Security

Political parties, presidential candidates and National Assembly contenders have signed the first National Peace Accord on issue-based campaigning ahead of the 2027 general elections. The agreement commits political actors to rejecting electoral violence, hate speech, misinformation, personal attacks and other...

With less than 48 hours to the Osun State governorship election, President Bola Tinubu has assured residents that adequate security measures have been put in place to protect voters during Saturday’s poll. The assurance was delivered by Senate President Godswill...

President Bola Tinubu has praised security agencies for rescuing 308 people abducted in separate attacks in Kwara and Niger states, describing the operation as the largest single-day rescue mission ever carried out in Nigeria.In a statement issued on Wednesday...

Defense Minister, Gen. Christopher Musa (Rtd), has said that Nigeria’s proactive strategy to integrate emerging technologies and Artificial Intelligence into its national security architecture will ensure that the Armed Forces of Nigeria remain ahead of modern asymmetric threats.Speaking when he...

The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Emomotimi Guwor, have thrown their weight behind ongoing constitutional reforms, particularly the proposed establishment of state police and the...

The family of Michael Oyedokun, one of the two teachers killed during the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to direct security agencies to recover his...

The Minister of Defense, Christopher Musa, has disclosed that the bandits holding pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oyo State threatened to kill the captives if security forces advanced on their location. Musa said this in a preview...

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has said Nigerian soldiers now earn a minimum monthly salary of N100,000 following a recent review of their welfare by the Federal Government.Musa disclosed this during an interview on News Central on Wednesday,...

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Thursday revealed that he refused to pay a N300 million ransom when his brothers were kidnapped in 2019, insisting that negotiating with criminals only encourages more abductions.Speaking at the ARISE News and THISDAY...

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested six suspects over the lynching of two travelers who were mistaken for kidnappers by a mob in Gidan Kalu Village, Birnin Yero, a few kilometers from Maraban Jos in Igabi Local Government...