44 abducted pupils and teachers regain freedom after nearly two months in captivity as coordinated operation dismantles kidnappers' logistics chain in Old Oyo National Park A month-long, intelligence-driven military operation that secured the release of 44 abducted pupils and teachers in Oyo State came at a cost, with the military confirming on Saturday that …
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has called on Nigeria's security agencies to deploy digital intelligence and smart technologies to strengthen the fight against terrorism and banditry. Speaking at the ARISE News Town Hall on State Police in Abuja on Thursday, the senator said the increasing use of social media by suspected criminal …
Former lawmaker says weak institutions, funding gaps and poor planning could undermine policing reforms Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Nnenna Ukeje, has warned that Nigeria should not establish state police on the foundation of a weak Nigeria Police Force, insisting that the country's national policing system must first be rebuilt before …
COAS urges regional leaders to mobilise youths for military service as 2,989 recruits complete training The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has expressed concern over the persistently low enlistment of youths from Nigeria's South-East geopolitical zone into the Nigerian Army, urging traditional rulers, parents and community leaders to encourage more …
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a notorious six-member "one chance" kidnapping syndicate, recovered N8.25 million ransom paid by a victim's family, and apprehended an alleged arms supplier linked to kidnappers and bandits as part of intensified operations against violent crime across Abuja. Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, disclosed this on …
BudgIT has called for an urgent independent investigation into the N1.3 billion allocation to the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act. It made the call in a statement on Friday signed by its Country Director, Vahyala Kwaga, warning that the development exposes deep weaknesses in Nigeria's budgeting process and …
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has said that more than 80 per cent of financial crimes in Nigeria are perpetrated through procurement fraud and the use of registered companies. Olukoyede hinted at this while receiving the Board of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), led by its Chairman, …
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command, has intercepted prohibited goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N273.7 million in a major crackdown on smuggling activities within its area of responsibility. The seizures, which include imported vegetable oil, used tyres, second-hand clothing and Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), were …
Nigeria’s worsening security crisis escalated on multiple fronts on Monday as at least 22 people were killed in a deadly attack on a Plateau State community, suspected kidnappers launched coordinated raids in Ondo State, and angry protesters shut down major roads in Ibadan over the continued captivity of abducted schoolchildren and teachers. The developments came …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled another industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory hidden deep inside a forest in Oyo State, arresting a Mexican national and four Nigerian collaborators in what authorities described as a major blow against an emerging transnational drug manufacturing network. The discovery was made at Tapa Village in …
