National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, has assured Nigerians that stringent security measures will be in place to ensure a safe and peaceful presidential inauguration ceremony. Speaking at a world press…
Read MoreAs the Chief of Army Staff that shepherded Nigeria through its first military to democratic transition, General TY Danjuma (rtd) will probably always have a good place in the reckonings…
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari has visited Yobe state three weeks after the abduction of 110 school girls from a government school in Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area. Speaking to parents of…
Read MoreIbrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, did not spend more than 24 hours in Benue after President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered he relocate there in the wake of wanton…
Read MoreFalmata caught up in the vicious cycle of life The ricochet of the Anti-aircraft gunshots tore apart the quiet night of Geidam, a resident, Falmata Shettima, was just rounding up…
Read MoreThe Department of State Service (DSS) believes that a network called the Islamic State in West Africa (Iswa) is operating in some north-central and south-south states, and hence, have been…
Read MoreNo one in his right mind can defend the atrocious killings in Benue as justified and still claim to be Nigerian. Such persons, whether they are from the North or…
Read Moreby ‘Fisayo Soyombo These are interesting times. We’re entering an interesting, new journalism era when newspaper editors will cast simple headlines but the public will nevertheless be confused. “Troops kill…
Read Moreby Ayo-Bankole Akintujoye A few months ago, I wrote about reasons why the call for Biafra, as is currently being done by IPOB, is crap and a sheer waste of…
Read Moreby Alexander O. Onukwue In the intervening period between the exchanges that took place in Umuahia over the past two weeks, much has been made about congratulating IPOB for not…
Read Moreby Rev Fr Felix Uche Akam To the dead, those who received on our behalf the death brought to our doorsteps with a code name, Operation Egwu Eke II (Python…
Read Moreby Sam Hart “We are grateful to God for intervening in stopping what could have been the greatest bloodbath known in the history of mankind" The above were…
Read Moreby Simon Kolawole Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the army chief, is a famous snake farmer. Naturally, he had no hesitation in unleashing pythons on south-eastern Nigeria to enforce the…
Read Moreby Alexander O. Onukwue Contrary to the interpretation given to the statement by the Abia state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, to imply that Python Dance has ended, the Nigerian Army announced…
Read Moreby Alexander O. Onukwue Boko Haram was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2013. The process involved legal procedures which relied, as evidence, on the…
Read Moreby Alexander O. Onukwue The Nigerian Army has reportedly designated the controversial group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as a terrorist organisation. IPOB will now be treated as a militant…
Read MoreThe Federal Government has said former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has refused to explain why he made $1.2billion transaction in one day. Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed…
Read Moreby Dolapo Adelana The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said revealing the amount spent on President Muhammadu Buhari's medical vacation in the United Kingdom may jeopardise…
Read Moreby Azeez Adeniyi The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on Thursday said the activities of the Nigeria Peace Corps threatens the security of the country. Idris spoke in Lagos during…
Read MoreMinister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the trend of hate speech if left unchecked could become a hydra-headed monster. Mohammed said this while speaking on Tuesday night…
Read MorePlenty of bad news have emerged from reporters and storytellers focused relentlessly on the tragedy of the north - famine, institutional abandonment, official theft, recklessness. Admittedly, even the positive stories…
Read MoreBy Ugochukwu Amasike National Security in the traditional sense is connected with the idea of sovereignty, territorial security, freedom from risk of danger of destruction and annihilation by war or…
Read MoreThe following is a report conducted by SB Morgen, on the menace of Fulani herdsmen. Introduction In the early hours of Monday, April 25th, 2016, destruction was unleashed upon Ukpabi-Nimbo,…
Read MoreA statement issued recently by one Taiwo Olatunbosun, the Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), labeling the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, a threat to…
Read Moreby Chinwe Okafor Presidential aspirant for APC General Mohammed Buhari attended a town hall meeting on Wednesday in Abuja and he addressed issues surrounding the National Security with the theme:…
Read Moreby Awosusi Ayotunde These abductions are most likely the proverbial last straw, going by the fire in the eyes of Nigerians, Anger which can only be quelled by the return…
Read Moreby Jibrin Ibrahim The problem with the invitation to El-Rufai was that the public impression created was that he was being invited for harassment because of his political engagement in…
Read Moreby Akintomiwa Agbaje Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, in a meeting of the 7th Annual Town Hall Meeting on Security held at…
Read Moreby Rachel Ogbu Senate, David Mark (photo: Punch) The National Assembly has planned to confront the Federal government over the controversial $40m Internet surveillance contract awarded to an Israeli firm,…
Read Moreby Rachel Ogbu Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji(Photo: ) The unauthorised use of siren, covered number plates and unregistered vehicles is now prohibited in Nigeria…
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