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 …

A Federal High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State has ordered the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists who had been in military detention facilities in the North-East. The order for their release on 5th March 2024 followed the ruling of the court that the military failed to advance evidence for their continued incarceration in Maiduguri. According to the …

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the reprehensible acts perpetrated by kidnappers across the country, declaring that individuals involved in such despicable crimes must be treated as terrorists. At a Ramadan dinner with members of the federal judiciary, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Tuesday, President Tinubu reiterated the government’s resolve to defeat banditry, the President …

In light of the persistent threat of kidnapping in some parts of the country, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said it is reinvigorating its efforts to combat the heinous crime and other related vices. In line with this, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun has issued a charge to the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of …

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday attributed the hardship faced by residents in the North East to the activities of terrorists in the region. Shettima who lamented that terrorism had plagued the region for far too long, expressed optimism that the scourge would be defeated. The VP whose speech was read by the Senate President, Godwill Akpabio at a book …

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 …

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 …

President Bola Tinubu on Friday tasked the United Nations to be more practical in supporting Nigeria in the fight against terrorism. In an audience with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office on Counter-Terrorism, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, at the State House on Thursday, the President noted that terrorism had consistently reversed the gains on development and increased instability in families …

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 103 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa State Province (ISWAP) in the North-East in the last three weeks. While reviewing progress of military operations on Thursday in Abuja, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami said that the troops also apprehended 22 terrorists, including four commanders and 18 collaborators within …

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday declared 19 terrorists wanted and placed N5 million bounty on each of them. The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director, Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor in Abuja. The wanted persons are notorious bandits/terrorists that have been terrorising Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States, the statement added. …