Many serving security personnel frowned at the alleged negotiations with bandits by some Federal Government agencies, stating that such a move would jeopardize security agencies’ efforts. Some of them who spoke on the condition of anonymity said negotiating with bandits was an outright vote of no confidence on all security agencies in Nigeria. One of them said, “I don’t want …

President Bola Tinubu has approved payment for the procurement of 12 attack helicopters for the Nigerian Army. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, made this known at the opening of the maiden Nigerian Army Aviation Seminar on Tuesday in Abuja. Lagbaja said the 12 MD 530F Cayuse attack helicopters would operationalise the Nigerian Army aviation unit, …

The Nigerian Army has given reasons for the delay in the payment of feeding allowance of troops providing security for Chinese working at the Zungeru Hydro Electricity Dam Project in Niger State. It said the delay in the receipt of funds from the concerned institution caused the delay. The Army debunked a report by an online media outfit that the …

President Bola Tinubu has called for the collaboration of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region in maintaining enduring peace and security in the area. This, he said, is to ensure maximum oil production and enhancement of the economy. While addressing a forum of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council at the palace of their Chairman, His Majesty, Major-General Felix …

The Federal Government yesterday expressed its readiness to implement the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) in Nigeria. The WAPIS, the government said, would help the country to tackle terrorism in the region. Police Affairs Minister Ibrahim Gaidam announced this when he hosted a delegation from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), European Union (EU), and INTERPOL at …

Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Christopher Musa has charged field commanders to strengthen inter-service synergy and maintain cordial relationships with host communities in order to defeat terrorists and other criminal elements. He said the trust and support of host communities remained critical to the success of internal security operations. The CDS who stated this during the closing ceremony of the …

Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday asked commissioners of police in the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to immediately commence dismantling of all non-security checkpoints within their areas of responsibilities, and arrest violators for prompt prosecution. He also gave commissioners of police yet to establish the complaints response units (CRUs), three weeks within …

Chairman of the Nigeria Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, has attributed the inability of the police and other security agencies to dominate the security space to lack of numerical strength. Arase in an interview with journalists in Abuja yesterday during the Vigilante Group of Nigeria national conference with the theme: “Mobilising VGN Members for Improved Security in Schools, Farmlands …

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has highlighted the need for a people-centric leadership concept as he commits to ensuring better synergy among the Nigerian Armed Forces and the civilian populace. While delivering a lecture titled ‘Nigeria’s Security and Defence Policies: My Leadership Concept for the Armed Forces’ to participants of Senior Course 46 of the Armed Forces …

On account of the prevailing insecurity in the country, the police said they would soon reintroduce permits for vehicles with tinted glass across the country. They noted that the crimes being perpetrated using tinted glass, especially by young people, were no longer acceptable. During an interview with newsmen on Wednesday, Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police Olumuyiwa Adejobi …