrorism currently being experienced by both countries. The Nigerian Chief of the…

The Navy has released the list of successful candidates for the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS) Batch 33 Recruitment Exercise. According to a statement by the Director of Information Nigerian Navy, Commodore AO Ayo-Vaughan, the successful candidates are to report at…

TWO policemen are yet to be accounted for, following an encounter with gunmen in Kogi State, while returning from the Osun State governorship election held at the weekend. Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, confirmed this to Channels Television in Lokoja, on…