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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, ordering him to enter his defence in a five-count charge alleging unlawful interception of the telephone communications of National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik held that the Department of State Services had…
National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu admitted on Saturday that military operations alone cannot crush armed banditry across north-western Nigeria, calling for sharper intelligence, tight border policing, and community cooperation to stem rural terror. Speaking through Zakari Mijinyawa at an anti-banditry forum in Sokoto, Ribadu acknowledged that bush gangs have progressed from cattle rustling and highway…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved ruling until 26 October on a no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, who is standing trial over the alleged unlawful interception of telephone communications belonging to the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. According to the court proceedings on Tuesday, both the prosecution…
Nigerian officials sat down in Washington this week to seek deeper security ties with American diplomats. National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu led a heavy team including ministers for defence, interior, and foreign affairs. Washington initiated these talks after reclassifying Nigeria as a country of particular concern regarding religious freedom. President Donald Trump pushed that designation…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday closed one of Nigeria’s most consequential terrorism trials by handing life sentences to two senior commanders of the Ansaru group, only for the Department of State Services to reject the punishment within hours and announce plans to seek a stiffer penalty at the Court of Appeal….
Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, says more than 80,000 volunteers have now registered for his Iru Ekun Security Network, a figure that overshoots the 50,000 target the outfit set for itself and places the region’s newest community security experiment squarely within the national conversation on insecurity. In a…
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…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has waded into the protracted detention of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, warning that bail conditions which are practically impossible to satisfy could erode public confidence in the justice system and amount to punishment before trial. Atiku, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant…
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has chosen to file a no-case submission in his criminal trial for alleged wiretapping. His defence lawyer, Paul Erokoro, announced the decision before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The move followed an announcement by the Department of State Services that it had concluded its prosecution. State…
Rising public frustration over the federal government’s silence on school kidnapping rescue operations has drawn a direct response from the presidency, with a top aide defending what critics have described as a communication blackout around abductions that have claimed lives and left families in anguish across the country. Dada Olusegun, Special Assistant to President…