#SecurityGist

Worried by the spate of killings and kidnapping in the region, the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) rose from a meeting in Kaduna on...

By Habibu Harisu The joint security team led by the 8 Division,  Nigerian Army Sokoto have conducted interactive meeting with their Nigerien counterparts on tackling...

The Police yesterday paraded 93 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers terrorising Niger, Katsina and Kaduna states, especially on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. It said 35 AK47 rifles, 21...

Nathan Nwakamma Five oil workers were on Tuesday kidnapped by gunmen within the Oil Mining Lease (OML) -55 operated by an indigenous oil company, Belemaoil...

By Joseph Edeh The Police on Wednesday said they have uncovered plots by some persons to commence massive and coordinated attacks on oil installations across...

By Johnson Eyiangho The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur  Buratai on Wednesday accused some defeated politicians in the just concluded general elections of being...

By Johnson Eyiangho/Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Tuesday dissociated the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) from a document calling for the overthrow of the...

By Abubakar Ahmed More than 16,000 persons have been displaced in Anka while trying to escape from bandits’ attacks. They fled to nearby villages, the Emir...

By Abubakar Ahmed As security agents map out strategy on combating kidnapping and banditry,  Zamfara Council of Chiefs has requested the Federal Government to set...

By Isaac Aregbesola Finger off the Trigger, a national peace, unity and disarmament campaign initiative, has called on the Federal Government to step up measure...

By Johnson Eyiangho Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 54 Boko Haram kidnapped persons in Borno, including 29 women and 25 children. In a statement,...

By Johnson Eyiangho Troops have killed four Boko Haram jihadists in a clearance operation, tagged  “Operation Hard Strike” at villages in Borno State, the military...

By Desmond Ejibas/Port Harcourt The Nigerian Army 6th Division, Port Harcourt, has handed over three male suspected kidnappers and rapists it arrested to the Rivers...

By Huseyn Abubakar Mbar/Bauchi Bauchi State Government has imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew on four communities located in the outskirts of Bauchi metropolis following breach of the...

Confirming the exodus of residents from parts of Sokoto to neighbouring Republic of Niger, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has pleaded with fleeing residents to return. The...

By Johnson Eyiangho Troops on operation `Exercise Harbin Kunama III’’, have arrested a suspect the army described as “notorious’’ bandit logistics supplier, Marwana Abubakar in...

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja received briefing from service chiefs and heads of other security agencies including the acting Inspector-General...

By Cecilia Ijuo Senator James Manager from Delta state has described the Kaduna-Abuja highway as the most dangerous in the country. He was making a point...

By Isaiah Eka Akwa Ibom state has denied reports of Cameroonian gendarmes killing of 40 Nigerians, describing It as capable of causing diplomatic crisis. The state...

Herdsmen have killed eleven people and injured many in a retaliation attack on some Taraba villages today. The herders stormed Murbai, Kisbap, Sembe, and Yawai...