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EndSARS: No Lekki Massacre, Soldiers Used Blank Bullets, says Lai Mohammed

December 15, 2025
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News, Politics, SECURITY

EndSARS: Soldiers Deployed to Lekki Tollgate Fired Blank Bullets, Says Lai Mohammed

A former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that soldiers deployed to the Lekki Tollgate during the October 2020 EndSARS protests were issued blank bullets, insisting that no...

December 14, 2025
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ECOWAS, News, Politics, SECURITY

West African Presidents Meet After String of Coups

Presidents and senior government officials from across West Africa on Sunday convened in Nigeria for a regional summit, with discussions largely shaped by two recent coup attempts that have...

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December 14, 2025
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DRUG SEIZURES, NDLEA, News, SECURITY

Gamboli Arrested as NDLEA Uncovers Major Drug Networks, Intercepts Overseas-Bound Opioids Nationwide

Three weeks after escaping arrest at his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro local government area of Niger state, a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in...

Nigeria Security Concerns Take Centre Stage in US Talks

December 13, 2025
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Diplomacy, International, News, SECURITY

US, Nigeria near strategic security agreement on terrorism — Congressman

A United States congressman, Riley Moore, said the US and Nigeria are close to reaching a strategic security agreement aimed at addressing terrorism and sectarian violence in Nigeria. Moore...

Lagos Police React to Viral Video of Bus Conductor’s Arrest

December 12, 2025
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Lagos police command, Lagos state, News, SECURITY

RE: Viral Video Involving Process of Arrest of a Bus Conductor by a Police Officer

The attention of the Lagos State Police Command was drawn to a video currently circulating on social media involving a police officer in the process of subduing a violent...

Alarming Increase in Digital Gender-Based Violence Across Africa

December 12, 2025
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Technology, Africa, News, SECURITY

New Paradigm Initiative research exposes alarming surge in Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence across Africa

A new study, conducted by pan-African organisation, Paradigm Initiative (PIN), warns of an alarming surge in the prevalence of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based violence, with 67 percent of respondents being victims...

Ilorin Airport: Stowaway Nabbed While Hiding Between Aircraft Tyres

December 10, 2025
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News, SECURITY

Stowaway Nabbed Hiding Between Aircraft Tyres at Ilorin Airport

Security personnel at the General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday apprehended a man identified as Segun Martins after he attempted to stow away on...

December 9, 2025
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News, SECURITY

NAF C-130 Makes Safe Precautionary Landing in Burkina Faso

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that one of its C-130 aircraft made a precautionary landing in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, during a ferry mission to Portugal on 8...

Benin Coup Foiled: Hostages Freed, US Lifts Travel Warning

December 9, 2025
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International, News, Politics, SECURITY

Benin Foiled Coup: US Reviews Travel Warning, Hostages Regain Freedom

Calm has returned to Cotonou following a failed coup attempt in the Benin Republic on Sunday, the United States Embassy confirmed on Monday, lifting its earlier shelter-in-place advisory for...

December 8, 2025
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ECOWAS, Africa, military, News, Politics, SECURITY

Foiled Coup: ECOWAS Deploys Troops to Benin, Plotters Arrested

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday ordered the deployment of elements of its standby force to the Republic of Benin, hours after condemning what it...