The Nigerian Army have successfully trained no fewer than 604 Special Forces in the eighth session of its flagship programme, Exercise Restore Hope, aimed at enhancing national security. The six-month specialist training, which took place at the Nigerian Army Military Training Centre in Kachia, Kaduna State, covered both kinetic and non-kinetic aspects of modern warfare. It was designed to prepare …

A Director at FaLGates Food, Air Commodore Iliyasu Yahaya (rtd.) has said that, for Nigeria to have food security, national security should first be in place to protect farmers against all threats of insecurity. At the second Annual Distributors and Suppliers’ conference and the launch of FaLRice, held in Kaduna at the weekend, Yahaya said that, while it is not the …

The report was treated like a footnote in the main press, but social media and online news platforms gave it a wider play. It’s the story of the launch of a nomadic vigilante service by Miyetti Allah, a group of herders turned political pressure group, comprising mostly Fulani. The national president, Bello Bodejo, said in Lafia, Nasarawa State, where the …

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has said that kidnapping has replaced armed robbery in Nigeria because people no longer carry cash about. Addressing participants on Thursday at Day 2 of ongoing All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) 2023 in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, the NSA said that the trajectory of the nation’s insecurity was allowing Boko …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the illicit activities of drug hawkers endanger the nation’s security. The agency said drug hawkers are the major distributors and suppliers of narcotics to criminal networks, like armed bandits, insurgents, kidnappers and armed robbers. NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, said this at a sensitisation workshop on: The Dangers …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, in Abuja, directed Service Chiefs and heads of security and intelligence agencies to “crush” perpetrators of oil theft, saying that his administration would not tolerate the menace. Tinubu also said that, on his watch, insecurity would not bring Nigeria to its knees, while other countries record achievements in key sectors of their economies. The President …

The National Institute of Security Studies (NISS) is to collaborate with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to advance strategic collaboration that would enhance the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) towards improving national security. Speaking during a visit to the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta at the NCC’s Head Office in Abuja recently, the …

To be troubled in trouble is to have your trouble doubled, so goes a saying. And for Hassan Usman, a lawyer, it didn’t just rain on 28 March, this year, it poured. He was not only onboard the Kaduna-bound train attacked by terrorists, his wife, Amina, was also there. They both got abducted. For the next over 100 days, Hassan …

National security will be a major thrust of Nigeria’s next Federal Government if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wins the 25th February 2023 presidential election. Announcing his “National Security 7-point Agenda” on his verified Twitter handle, the party’s candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar wrote: “National Security will be a key policy thrust of my administration. This is because a secured country …