Banditry & Terrorism
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas ABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has ordered the armed forces, the police, the department of state services, and all relevant security and intelligence agencies to immediately begin a coordinated rescue operation for the victims of the recent mass abduction in Niger State. President Tinubu expressed outrage over the abduction and killing of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Kwara State Government on Wednesday announced that victims abducted during the February 3, 2026, attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area had regained their freedom. The development was announced on Wednesday in a post on the official Facebook page of the Kwara State Government, months after 176 […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Suspected bandits have released a kidnapped woman and her three daughters who were abducted from Ariyo Community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State after spending 180 days in captivity. The victims were abducted alongside others during an attack on the community over the Easter period, during which several residents were […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The two surveillance aircraft acquired by the Oyo State Government to strengthen intelligence gathering and aerial security operations have arrived in Ibadan. The Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, announced the development in a statement on Tuesday, saying the arrival of the aircraft fulfilled the government’s earlier assurance that they would be delivered before the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has approved the deployment of senior military officers to head newly established Nigerian Army divisions following President Bola Tinubu’s approval for the creation of four additional divisions in a major reorganisation aimed at strengthening the country’s defence architecture and enhancing the military’s response […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The United Kingdom’s Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Sir Charlie Collins, has arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State, for high-level engagements with Nigerian military officials aimed at deepening defence cooperation between both countries. The visit comes at a critical time as Nigeria continues efforts to tackle terrorism, insurgency, banditry and […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “Any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 per cent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked,” said U.S. Treasury. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday designated Nigeria-based Mukhtar Adamu and three bureaux de change as terrorist facilitators over alleged links to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Sunday Aborisade in Abuja President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday formally transmitted the long-awaited State Police Bill to the Senate, setting in motion what could become one of the most far-reaching security reforms in Nigeria’s constitutional history. The proposed legislation, titled: ‘Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) State Police Bill, 2026’, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has reaffirmed his administration’s opposition to negotiating with bandits, insisting that seeking peace deals with criminal groups remains unacceptable in the state. The governor made the remarks during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service. Lawal stated that it is an offence in Zamfara State to broker […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated 111 personnel from Special Forces Course 13/2026 at the Regiment Training Centre Annex (RTCA), Bauchi, to enhance its capacity to support ongoing air and joint military operations against insurgents nationwide. According to a statement made available to Defence Correspondents in Abuja on Sunday by the […] Read more
