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Fresh bids by drug cartels to export Tramadol, Ecstasy MDMA and Cannabis to Milan, Italy and Dubai, United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who also seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical …

A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) identified as Aliyu Muhammed Lawal, has died from a stray bullet during a crossfire between security operatives and bandits along Kaduna-Abuja road.    It was gathered that the bandits were engaged by the security agents while they were trying to cross the …

The federal government has launched a mobile app for sending crime alerts to security agencies.  Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior who spoke at the launch of (NISPSAS) mobile application at the ministry’s headquarters on Thursday May 12, said many attacks would have been foiled if the security agencies had been …

“As I have often said, the world must come together to silence the guns and uphold the values of the UN Charter,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement.  “For the first time, the Security Council spoke with one voice for peace in Ukraine”.  Last week the UN chief flew …

A power struggle between the prime Minister and president has contributed to the delayed election process in Somalia. Somali lawmakers have elected a new parliamentary speaker after a tense standoff between African Union peacekeepers and police, underscoring bitter divisions within the country’s security forces exacerbated by delayed elections. On Wednesday, …

A video showing members of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service forcefully shaving the hair of a lady in Benue state has been shared online. Operatives of the security outfit whose duty it is to protect the lives of farmers in the state following repeated attacks by bandits stopped the …

Recalling that Syria is “a hot conflict, not a frozen one”, he listed some of the threats resulting from the war, including an uptick in airstrikes, intensified clashes in the northeast, “regular incidents between or involving international actors”, as well as terrorism.  .@GeirOPedersen#Syria is a hot conflict, not a frozen …

IN POLAND, NEAR THE UKRAINIAN BORDER — Nearly 48 hours since leaving Washington on what was supposed to be a clandestine mission, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III met with reporters to discuss an operation that was nearly over before it began. “This …

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Munguno, has frowned at the recent comments made by the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in which he asked the military to bomb the camps of bandits which they know instead of waiting for them to attack.   Shortly after the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna …