Customs, NDLEA deepen Southeast drug crackdown
ENUGU, Nigeria – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) reaffirms its frontline role in combating drug trafficking in the Southeast, as the National Drug Law…
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Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Seal New Defence Cooperation Pact
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at deepening defence and military…
DSS Foils Medical Supply Route for Kidnappers as Kwara Govt Raises Alarm
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Kwara State Government has warned of an increasingly sophisticated network of kidnapping gangs after the Department of State Services (DSS)…
Police Arrest Three Suspected Bandit Financiers in Sokoto
SOKOTO, Nigeria – The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested three suspected financiers of a major bandit group, alongside several accomplices linked to motorcycle…
General Christopher Musa Sworn in as Nigeria’s New Defence Minister
ABUJA, Nigeria – General Christopher Gwabin Musa (retd.), former Chief of Defence Staff, was on Thursday sworn in as Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, marking…
Relief in Kwara as 38 Kidnapped Worshippers Reunite with Families After Joint Rescue
LAGOS, Nigeria – Thirty-eight worshippers abducted in Eruku, Kwara State, have been reunited with their families following what authorities described as a coordinated rescue…
NEC Approves N100bn to Revamp Dilapidated Police, Security Training Institutions
ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved N100 billion for the rehabilitation and modernisation of police and paramilitary training institutions across…
Police Arrest Four Suspected Car Thieves, Recover Six Vehicles in Abuja
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested four suspected members of a car-snatching syndicate and recovered six stolen vehicles along…
Musa Vows Stronger National Security as Senate Screens New Defence Minister
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Senate witnessed tense exchanges on Wednesday during the screening of President Bola Tinubu’s new Minister of Defence nominee, General Christopher…
Gunmen Attack Abia Governor’s Advance Team Near Imo Airport
ABUJA, Nigeria – Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday attacked an advance security team attached to the Office of the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, near…