By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) Institute of Management and Technology in Abuja has empowered 199 barracks youths on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The youths were the first batch of ICT trainees under the institute’s Youth Empowerment Project for Barracks Youths 2025 to graduate onContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Federal Government aims to shift from military equipment to agricultural tools, specifically replacing armoured tanks with tractors and machine guns with milking machines, to bolster food security. The Minister of Livestock Development, Dr Abubakar Maiha, this known during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betweenContinue Reading
By Monday Ijeh The Commandant-General (C-G), Nigerian Forest Security Service (NFSS), Mr Joshua Adewole has called for the adoption of NFSS as National Armed Forest Guard being proposed by the Federal Government. The C-G made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at the 4th Annual Security Summit of NFSS. HeContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces operating under Operation Hadin Kai, have restrategised to neutralise the recent upsurge of terrorists’ activities in Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the troops in different locations have heightened surveillance, patrol and ambush operations to forestall attacks byContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, says the Boko Haram/Islamic States West African Province Terrorists are not waging war against the armed forces but against Nigeria. Abubakar stated this while speaking with Defence Correspondents who are on media tour to the theatre of operationContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, says the recent amendment of the NDLEA Act by the National Assembly would bolster Nigeria’s drug control efforts when eventually signed by President Bola Tinubu. Fagbemi said this during the opening of the Inter-Ministerial CommitteeContinue Reading
By Raji Rasak The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy, Badagry, Lagos, on Wednesday extended free medical services to 500 indigents of Topo Community in Badagry, Lagos State. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony at Topo Community, Navy Capt. Leye Omotayo, the Commanding Officer, FOB, Badagry, said the gestureContinue Reading
By Kelechi Ogunleye The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has sealed seven Private Guard Companies (PGCs) for operating illegally in the territory. The defaulting PGCs were sealed by the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, during an operational tour on Wednesday in Abuja. The NewsContinue Reading
By Kelechi Ogunleye The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered 460 illegal mining sites and arrested 387 suspects in 14 months. The NSCDC Mining Marshals, Commander, Attah Onoja, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. OnojaContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Malam Shehu Mohammed, says President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda has given the corps a major lift in funding, technology and operational reach, including approval for nationwide night patrols. Mohammed said this in an interview with the News AgencyContinue Reading
