President Bola Tinubu has approved the acquisition of additional air assets to strengthen the fight against insurgency in the country. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja, after a closed-door meeting with President Tinubu and the defence chiefs, yesterday, assured Nigerians that the military was committed to addressing the recent surge …

The resurgence of terror attacks in some parts of the North has raised concerns among stakeholders as many displaced residents decry the attitude of both state and federal governments to their plight. Boko Haram, bandits and armed herders were said to have sacked no fewer than 250 communities in the region, with 6,000 displaced residents reported to be sleeping in …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has thwarted a “terrorist attack” on the Department of State Services (DSS) facilities in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state. A counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama reports that the air force deployed Tucano jets after intelligence about the planned ambush by the suspected terrorists on the DSS assets …