The Service chiefs will appear before the Senate on Thursday to brief the upper chamber on the steps taken to address Nigeria’s security situation. The briefing had been scheduled for Monday but was postponed due to the National Security Council meeting. Ahmad Lawan, president of the Senate mentioned this on Tuesday at the plenary session in Abuja. Last Tuesday, the senate in a resolution, summoned the service chiefs for a briefing on the measures in...

Bauchi State government on Monday raised an alarm over the security threats to the state following infiltration of armed bandits from neighbouring states where insurgents group Boko Haram operates and causes hardship. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mohammed Sabiu Baba, raised the alarm while addressing journalists at the Government House, Bauchi, after an emergency Security Council meeting. The SSG added that some bandits have infiltrated the state, saying no fewer than five bandits had...

Some unknown gunmen have killed the Pension Board Commission of Kogi State; the police authorities confirmed this on Sunday. It was learned that the commissioner, Honourable Adebayo Solomon, was killed on Sunday, while the Chairman of Yagba East Local Government, Pius Kolawole, and some others were kidnapped. Solomon was reported to be traveling from Ilorin to Kabba when his vehicle was said to have been shot at Eruku Village, a few kilometers to Egbe, the...

The Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU) said abductors of 65 Adara natives from Libere Gida, Kallah Ward in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have demanded N350million ransom for their release. The Union disclosed the abductors have been in touch with the community for ransom, explained that 10 out of the 65 abducted villagers escaped a day after they were kidnapped. It stressed that by the latest village headcount, 72 persons were being held...