Lenders Consult International says it will deepen its partnership with the Nigeria Police Force as the country prepares for the 2027 general elections, backing a strategic conference aimed at improving the management of electoral security. The company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Shina Philips, made this known on Tuesday at a press conference at…
Security forces have rescued 16 kidnapped victims, including four children, during an operation against suspected bandits in Kogi State. The victims were abducted on August 9 after suspected bandits attacked commuters along the Ojuwo-Ajengo-Memarebo and Ojiwo-Itobe roads in Ofu Local Government Area. According to intelligence sources who spoke to security analyst Zagazola Makama, the security…
Iran has confirmed Mohsen Rezaee, a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, as the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. President Masoud Pezeshkian appointed Rezaee to the role on Sunday, while Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named him as his personal representative to the council. Rezaee, 71, led the IRGC from 1981…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 3,252 verified Parent-Teacher Association teachers serving in Federal Unity Colleges across the country, a move the government says will address the persistent shortage of teachers and strengthen the quality of education in federal secondary schools. Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa, who announced the development on…
(Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu at The Graduation Ceremony of Soldiers. Photo Credit: Punch News) Nigeria’s military has strengthened its combat operations through the creation of additional divisions, formations and units designed to enhance its response to the nation’s security needs. The announcement came from the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on…
The head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Commission, Ebrahim Azizi, has issued a warning to Ukraine following its assault on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, which resulted in the death of one sailor and injuries to another on Saturday. Iran summoned Ukraine’s diplomats on Sunday in response to the bombing of the Iranian vessel…
(Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. Photo Credit: The Sun nigeria) Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has stated that securing the state and protecting its farmlands remain top priorities for his administration, insisting that lasting peace is crucial to reviving the multi-billion-naira Taraku Mills and preserving Benue’s status as Nigeria’s food basket. The governor…
Taylor Momsen is grieving the loss of her former security guard, Mason Haynes, who also worked for the Kardashians. Haynes died at age 52 on July 4, per a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for his family and cover his funeral costs. “I’ve struggled for days and still am not sure how to…
(Security operatives. Photo by Arise News) As part of continued efforts to rid the 81 Division Area of Responsibility, AOR, of criminal elements, illegal immigrants and other security threats, troops of the 65 Battalion have arrested 24 foreign nationals during a coordinated raid on a suspected hideout in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos…
News President Bola Tinubu Quick Read The meeting is expected to strengthen the nation’s By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to review the country’s security situation. The meeting focused on developments across various theatres of operation and ongoing efforts to tackle…
