The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to provide a briefing on the alleged funding of Boko Haram by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Also invited are the heads of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Department of State Security Services (DSS). According to…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, on Wednesday, emphasised the importance of building resilience in communities to tackle insecurity. The CDS stated this at the opening of a two-day Human Security and Civil-Military Workshop, organised by the Defence Headquarters and the British Defence Staff. Musa, represented by Rear Adm. Ayuba Chugali, said…
Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State has pledged to implement the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) on the #EndBadGovernance protest. Yusuf spoke while receiving the report from the chairman of the commission, retired Justice Lawan Mahmoud, on Wednesday in Kano. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson Sunusi Dawakin…
UK Defence Secretary, John Healey would travel to meet his Norwegian counterpart as Europe is thrown into turmoil over the future of Ukraine and the continent’s wider security. Healey and Tore Sandvik will meet as European leaders plot their next steps to ramp up defence spending in the face of pressure from the U.S.. America…
Alhaji Ibrahim Kpotun-Idris, a former Inspector-General of Police (I-G), has advised the newly-appointed Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Moshood Jimoh, to exercise high degree of professionalism in discharging his duties. Kpotun-Idris gave the task while felicitating with Jimoh on his appointment by the incumbent I-GP Kayode Egbetokun, in Bida on Wednesday. The ex-police…
The United States Mission to Nigeria has announced an investigation into how past aid allocated to Nigeria and other countries has been utilised. This follows US President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025, decision to suspend all foreign aid for 90 days, citing concerns about global destabilisation and misalignment with American interests. The move responds to…
Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun, said his administration inherited a 13 years backlog of unsettled insurance claims for families of deceased police officers. Egbetokun said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the unveiling of the Police Insurance Claims Management Portal and presentation of cheques to next-of-kin and beneficiaries of deceased police officers. The News…
The death toll from the attack on Yaav and Mbadura council ward in Turan community, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, by armed men suspected to be herdsmen has risen to 34, as 15 more bodies recovered today.” Our correspondent who spoke to a local source from the community who identify himself as Ordue…
Mr Sunday Oyinloye, Publisher of Green Savannah Diplomatic Cable, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to take decisive action against the rising incidents of ritual killings of girls across the nation. Oyinloye made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in response to the…
The absence of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witnesses on Tuesday stalled the trial of the Managing Director of Beligetto Holding Company Limited , Ayodele Raymond and four others in an FCT High Court, Zuba. The EFCC charged Raymond alongside the group chairman of the company, Harry Samuel, Gowon Egbunu, Alhaji Nuhu Amanabo with…
