NATIONAL SECURITY

Scores of bandits yesterday morning attempted to invade the military base in Sarkinpawa town in the Munya Local Government Area of Niger state but were repelled by soldiers according to reports from the area. The Niger State Commissioner for Internal Security and…

A banditry kingpin known as Ado Aleiro was on Saturday turbaned as Sarkin Fulanin Yandoto by the Yandoton Daji Emirate in Zamfara State,  Dailytrust. reports. The turbaning ceremony was held hours after the emirate announced the suspension of the process. In May, the Zamfara…

Two more priests of the Catholic Church have been kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State, Channels Television has learned. The two priests, Reverend Father John Cheitnum and Reverend Father Donatus Cleopas were reportedly abducted on Friday evening in Jere Local Government Area (LGA)…

The Nigerian Correctional Service has recaptured 421 inmates who fled the its facility in Kuje Abuja, while 454 others are still at large, according to the House of Representatives’ Committee on Correctional Service. This is just as the committee said it had summoned…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said soldiers on anti-bunkering operations in the Niger Delta, have destroyed 109, illegal refining sites and arrested 24, oil thieves in the last two weeks. Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Bernard Onyeuko, who made this known,…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has accused a former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode of plotting to create rivalry and disaffection among agencies of government who have been collaborating against the insecurity bedeviling the nation. It said the former Minister’s wild and unsubstantiated…

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that “a number of personnel paid the supreme price when troops ran into an ambush in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. It however said there was no attack on any critical national infrastructure as reported…

No fewer than 314 Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT)/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State on Wednesday. The Nigerian Army, which disclosed this on its official social media, said the troops also rescued 12…

Troops of 13 Brigade have intercepted a Toyota Camry smuggling explosives and other assorted ammunition in Calabar, Cross River state. Onyeama Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, said the vehicle was carrying 71 chargers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other items. In a statement issued on…