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A rumour that swept across Nigerian social media this week pushed the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (retd.), into a rare public rebuttal on Tuesday, as he stepped out of a closed door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja to declare that he had no intention…
President Bola Tinubu gathered his entire security establishment at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday evening for a closed-door review of a threat picture that has grown more complicated by the week, bringing together the military high command, intelligence heads and homeland security advisers for a session that ran beyond two hours. The State…
The Nigerian Senate has approved a total of ₦403.1 billion for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund covering two consecutive fiscal years. Lawmakers cleared ₦170.1 billion for the 2025 fiscal year alongside ₦233 billion for 2026. This double-barrelled financial intervention aims directly at crushing the country’s worsening security crises, specifically terrorism, kidnapping, and banditry. Abuja is…
The killing of a retired general in captivity has pushed the Senate to draw a firm line against one of Nigeria’s longest-running counter-insurgency tools, with lawmakers demanding that captured terrorists be prosecuted rather than resettled, even as the Army announced the surrender of two senior Boko Haram commanders barely a day before the resolution….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of retired Major General Adeyinka Fadewa as Special Adviser on Homeland Security, a move the Presidency says is designed to strengthen Nigeria’s internal security architecture and improve coordination among key security institutions. The appointment was announced through an official statement from the Office of the Secretary to…
Fresh court filings by the Federal Government have brought into focus an alleged network accused of plotting to destabilise Nigeria’s constitutional order, with six individuals set to face a 13-count charge bordering on treason, terrorism, and financial crimes. The defendants—retired Major General Mohammed Gana, retired Naval Captain Erasmus Victor, Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim, Zekeri Umoru,…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to stop treating national security as a spectator sport. Speaking at the Dodan Barracks in Lagos after Eid-el-Fitr prayers, the president argued that peace is not a one-man job. He told the public that the government and security agencies cannot secure the country alone. The timing was pointed. It…
The World Bank has projected that Nigeria and other developing economies may face a jobs deficit of approximately 800 million positions over the next decade and a half, as rapidly expanding youth populations outpace the creation of formal employment opportunities in a trend the institution describes as a looming national security threat. In an analysis…
Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has traded the corridors of power for a cell at the anti-graft agency. Investigators from the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) say they found more than just files during a raid on his Abuja home. The haul allegedly includes electronic devices capable of intercepting telephone calls and…
Mr. El-Rufai, a man whose career has been defined by a sharp tongue and an even sharper intellect, now finds himself ensnared by his own rhetoric. The DSS alleges that during a televised interview, he essentially confessed to tapping the phone of Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser. It is a charge that manages to…
