National Security: ‘Terrorists Are Taking Advantage of Nigeria's Porous Borders’ - NACFEST Boss

The Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACFEST), Commodore Yaminu Musa (rtd), raised this concern at a three-day workshop on joint border control and enhanced regional cooperation to combat terrorism held recently in Lagos.


Gunmen Kidnap Legal Practitioner, Kidnapped School Principal Rescued in Delta State

A renowned legal practitioner and one-time president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), lsoko chapter, Chief Kennedy Uwubiti, was on Wednesday abducted by unknown gunmen along Oleh/Ozoro Road in Isoko South Local Council of Delta State.

Security And Civil Defense Corps Resolves 12,000 Community Disputes in 2016 - UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has resolved 12,000 community level disputes in 2016 as part of its conflict prevention strategy.

Nigeria Exchanges 82 Abducted Chibok Girls With Boko Haram Prisoners - Presidency

Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014 in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said on Saturday.

UK, US Warn of Boko Haram's Plan To Kidnap Expats in NE Nigeria

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreign aid workers in remote northeast Nigeria, which is in the grip of a food crisis caused by the conflict.

Terrorism: Boko Haram, Nigerian Security Forces Killed 4000 Children, Says UNICEF

Abubakar Shekau

The UNICEF has said that boys and girls in north-east Nigeria continue to be brutalized as a result of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the region and the ensuing conflict with 3,900 killed by combined actions of the terrorists and security forces within three years.

Niger Delta Militants Kill Six Nigerian Soldiers

No fewer than  six Nigerian soldiers have been killed in new military campaign against militants in the country’s restive Niger Delta oil hub, security officials said on Friday.

Biafra: How President Buhari Made Nnamdi Kanu A Folk Hero

Food for Thought: ‘’Now more than ever, people have a hunger to believe in something…bring people together around a cause and you create a motivated force.’’

– Robert Greene, 33 Strategies of War.

Nigerian Government Unveils Maritime Security Project To Counter Sea Piracy

The Federal Government, yesterday, disclosed a maritime security strategy to combat sea piracy and other criminal activities on the nation’s coastal and territorial waters. The accompanying cost of the implementation is put at $186 million.

Benue State Bans open Grazing of Cattle; 5-Year-jail Term For Offenders

The Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday successfully passed the bill prohibiting open rearing and grazing of cattle into law.

Piracy, Kidnapping on Ships in West African Waters Rise - Report

Armed attacks on ships in West African waters nearly doubled in 2016, with pirates increasingly focused on kidnapping their crew for ransom off Nigeria's coast, a report said on Tuesday.

Three Female suicide bombers killed at military outpost in Maiduguri, Borno State

Three suicide bombers who attempted to attack a military outpost in Maiduguri, Borno State, were killed on Wednesday night, an official has said.

Vigilance! Ikorodu Community in Lagos State Announces 10-Days Curfew For ‘Oro’ Festival

 

The community leaders of Gberigbe in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos have announced plans to commence the traditional ‘Oro’ in the community and its environs. The development is due to the alleged imminent invasion of the community by a notorious serial criminal and ritualist gang known as ‘’Badoo’’. 

African Migrants Face Kidnap, Forced Labour In Libyan Gun Town

 Gambian returnee Buba Fabareh was one of 169 migrants to be repatriated from Libya on April 4th this year. He was caught by police in Tripoli and returned to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) who helped him go back home.

Niger Delta Militants Threaten To Restart Hostilities in 14-Days

A Niger Delta militant group known as the ‘’Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders’’, NDRC, has threatened to resume hostilities in 14 days if the Federal Government disregarded its five-point demand, including inauguration of a panel to negotiate with the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF.