Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a pregnant woman in Borno State over allegations that she was transporting supplies believed to be intended for Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Falmata Adamu, was apprehended during a routine security operation along the Mandaragirau–Biu Road. Security sources according...
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Muhammad Sani to 20 years imprisonment for concealing information about a notorious bandit, Danranmi, an act that enabled the suspect to evade arrest. Sani, a resident of Nabi Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, was convicted on...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken another major step in strengthening its counter-terrorism and national security operations with the successful factory acceptance of three additional AW109 Trekker Type B helicopters in Italy. The helicopters successfully completed factory acceptance tests at Leonardo Helicopters’ facility in Vergiate between June 29 and...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening international policing cooperation as a critical pathway to advancing global peace, security, and sustainable development. The IGP made the call while participating in the Fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026) held at...
Senate has called on the Federal Government to immediately suspend the rehabilitation and reintegration programme for former Boko Haram members, while urging security agencies to intensify efforts to arrest and prosecute terrorists and other violent criminals responsible for attacks across the country. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by...
Nigeria Police Force has secured the conviction of two persons prosecuted for terrorism-related offences following their arrest in a major arms trafficking operation in Katsina State in September 2025, reaffirming the Force’s commitment to ensuring that criminal investigations culminate in successful prosecution and justice. It will be recalled that...
Defence Chief Oluyede Urges United Front Against Terrorism Across Africa Nigeria Strengthens Regional Security Drive as Oluyede Addresses African Defence Conference Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening military cooperation with African nations and international partners, with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, calling for a...
A 6-year investigation by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) has revealed that 79,323 people were killed in terrorism-related violence across Nigeria between 2020 and 2025, while 34,773 civilians were abducted during the period. The findings are contained in ORFA’s 2026 report titled, _Four Times Boko Haram?...
Nigeria has been identified as the site of what the United States describes as one of its most significant counterterrorism operations in recent years, with US Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, Sebastian Gorka, revealing that 199 jihadists were killed...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions across the country to immediately freeze the accounts, assets and financial transactions of 6 individuals and four Bureau De Change (BDC) operators over alleged links to terrorism financing. The directive was contained in a circular dated June...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign Bello Abdullahi Bodejo before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over allegations bordering on terrorism financing and money laundering to the tune of $2.530 million. The EFCC, on Monday, June 22, 2026 filed a twelve-count charge before the...
Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three individuals, including a foreign national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism-related offences and illegal arms trafficking. The convicts — Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, a citizen of the Republic of Niger, Yusuf Muhammad, popularly known as Sallau, and Kabiru Muhammad...
Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced two women arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for their involvement with terrorism to forty years in prison. The convicted women, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, are mother and sister respectively of the terrorist kingpin, Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, who...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – As debates over how to tackle Nigeria’s worsening security challenges intensify, a respected hospitality and tourism consultant and former Director of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr. John Akumba Adzer, has called for the establishment of specialized Tourist Police Units within the proposed...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu has charged graduating recruits under the Restore Hope initiative to decisively confront terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements threatening the peace and security of the nation. The COAS gave the charge on Thursday, 18 June 2026, during the graduation...
The (President Ahmed Bola) Tinubu administration’s renewed push for State Police has reopened one of the most consequential public policy debates in Nigeria’s democratic history. The proposal has gained momentum because it speaks directly to a painful reality confronting millions of Nigerians. The country’s security architecture is failing. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, violent...
A Federal High Court in Katsina State has sentenced a female arms courier to death by hanging after the Department of State Services (DSS) successfully prosecuted her for conspiracy to commit, aid and abet terrorism, the second death sentence secured by the DSS in the month of June. The...
Borno State Government has distributed relief materials to 434 indigenes of Ngoshe community in Gwoza Local Government Area who were recently rescued by security agencies after spending three months in Boko Haram captivity. Governor Babagana Zulum visited the victims in Pulka on Monday and directed the immediate distribution of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday vowed to intensify Nigeria’s fight against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping, declaring that his administration would show “no mercy” to those responsible for violence across the country. Speaking in his Democracy Day address, the President said security remains central to the survival of Nigeria’s...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced each of the five persons arrested on May 31, 2026, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for being accomplices in the 21 November 2025 attack on St. Joseph Catholic Church school, Papiri, Niger...