Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has charged Air Component Commanders to intensify precision air operations and adopt smarter tactics in the ongoing fight against insurgency, terrorism and banditry. Speaking during a meeting with commanders from all operational theatres in Abuja on Wednesday, Aneke said the nation’s security landscape demanded swift,…
Authorities in Enugu State, southern Nigeria, have arrested thirteen male suspects following an armed assault on police personnel in Akpakume, a community in Udi Local Government Area. Police spokesman, Superintendent Daniel Ndukwe, said on Wednesday that a homemade single-barrel gun was recovered after the confrontation, which occurred on 3 November. According to Ndukwe, police officers…
Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) on Tuesday successfully repelled a coordinated attack by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Kangar, Mallam Fatori, Borno State. In a statement, Lt-Col Sani Uba, the Task Force’s Media Information Officer, said…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed 115 personnel from its various commands across Nigeria in what officials describe as part of ongoing reforms within the nation’s intelligence agency. A top security source confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday night, disclosing that the move followed an internal review aimed at strengthening discipline and…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has handed over 63 patrol vehicles to security agencies in a bid to reinforce security and improve response operations in Maiduguri and its environs. The vehicles were distributed among several security outfits, with 30 going to the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), 16 to the Rapid Response and Anti-Social…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has cautioned political thugs and party loyalists against disrupting the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election, warning that security agencies will deal decisively with offenders. Egbetokun, represented by Acting Commissioner of Police Umar Hadejia, issued the warning on Tuesday in Abuja during the Cleen Foundation’s Security Threat Assessment (STA)…
The National Economic Council (NEC) Committee on Overhaul of Security Training Institutions, chaired by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, commenced its fieldwork on Tuesday with an inspection of the Police Training College in Ikeja, Lagos. President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the committee on 23 October during the 152nd NEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, giving…
Nigeria’s security agencies have deployed over 60,000 personnel across Anambra State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the poll, Abayomi Shogunle, has confirmed. In a statement released by SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra, Shogunle said the security operation would cover all 5,720 polling units with additional…
Nigerian troops attached to the Joint Task Force, Operation MESA, have thwarted an attack by armed bandits in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, in a confrontation that left 19 suspects dead. The 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, which led the operation, said it acted on a tip-off about the movement of the assailants in…
Police authorities in Nigeria’s Ebonyi State say they are pursuing armed assailants who killed two people during an attack in Oriuzor, a community in Ezza North Local Government Area. Police spokesperson SP Joshua Ukandu confirmed the killings to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, noting that the incident occurred on 1 November. Ukandu…
