Security

By John Ikani The UN Security Council voted on Tuesday to prolong its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for one more year. The resolution sets the end of the mission’s mandate on March 15th, 2023. The...

By John Ikani  About 559 repentant Boko Haram terrorists have graduated from the federal government’s De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme. The former insurgents, who passed out from the camp during a light ceremony over the...

By John Ikani  Senegal has deployed its army to counter rebels in the southern Casamance region, near its southern border with The Gambia. This offensive is launched less than two months after the death of four...

By John Ikani The repeatedly delayed peace talks between Chad’s military-led government and armed rebel groups kicked off on Sunday in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Chad’s Transitional Military Council is led by Mahamat Idriss...

By John Ikani  The Nigerian Navy on Friday deployed 10 warships and two helicopters in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising 31 other foreign navies. The exercise tagged: “Obangame Express 2022” was Innaugurated by the Chief...

By John Ikani Nigeria's Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral AZ Gambo has announced the nation's exit from International Maritime Bureau (IMB) piracy list. The development according to him was not unconnected to Nigeria’s improvements in...