Category: Security

The Nigerian Navy’s Anti Crude Oil Theft (COT)/Anti-Illegal Bunkering codenamed Operation DELTA SANITY,has recorded tremendous success in its fight against crude oil theft from 29 January – 4 February 2024 According to a release signed by Rear Admiral AO Ayo-Vaughan Nigerian Navy Director of Information, various Nigerian Navy platforms deployed for the Operation have continued to conduct aggressive patrols to combat Crude Oil Theft and illegal oil bunkering within Nigeria’s Maritime Environment. Resultantly, several Illegal Refining Sites (IRS), metal storage tanks, ovens, wooden boats, dugout pits, fibre boats and pumping…

Four kidnap victims have been rescued as the Nigerian soldiers killed several terrorists and destroyed bandits’ hideouts in two states.   The troops of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and rescued four kidnap victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba.   This is contained in a statement signed by the Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Olabodunde Oni, and made available to journalists in Jalingo on Sunday.   It stated that the…

Nigerian Military said the Nigerian Troops in the last one week military neutralised 185 Terrorists and arrested 212 of them. Troops also arrested 44 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 71 kidnapped hostages.   In the South South Nigeria, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of One Billion Sixty Five Million Eight Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand and Fifty Naira (N1,065,885,050.00) only.   Major General Edward Buba, Director, Defence Media Operations disclosed this while briefing Journalists on the ongoing military operations at Defence Headquarters Abuja Thursday,he further…

The Department of State Services (DSS)has called on the electorate and participating political parties in the 3rd February, 2024 re-run and bye-elections to be of good conduct during and after the exercises in the affected States. In this regard, the Service tasks the contending parties to shun all acts capable of causing a breakdown of law and order. Also, politicians and their supporters must strive to adhere to the electoral act and procedure.   Beyond the elections, the DSS enjoined citizens to be patriotic and loyal to the Nigerian nation.…

Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, Chairman, Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said security interventions by the FCT Minister, Bar. Nyesom Wike, are reducing kidnappings and other criminal activities in the area.   Abdullahi stated this during a security town hall organised by the Office of the Minister in collaboration with the Abaji Area Council, in Abaji on Friday.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was organised for the minister to interact with residents of the area to find a lasting solution to…

The Nigerian Navy has said allegations against Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla are untenable, baseless, and untrue The Peoples Gazette had accused Ogalla of facilitating an unorganized bunkering of Nigerian crude and a multimillion-naira contract-splitting fraud. Also releasing several oil tankers impounded for transporting stolen crude oil off Nigerian shores after receiving kickbacks in millions of dollars. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, had said that the allegations would be investigated. However, the Nigerian Navy, in a statement by the Director of Information, Rear Admiral…

The Nigerian Military Authority has said it was conscious of the fact that, the ongoing insurgency has contributed to make life worse for many citizens in several of geo-political zones across the country. The military also said it recognized the apprehension occasioned by kidnappings, particularly with recent events recorded in the FCT and other areas.       Major General Edward Buba,Director Defence Media Operations,made this know at a bi-weekly media briefing on the ongoing military operations held at Defence Headquarters Abuja Thursday 25th January,2024.     General Buba accordingly…

The Nigerian Military has assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the military is working with other security agencies and stakeholders to address incessant kidnapping in the nation capital. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Baba, disclosed this in a weekly report of the operations of the armed forces on Friday at Defence Headquarters Abuja. Buba said the armed forces was not unaware of the impact of kidnappings on the families of those affected and also recognised the fear it had created among residents lately. He said…

The Nigerian military has eliminated the Nigerian leader of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Ba’a Shuwa, and scores of his fighters in the North East of Borno during a major offensive. Ba’a Shuwa, was the ISWAP Leader of the Nigerian Wylayat, Lake Chad, Kwalfarji, Timbuktu Farouq and Sambisa Mantika of the ISIS affiliated Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region that the damaging airstrikes carried out on January 2, 2023…