News NIMC logo Quick Read They reacted to the viral video claiming that NIN and Bank Verification Number, BVN, details could be purchased for as little as N100, stressing that the commission maintains robust, multi-layered security infrastructure to protect the personal data of registered citizens and legal residents in line with international best practices. The…
Four people, including a security operative, were killed when gunmen ambushed a security team responding to a distress call in Rakok, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Tuesday. The president of the Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), Dalyop Mwantiri, said he was travelling with the security team’s convoy when the incident occurred….
Metro Some of the helicopters Quick Read The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, described the acquisition as another significant milestone in the Federal Government’s sustained investment in the modernisation and re-equipment of the NAF. By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of five new helicopters as the…
No fewer than 2,100 criminals have been arrested off the streets across New York City, in the United States over the last 30 days. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday. According to him, those arrested include gang members, rapists, murderers, child predators and other suspected criminal…
The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has assured Nigerians in the diaspora that the Federal Government is relentlessly strengthening national security to guarantee a safer country and facilitate seamless visits to their homeland. Musa stated this during an interactive engagement with members of the Nigerian community residing in Angola, held on the…
Two people have died following a violent attack at IMAX Cinemas in Lekki, Lagos State, on Friday night after a machete-wielding man stormed the premises and attacked security personnel. The attacker, who also carried a knife, tried to enter the cinema but was stopped by security guards. Eyewitnesses said he appeared to be under the…
The United States is entering the most expensive phase of retirement. Some of America’s oldest are eligible for more than $100,000 a year in combined Social Security benefits, while remaining as one of the wealthiest generations in the country. The national debt is rising—just passing $40 trillion this month—and Social Security is set to enter…
Niche Media Is Where the Senior Roles Are Scroll past the usual suspects and something interesting emerges in today’s job market: the most compelling senior roles aren’t at the big platforms or legacy broadcasters. They’re at specialized media companies carving out deep expertise in narrow verticals. Security trade publishing. Jewish communal life podcasting. Talk radio…
From a fresh N435bn boost for state security and infrastructure to growing opposition to Atiku Abubakar’s petrol subsidy proposal, the EFCC and ICPC probe of N12bn NFF funds, a fresh UK travel warning covering 11 Nigerian states, and Davido’s playful exchange with Wike, these are the major stories making headlines this morning. States get special…
The Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association has expressed skepticism about a newly signed defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and Burkina Faso, particularly the provision that security personnel will escort traders along key cross-border trade routes. The deal, signed on Monday by Ghana’s Acting Minister for Defence Cassiel Ato Baah Forson and Burkina Faso’s…
