The National Security Adviser (NSA) to President Bola Tinubu, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has called for a paradigm shift in Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts from reactive crackdowns to proactive prevention, stressing that only systemic and attitudinal change can defeat the deeply rooted menace. Ribadu made the call on Saturday while delivering the 9th Oba Sikiru Adetona Annual Professorial Lecture organised by Olabisi …

President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara States. The President, who met with security chiefs at the State House in Abuja for more than two hours on Wednesday, said that  the killing of innocent people must cease. ‘Enough is …

Nigeria has just had one hell of a week. Like an evil spirit, hell hovered over Nigeria with fraught silence. To stave it off, Muslims will seem to have recited the Quranic verse of the Yaseen to keep the evil away. Christians banned and banished. Hell held on regardless. Hell was first let loose when a hellish temperament of the …

The recent outburst of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu against Canada’s visa denial to Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa and half of his team represents a serious diplomatic blunder for Nigeria. Publicly telling Canada ‘go to hell’ is reckless and deeply embarrassing. A country should conduct international relations with decorum and strategic maturity. It’s key …

Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has waded into the war of words between National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and former Commissioner at the Police Service Commission (PSC), Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad. Ribadu had demanded a public apology and retraction from Muhammad whom he accused of lying against him in a Tik Tok video. In the Tiktok …

The above was the question asked by Britons and the rest of the world in the afternoon of 22 May 2013. Close to the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, Southeast London, two young men of British-Nigerian descent, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, had attacked a 25-year old British Army soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby and killed him. Rigby was of the …

The current unrest plaguing Nigeria has instilled a sense of unease among the populace,with reports indicating a significant number of Nigeria Politicians fleeing the country for shelter overseas. The abrupt exodus of top government officials, political elites, and prominent business figures has triggered widespread apprehension, particularly among the Igbo residents in the North and Southwest states. In response to these …

It was different 16 years ago. Very different. At that time, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was relatively new and walking where angels feared to tread. That was unusual for a government institution, especially a law enforcement agency. So unusual that one of Nigeria’s most courageous social crusaders, Gani Fawehinmi, a thorn in government’s side, joined forces with …

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr, Ola Olukoyede over the transformation of the commission within the short period of time of his appointment, adding that Nigerians are taking note of his impact. During the commissioning of the commission’s new edifice at its Enugu zonal …

National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu always wears a permanent visor of one who needs to be pitied. Last Monday, however, he advertised far more pity with his pithy speech. The venue was the Chief of Defence Intelligence 2023 Annual Conference in Abuja. His white babanriga fluffing angelically and struggling to cling to his lean frame, Ribadu suddenly skidded off …