Wednesday 19 June 2019

Cybersecurity: Nigeria Loses N3.133trn To Cybercrime Annually

Nigeria Loses N3.133trn To Cybercrime Annually
The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, said yesterday, that Nigeria loses about N3.133 trillion to cybercrime and foreign software annually. 

Insecurity: UK Warns Citizens Against Travel To 21 Nigerian States

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has warned British nationals against travelling to about 21 states in Nigeria over security concerns.

Monday 17 June 2019

Suicide Bombers Kill 30, Injure 40 Football Fans in Borno, Northeast Nigeria

No fewer than 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack in north-eastern Nigeria, while watching a televised football match, officials say.

Nigeria Set To Deport Millions Of Illegal Immigrants

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will commence issuance of residence permits to foreign nationals in the next three months as it moves to expel millions of illegal immigrants living in the country.

Thursday 13 June 2019

Nigeria Anti Human Trafficking Agency Warns Nigerians Against Visa Lottery Scams

Nigeria’s National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), has advised Nigerians to shun patronizing fake visa lotteries and their agents, warning that most of such schemes are scams.

Nigeria's Secret Police - The DSS Reportedly Clamps Down On Social Media Users Nationwide

The State Security Service on Wednesday announced a nationwide crackdown on individuals allegedly caught posting inciting materials on the Internet, in a move that could provoke fresh debates about the potency of Nigerian Constitution’s free speech safeguards.

Wednesday 12 June 2019

MNJTF Alerts The Public On ISWAP’s Misinformation, Recruitment Plans in Nigeria


The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has said it has uncovered plans by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to launch recruitment drive in the coming months through misinformation embedded with radicalisation programmes.

Monday 10 June 2019

Gunmen Kidnap Two Lebanese Expatriates in Nigeria's Oil-Rich Rivers State

Armed men in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers state kidnapped two Lebanese workers helping to build a road, a police spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.

Foreign Investors Pull Out N1.77tr From Nigeria Over Insecurity, Economic Uncertainty

Foreign investors pulled out N1.77 trillion from Nigeria's stock market in the last two years, citing insecurity and economic uncertainties. Many blue-chip companies quoted on the stock exchange also experienced huge losses within the period.

Bandits Attack Sokoto Communities, Kill 25 People.

The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Sunday attended the funeral of 25 persons killed by bandits in a fresh attack which occurred on Saturday in three communities in Rabah local government area of the state.

Friday 31 May 2019

Nigeria NSA, Military Set To Develop National Security Strategy on Banditry, Terrorism

Nigeria's Office of the National Security Adviser and the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja met to draw up a 2019 draft National Security Strategy, a policy document to tackle banditry, small arms proliferation, terrorism and kidnapping in the country.

Monday 27 May 2019

Pervasive Insecurity: 36 Killed, 27 Kidnapped in Sporadic Attacks Across Nigeria Last Week

Pervasive insecurity across the Nigeria continued last week with dozens of people killed and kidnapped in different states.

Tension In Jos, Plateau State As Reprisal Attack Kills Scores, Houses Burnt

Scores are feared dead with properties worth millions of destroyed in fresh violence affecting parts of Jos, Plateau state, north-central Nigeria.

Nigerian Military Loses N4.8bn Hardware in North-East Since January


The Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Army, which are two active forces in the counter-insurgency war in the North-East, have lost over N4.8bn in weaponry in the region between January and May, 2019.

Yoruba Group Gives Herdsmen 7-Day Ultimatum to Vacate Yorubaland

A socio-cultural group, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW), has called on the militant Fulani herdsmen in South-west to vacate the region.