The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has handed over a total of 220 recovered small arms and light weapons to the National Centre for the Control of Small …
Security/Defence
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IG orders review of Amnesty International report on South-East killings
by Tobi Bensonby Tobi BensonThe Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a review of a report by Amnesty International alleging extrajudicial killings and human rights violations in the South-East. The 128-page report, titled …
THE Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the deployment of senior police officers, including Assistant Inspectors-General and Commissioners of Police, to 13 states ahead of Saturday’s by-elections to …
- Security/Defence
Ranching will address farmer-herder clashes – Defence Chief
by Tobi Bensonby Tobi BensonTHE Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has called for the adoption of cattle ranching as a key step toward ending recurring clashes between farmers and herders in …
Several Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a failed ambush by the criminals in Kareto, a deserted community in Mobbar Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, around the Lake …
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1,500-hour flight operations conducted, 592 terrorists killed in Borno – NAF
by Tobi Bensonby Tobi BensonThe Nigerian Air Force says it has conducted more than 1,500 operational flight hours under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in the last eight months, killing at least …
THE Nigerian Army’s 6 Division has apprehended 71 individuals suspected of oil theft and shut down 14 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta during a three-week operation. Acting Deputy …
THE security crisis in Zamfara State has intensified, with fresh data showing that between August 4 and 10, 2025, armed groups attacked 15 villages across multiple local government areas. According …
In a breakthrough against organized crime, the Rivers State Police Command has dismantled a sophisticated interstate car theft syndicate, arresting 12 suspects and recovering 22 stolen vehicles. The syndicate, which …
Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/ Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued seven victims abducted along the Chinkai–Kente–Wukari road in the Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. …