The Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Tuesday that the federal government is making frantic efforts to tackle the nation’s security challenges. Tunji-Ojo who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, are losing sleep over the …

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has said the recent sponsored attacks on the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle; and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu are targeted on President Bola Tinubu. During his recent appearance on Channels Television, Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu, alleging that he lacks …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has welcomed the release of two Kaduna-based journalists who were abducted from their homes in the outskirts of Kaduna last weekend. Speaking when he received the two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspapers and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint newspapers, from the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) have concluded plans to reduce numerous checking points at the nation’s international airports across the country. LEADERSHIP reports that the number of military and para-military personnel at Nigeria international airports that have multiple physical touches with passengers baggage, thereby, constituting delays and numerous inconveniences …

The National Security Adviser (NSA) Malam Nuhu Ribadu has directed full implementation of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Amendment Act 2024. In a statement by the Head Strategic Communications Office of the National Security Adviser Zakari Mijinyawa, Ribadu also directed the operationalisation of the National Cybersecurity Fund by all regulators and businesses specified in the second schedule of the Act. …

National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said terrorism in Africa is driven by foreign terrorist fighters, organised crime, prolonged conflicts, drug trafficking, illicit arms trade, high youth unemployment, porous borders and inadequate policies. The NSA called for more integrated security strategies to complement military, economic and regional cooperation efforts to tackle the menace of terrorism in Africa. Ribadu …

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, said the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has so far rescued over 1,000 kidnap victims without paying a ransom. Ribadu said this when he received 22 students and staff of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, rescued on Sunday. The bandits had, on 22 September 2023, invaded the institution and …

The Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to  ECOWAS, Enobong Moma, said, on Thursday, that her organisation had budgeted a total of €24.4 million to fight against the proliferation and illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria and other West African countries. She noted that reducing the availability of small arms and light weapons would help …

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Moguno, gave the appeal on Tuesday during the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security. Specifically, Yakubu implored political parties, candidates, and their supporters to see the election as a contest, not war. The Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security meeting gets …

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Mongunu (rtd.) has said that the economic crisis caused the scarcity of the redesigned Naira notes was affecting military operations in some areas. He said some soldiers were having financial difficulties. Mongunu urged the House of Representatives to find practicable solutions to the economic crisis caused by the scarcity of the redesigned …