Category: Security

On 2 May 2024, the Multinational Maritime Co-ordination Center Zone D issued an alert message for a search and possible arrest of MV BLU-SHARK with IMO number 8767783. The vessel was alleged to have escaped from Port Gentil Gabon on 2 May 2024 at about 11:35pm without obtaining necessary customs clearance documents from the Gabonese maritime, judicial and customs authorities. Following the alert, the Nigerian Navy (NN) using her Maritime Domain Awareness facilities vectored Nigerian Navy Ship OSE (NNS OSE) to intercept and arrest the vessel. NNS OSE successfully arrested…

The fight against insecurity has received a boost with the delivery of an improved version of the Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC’s) to fight insecurity in the country.   In a brief ceremony Thursday, 8 May 2024, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana who represented the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar handed over the documents and keys of 20 APC to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa. The APC’s are improved version with improved weapons and communication systems that can locate…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa on Friday 3 May 2024 paid a visit to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The visit is part of the CDS engagement with critical stakeholders to curtail contemporary challenges facing the nation. In his remarks during the visit, General Musa applauded the CBN Governor for his sterling leadership qualities and his monetary and fiscal policies which are geared towards addressing economic hardships in the country. According to the CDS, the country’s challenges were enormous but he added that ” I…

The Nigerian Military authority has restated its commitment towards the fight against insurgency and other forms of criminality in Nigeria. The military assured Nigerians that Troops are simultaneously fighting in various theatres across the country to deal with the various threat to nation’s security. This is was disclosed by the Director Defence Media Operations DMO,Major General Edward Buba while briefing Journalists on the ongoing military operations at a bi-weekly media briefing held at Defence Headquarters Abuja Thursday. General Buba said;”The aim is clear, and it is to find and destroy…

The Nigerian Navy (NN) personnel of Naval Security Station (NSS) 023 deployed along Cawthorne Channel in Rivers State rescued over 250 passengers who were onboard a capsized passenger boat at about 10pm local time on 28 April 2024. The ill-fated boat, MV PRECIOUS EMMANUEL cast off from a local market in Sangana area of Bayelsa State and was making way to Rivers State when it encountered stormy waters and hit a wreck which damaged its hull causing it to capsize. Notably, the locally made, 3-deck wooden vessel popularly known as…

The Defence Headquarters ( DHQ) has expressed its honour and delight for the acceptance of the Duke of Duchess, His Royal Highness Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan to visit Nigeria in May, 2024.   DHQ said during their stay in the country, they will be meeting with Service members and will be hosted to arrays of cultural activities.     It could be recall that Prince Harry, the Duke of Duchess founded the Invictus games an international multi- sporting events which offers recovery pathway for…

The Chief of Defence Staff ( CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa has described the act of caring for victims of terrorism as Godly. He stated this today, 26 April 2024 while on courtesy visit to the Abuja office of the Nigeria Foundation for the Support of Terrorism. According to him, too much concentration is given to the perpetrators of terrorism without recourse to the victims.   General Musa said the victims suffered psychological tortures and needed support to overcome these challenges. He added that ” we are all victimsvictims, either…

President Bola Tinubu has officially declared open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja’s Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).   The summit which is currently ongoing and organised by Nigeria, in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, will be held from Monday to Tuesday, April 23, 2024, with the theme: ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’.   Recall that the spokesman of the president, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement said on Sunday that a high-level conference organized by Nigeria…

The FCT Police Command has arrested one Jonathan Marcus in connection with the murder of an elderly couple by name; Adebola Ezekiel, 80 years and his wife Abiodun Ezekiel, 79 years in their residence in Apo legislative quarters, FCT Abuja on 1st April, 2024, at about 11:00 PM,   The suspect ,a former driver to the deceased couple was trailed to and arrested in his hideout in Obajana, Kogi state, after committing the grievous crime.   The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, while addressing newsmen on Friday during a…