Army Explains Intelligence-Led Operation Behind Rescue of Oyo School Kidnap Victims 44 Victims Regain Freedom After 56 Days THE Nigerian Army has revealed how a coordinated intelligence-led security operation resulted in the unconditional release of 44 pupils and teachers abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, bringing an end to […]
Nigeria Confronts Growing Forest Security Challenge AS insecurity continues to spread across Nigeria’s forested regions, state governments are increasingly relying on hunters, vigilantes and locally recruited forest guards to reinforce conventional security agencies in tackling banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes. The development has generated renewed debate over the Federal Government’s proposed deployment of 1,000 […]
Security Leaders Examine Causes of Rising Insecurity AMID growing concerns over kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, and other violent crimes, senior security officials and policymakers have renewed calls for a more coordinated national response to Nigeria’s security challenges. The discussion took centre stage during the unveiling of Nigeria Security Dilemma, a new publication by the Federal Capital […]
Rising Security Concerns in the South-West SECURITY concerns have intensified across parts of Yorubaland following renewed incidents of kidnapping and armed attacks linked to criminal groups operating from forested areas across Oyo, Ogun, and Ondo States. The development comes in the wake of the abduction of 39 students, pupils, and seven teachers in Oriire Local […]
Security operatives have recorded another operational success in Sokoto State after suspected terrorists fled from a targeted community during a joint patrol involving military, police and intelligence agencies. Intelligence Spurs Rapid Response A joint security task force has carried out a strategic patrol in parts of Sokoto State following intelligence reports suggesting the presence of […]
Silence Replaces Learning in Affected Schools IN Esiele and other communities across Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, classrooms that were once filled with pupils have become symbols of fear and uncertainty following recent school abductions. Weeks after gunmen stormed three schools and whisked away pupils and teachers, normal academic activity has yet to […]
Three States Under Siege as Armed Attacks Expose Deepening Security Crisis Renewed Bloodshed Across Nigeria NIGERIA’S worsening security crisis came into sharper focus this week as coordinated attacks across Kogi, Kaduna and Plateau states left several people dead, scores injured and dozens abducted, raising fresh concerns about the ability of security agencies to contain growing […]