NATIONAL SECURITY

Nigeria’s global image has improved in the face of terrorism financing, money laundering and illicit financial flows, the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Alhaji Modibbo Ahmed Tukur, said yesterday. Tukur said the United States Treasury Department,…

The Nigeria Navy said it confiscated 18 million litres of stolen crude oil, 23.5 million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) also known as diesel and 6.2 million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) in the Niger Delta region. Speaking in Port Harcourt,…

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it would shut the doors against using foreign migrants from neighbouring countries in next year’s election. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) Isah Idris made the pledge on Thursday at a meeting with top management staff of the…

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, yesterday, said successes so far recorded in the  theatres of operation across the country  depicted  the dynamism of air power deployment in the fight against insurgency and banditry. Speaking at the commissioning of…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), said yesterday that security forces launched a manhunt for suspected terror  financier identified as Alhaji Abubakar. This came as it said troops killed 56 terrorists and arrested 88 across all theatres in the past  two weeks even as 368…

The Department of State Security (DSS) on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the ongoing strike. The Director of the Service in charge of Yobe, Mr Yunusa Abdulkadir made the plea in Damaturu at the Third Quarterly Conference…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will next week kick-off nationwide sensitisation activities on the dangers of irregular migration. The NIS has also assured that more efforts were being made including the deployment of eBorder assets aimed at ensuring enhanced Border security as well…

Scores of armed bandits were reportedly killed yesterday as the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) bombed their base in Zamfara. The victims were said to be members of the deadly banditry lynchpin, Muhammad Bello, aka Turji. The kingpin, it was learnt, narrowly escaped the bombardment…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Faruk Yahaya, has restated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to provide a secure atmosphere for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. Yahaya, while declaring open the third quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference in…

The Department of State Services (DSS) says the outcome of the investigation it carried out on Tukur Mamu is mind-boggling. Apparently reacting to the comments made by Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, the service said it will not be distracted. Gumi had accused…