Security

Between July 2024 and June 2025, Nigeria’s kidnap-for-ransom scourge hardened into a full-blown industry, draining household wealth and eroding investor confidence. This is according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, showing that at least 4,722...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue  President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Omar Alieu Touray, has announced plans by the regional bloc to activate a 260,000-man counter-terrorism brigade. Touray made this known at the...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue Nigeria and its partners are intensifying efforts to address the growing threat posed by terrorists’ use of new and emerging technologies, even as experts warn of an alarming surge in insurgent groups...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Chiefs of Defence across the African continent have been advised to commit resources towards procuring modern tools, including artificial intelligence (AI) as a means of defeating threats posed by terror organisations, such as...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue The Nigerian Government has revealed how its forces captured two senior leaders of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, widely known as Ansaru, in what it described as a major breakthrough against the...

By Emmanuel Nduka  The Nigerian government has commenced the deportation of foreign nationals convicted of cyber-related offences, marking a major step in its crackdown on transnational fraud networks. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced that the...