Category: Security
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KWARA CUSTOMS WELCOMES NEW BOSS OGUNDEYI, VOWS TEAMWORK & OPEN BOOK OPS
Kwara Command of Nigeria Customs Service got a fresh helm Tuesday as outgoing Comptroller Faith Mathew Ojeifo passed the baton to Acting Area Controller Deputy Comptroller Najeem Akanmu Ogundeyi—celebrating past wins in revenue rakes, smuggling busts and top-tier service, now geared for even bigger leaps through unity and straight-shooter leadership. Ojeifo bowed out gracefully in…
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KOGI GOV ODODO UNEARTHS MASSIVE ARMS HAUL, VOWS CRIMINAL CRUSH
Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo just unveiled a monster arms bust—24 AK-47s, 23 pump-actions, Tavor and FN rifles, Barrett pistols, Browning rifles, 520 GPMG rounds, mags, cartridges, holsters, tear gas and submachine parts—ripped from criminal lairs in a week-long intel blitz with security squads, supercharged by President Tinubu’s no-praise pep talk to lock down…
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NSSRCC SLAMS STATES FOR SKIPPING SCHOOL SAFETY CENTRES
The National Safe School Response Coordination Centre is calling out state governments for dragging their feet on setting up local control centres, leaving schools vulnerable to bandit attacks and kidnappings due to weak surveillance. NSSRCC Commander Emmanuel Ocheja told NAN in Abuja that federal pleas for state-level hubs—staffed by police, military and NSCDC reps—would enable…
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KWARA POLICE LOCKS DOWN FESTIVE SECURITY, BANS FIREWORKS & NIGHT OKADAS
Kwara State cops are rolling out heavy security blankets for Christmas and New Year, deploying extra personnel to markets, churches, parks and everywhere festive crowds gather to keep the peace rock-solid. CP Ojo Adekimi, via PPRO SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, promises joint surveillance and intel ops will crush any trouble before it starts—no fear this yuletide,…
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ECOWAS LEADERS VOW IRONCLAD STAND AGAINST COUPS & TERROR WAVE
West African powerhouses united in Abuja Sunday at the 68th ECOWAS summit, vowing a bulletproof front to halt Sahel coups and terrorism’s chokehold—recognizing these borderless beasts demand collective firepower, not lone ranger tactics, amid recent jolts like Guinea-Bissau unrest and Benin’s foiled putsch. President Bola Tinubu lit the fuse, blasting incessant takeovers, arms bazaars, cyber…
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NAF AIR STRIKE CRUSHES TERROR LOGISTICS HUB IN BORNO’S TUMBUNS
Nigerian Air Force jets unleashed hell Sunday on a terrorist workshop and vehicle stash at Dabar Masara in Borno’s Southern Tumbuns, vaporizing armed fighters and supply lines in a razor-sharp Operation HADIN KAI hit that underscores the military’s intel-fueled dominance over Boko Haram remnants. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame revealed how days of ISR flights nailed…
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INSECURITY SABOTAGING AFRICA’S TOURISM & CREATIVE BOOM, WARNS EXPERT
Tourism guru Sunnie Chukumele pulled no punches at Abuja’s African Descent Creative Industry Summit, slamming insecurity especially Nigeria’s chaos, as the biggest roadblock choking tourism, hospitality, and creative sector growth across the continent. Delivering his paper “Africa, Insecurity, and the Future of Tourism and Hospitality,” Chukumele celebrated Africa’s post-COVID rebound with 74 million international arrivals…
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ECOWAS SAYS WEST AFRICAN DEMOCRACY IS ON THE BRINK
West Africa’s top regional body is sounding the alarm, warning that democracy across the sub-region is facing a “critical threat” as coups, attempted coups and political unrest continue to spread. At the 55th Session of its Mediation and Security Council in Abuja, ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray said the situation has reached emergency levels, urging…
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NIGERIAN ARMY UNVEILS CUTTING-EDGE LAND WARFARE WARGAMING CENTRE AT JAJI
The Nigerian Army just leveled up its training game with the grand opening of a state-of-the-art Land Warfare Wargaming Centre at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) in Jaji— a game-changer for sharpening officers’ skills in operational planning and future battles. Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu commissioned the facility, calling it…
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AU SLAMS FAILED BENIN COUP, WARNS AGAINST RISING MILITARY TAKEOVERS IN WEST AFRICA
The African Union is sounding the alarm after Sunday’s botched military coup in Benin Republic, where soldiers calling themselves the “Military Committee for Refoundation” briefly seized the national TV station to oust President Patrice Talon—only for loyal forces to swiftly regain control. AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Yousouf condemned the plot as a “grave violation” of…
