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- 13 Jul 2015
Buhari Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Ones
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked all military service chiefs and promptly announced their replacements, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, President’s special adviser on media and…
- 18 Jul 2016
Chief of Defence Space Agency to Speak at #NCSAbuja2016
Air Vice Marshal T.V. Udoh, chief of Defence Space Agency will be speaking at the 26th National Conference of Nigeria Computer Society holding under the theme: "Information Technology for National…
- 19 Sept 2014
President Jonathan’s Cook, Others Bag National Honours
President Goodluck Jonathan approved yesterday a list of 305 Nigerians and non-Nigerians for the 2013/2014 National Honours Award including his cook, a taxi driver and a traffic warden. Six military…
- 31 Jan 2022
Nigeria-UK Holds Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue in London
The UK and Nigeria are holding the first meeting of the Nigeria-UK Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue in London this week. Sir Stephen Lovegrove, UK National Security Adviser, and Major…
- 14 Feb 2024
Senate Directs Compulsory Identification of Nigerians Via BVN, NIN to Stem Criminal Activities
Senate has directed the Ministry of Interior to make registration and certification of Nigerian citizens compulsory as a way of tackling the menace of identity fraud, multiple identity and insecurity…
- 29 Jan 2026
How Plot to Topple Tinubu was Uncovered, Foiled
A covert intelligence operation coordinated by the Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS) helped thwart a deadly plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government and assassinate…
- 1 Jul 2013
Court Sacks Service Chiefs, Says their Appointments Illegal
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday nullified the appointments of the nation’s security chiefs on the grounds that their appointments by President Goodluck Jonathan were without the…
- 21 May 2026
Army Acquires New Drones to Boost Surveillance, Precision Strikes — COAS
Nigerian Army has acquired additional drones and other advanced force multipliers to strengthen surveillance operations, improve target acquisition, and enhance precision strike and casualty…
- 26 Feb 2021
CDS Urges Telcos to Support Military to Combat Insecurity
Major General Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff (CDS). has urged telecommunications service providers in Nigeria to support efforts by the military and other security agencies to address…
- 16 Jan 2014
President Jonathan Sacks, Appoints New Service Chiefs
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked all the service chiefs, who are statutorily the heads of the nation’s military apparatus. Dr. Reuben Abati, special adviser to the President on Media and…
- 25 Oct 2018
FG Bans Unauthorised Use of Drones, Broadcast Equipment
The federal government has, as part of broad measures to stem the tide of insecurity in the country, banned the unauthorised acquisition of firearms, drones and broadcast equipment. This was…
- 6 Aug 2024
FG Freezes Accounts of #EndBadGovernance Sponsors, Places Them on Watchlist
Authorities from the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) have added sponsors of the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest to their watchlist. At a press briefing at Defence Headquarters in…
- 28 May 2014
Stop Abusing Jonathan, God Made Him President-First Lady
Patience, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to stop abusing her husband because God Himself made him the head of the nation. Patience gave the advice while addressing children…
- 25 Aug 2019
ACAEBIN Trains Internal Auditors on Cyber Defence
Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) has held its first stream of 2019 capacity building for Internal Auditors on Cyber Defence. The three-day training held…
- 21 Apr 2021
Digital Technology, a Veritable Tool in Combating Insecurity — DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said that warfare is no longer physical and therefore imperative for the Nigerian…
- 13 Mar 2013
You Must Pay Odi People N38Bn, Court Tells FG
The Justice Lambo Akanbi-led Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has rejected the stay of execution sought by the Federal Government over her February ruling ordering the…
- 3 Nov 2020
FG Waxes Worriedly over Rising Cyber-Terrorism
Cyber-terrorism- the use of computer network tools to shut down critical national infrastructures (such as energy, transportation, government operations) or to coerce or intimidate a government or…
- 21 Oct 2014
Boko Haram Demands Presidential Pardon
Members of the Boko Haram sect have asked the Federal Government to grant them presidential pardon under the ceasefire deal which the two parties reached last Friday. They also sought the immediate…
- 11 Oct 2014
Shocking! Army Col, Others Set APC Ablaze, Pave Way for Boko Haram
There were shocking revelations at the weekend that an Army Colonel, some junior officers and soldiers who were taking part in the military offensive to reclaim communities taken over by the Boko…
- 10 Jul 2024
eTranzact Powers Military Pensions Board’s New Digital Verification System
eTranzact, innovative financial technology solutions company, has announced its role as the technology solution provider for the Military Pensions Board’s new digital verification system for military…
- 10 Oct 2013
Navy Declares War on Sea Robbers
Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, chief of Naval Staff, has said that waging a war against pirates had become imperative, in view of the enormous challenges their nefarious activities posed to the economic…
- 19 Aug 2015
Military, NigComSat Partner on Communications Infrastructure
Nigeria Armed Forces have resolved to partner with Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat), as a platform to get necessary communication infrastructure for optimal performance. This…
- 2 Apr 2025
Nigerian Military Makes History with Africa’s First Attack Drones, Bombs
Nigerian Military, in partnership with Briech UAS, a communications company, has unveiled the first and largest indigenous attack drones and bombs in Nigeria and Africa. Briech UAS, alongside the…
- 7 Jul 2008
FG Awards Control of Security Cables to Nitel
Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) Plc has assumed control of all security telecommunications cables and other services to the Presidential Villa and headquarters of all security outfits within and…
- 27 Sept 2017
Lagos Unveils First DNA Forensic Lab in West Africa
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, yesterday inaugurated the state’s DNA Forensic Centre, first of its kind in the West African sub-region. Unveiling the DNA laboratory, located on…
- 16 Feb 2016
Customs Releases New Guidelines on Disposal of Sei
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved a new procedure for the disposal of seized and overtime goods in its bid to address some of the perceived irregularities relating to the past procedure…
- 6 Oct 2013
Militants Plan Invasion of Abuja over Exclusion from Amnesty Programme
Plans by some aggrieved youths in the Niger Delta region to invade Abuja over their exclusion from the Presidential Amnesty Programme for ex-militants have been uncovered, according to a statement by…
- 24 Oct 2025
FG Welcomes Nigeria’s Delisting from FATF Grey List
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed Nigeria’s delisting from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The FATF, which announced the delisting at its plenary in Paris, France, on Friday, is…
- 21 Apr 2015
Revealed: Faces of Buhari’s Cabinet
With just weeks to inauguration, the shape of Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect’s incoming cabinet is beginning to emerge with names like Rotimi Amaechi, Babatunde Fashola, Chukwuma Soludo ,…
- 2 Apr 2021
Fayemi Welcomes Plans for Defence Satellite Centre in Ekiti
Governor Kayode Fayemi has lauded the military for its plans to establish a Defence Space Communication Satellite Centre in Ekiti state. Fayemi said this while receiving Rear Admiral Williams Kayode,…