Category: Security
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GOVERNORS VOW IRONCLAD SECURITY FOR HITCH-FREE YULETIDE CELEBRATIONS
Nigeria’s 36 state governors flexed muscle Wednesday in Abuja, pledging ramped-up security ops nationwide to shield the festive rush from threats—coordinating with National Security Adviser alerts on crowd surges, travel spikes and hotspots for a drama-free Christmas and New Year. NGF chair Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara) and Ogun’s Dapo Abiodun unveiled the communique, stressing inter-agency…
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NIGERIA AND EU LOCK ARMS FOR DEFENSE BOOST AGAINST SECURITY THREATS
EU Ambassador Gautier Mignot dropped in on Nigeria’s new Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Olufemi Oluyede Wednesday in Abuja, sealing a pact to ramp up direct military ties—shifting from regional task forces to hands-on collaboration tackling the country’s banditry, insurgency and multi-front chaos. With 19 of 27 EU nations posted in Nigeria as a key…
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TROOPS SWAT DOWN TERROR DRONES IN BORNO, FREE BENUE HOSTAGE
Nigerian Army heroes under Operation Hadin Kai blasted four explosive-laden terrorist drones out of the sky Tuesday at Molai FOB in Borno’s Konduga LGA, turning the tables on ISWAP-style tech terror while hunting launch pads—proving adaptive defenses are shredding insurgents’ high-tech edge. OPWS sharpshooters in Benue’s Guma LGA rescued a Nasarawa shop owner snatched Dec…
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NIGERIAN ARMY SMASHES KIDNAP RINGS, FREES 11 HOSTAGES IN MULTI-STATE BLITZ
Troops turned the tables on bandits Wednesday across Nigeria’s North-West and North-Central, rescuing 11 victims from Zamfara truck hijacks to Kogi/Kwara village grabs—snatching AK-47s, motorcycles and forcing frantic flee-outs in ops that echo rising military momentum against the kidnap plague draining communities. Operation Fansan Yamma freed two drivers on Magami-Gusau road (Maru LGA) via hot…
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EU LEADERS DIG IN FOR €90B UKRAINE RESCUE USING PUTIN’S FROZEN CASH
Brussels bosses launched epic overtime talks Thursday, battling to unlock €90 billion ($105B) for Ukraine’s 2026-27 military and budget black hole—via a savvy loan from €210B in sanctioned Russian assets (Belgium hoards €185B), repayable only if Moscow foots war reparations, pitting Belgian PM Bart De Wever retaliation fears against bloc survival math. Needing 15 nations…
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LAGOS POLICE NABS TIKTOKER PELLER OVER LIVESTREAM CRASH, SUICIDE CLAIM
Lagos Police have detained 20-year-old social media influencer Habeeb Hamzat, better known as Peller, after a viral video showed him driving recklessly and crashing his car while livestreaming to followers. Police spokesperson SP Abimbola Adebisi said the Sunday incident caused a serious accident that endangered both Peller and other road users, describing his actions as…
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NDLEA LOCKS DOWN BRAZILIAN COCAINE SHIP & 21 CREW IN LAGOS BUST
Nigeria’s NDLEA just nailed a massive win at Apapa Seaport, securing a Federal High Court order to detain the MV San Antonio—fresh from Brazil with 25.5kg of cocaine stashed in its hatch—plus its captain and 20 multinational crew (Russians, Filipinos, Ukrainians, Azerbaijanis) nabbed post-cargo unload on December 6 intel tip-off. Spokesman Femi Babafemi confirmed Justice…
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SOUTH AFRICA NABS 7 KENYANS IN U.S. REFUGEE SCAM BUST
South African authorities cracked down hard Tuesday, arresting seven Kenyan nationals for illegally processing U.S. refugee applications for white South Africans at a makeshift center—slapping deportation orders after they snuck in on tourist visas despite prior work visa denials, amid Trump’s controversial resettlement push claiming racial persecution that Pretoria blasts as bogus. The Home Affairs…
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ANAMBRA POLICE SNAG ₦637K ROBBERY HAUL, GUNS & SMASHED SUV IN ABAGANA BUST
Anambra’s elite Commissioner of Police Special Patrol Team turned the tables Tuesday, recovering a whopping ₦636,700 in alleged stolen cash, a pump-action rifle, a locally fabricated single-barrel shotgun and a wrecked Toyota Highlander (UWN 680 PE)—all ditched by armed robbery suspects who crashed and fled during a blistering 5pm hot pursuit in Abagana, Njikoka LGA.…
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COAS SHAIBU HOSTS CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON FOR WOUNDED HEROES AT KADUNA HOSPITAL
Army Chief Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu rolled out a heartfelt Christmas bash Tuesday at 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Kaduna for sick and wounded-in-action soldiers, celebrating their grit and the medics nursing them back—via rep Brig.-Gen. Timothy Opurum—under his “Soldier First” mantra that puts troops’ welfare front and center. Shaibu hailed these bravehearts as Nigeria’s unbreakable…
