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…
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…
A security expert, Dr Jimoh Ahmed-Ayinla, Chairman of Ahmed Ayinla Foundation, says murder, as a crime against a fellow human being, is ungodly and barbaric. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one Alfa AbdulRahman Bello, was apprehended by the Police in Kwara, for the alleged murder of Hafsa Lawal on Feb.11 NAN reports…
The Police Command in Anambra has established a joint security force to tackle the Monday sit-at-home enforced by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the state. The team, comprised the military, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Department of State Services Federal Road Safety Corps and other security agencies. The Police Public Relations…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged security agencies to tackle menace of vote buying during party primaries for the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call during the regular meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) on Tuesday in Abuja. Yakubu also tasked security…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed security agencies to monitor the influx of people that could pose security threats into FCT. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday….
The Kano State House of Assembly has passed a bill establishing the Kano State Neighborhood Security Corps. This followed deliberations in the Committee of the Whole House during a plenary session presided over by Speaker, Alhaji Jibrin Falgore (NNPP-Rogo). Subsequent to the deliberations, the lawmakers approved the 3rd reading of the bill, as presented by…
Elizabeth Macleod, a Scotland-based security expert, has expressed concern over the silence of parents and guardians of girls who are sexually harassed in reporting their abusers to the police. The expert made this known at a one-day workshop for stakeholders, organised by her team in partnership with Borno Police Command in Maiduguri. Macleod, who is…
Avi Melamed, a former Israeli intelligence official, highlights that the collapse of the Assad regime is transforming regional security dynamics, particularly for Jordan and Iraq, and easing some threats to Israel while complicating the overall situation in the Middle East. Melamed points out that with Assad’s downfall, Iran has lost its foothold in Syria, hindering…
The UN Security Council is to convene for an emergency session on Monday after Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster and seized control of Damascus on Sunday. The meeting, requested by Russia, will take place behind closed doors, diplomatic sources told dpa. Syrians were facing a new political reality on Sunday after rebels took…
