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Understanding local languages by troops will enhance operations – Army

By Editor March 24, 2023 147 0

The Chief of Administration (Army), Maj.-Gen. Okpe Ali, says the understanding of the major indigenous languages by the troops of the Nigerian Army will enhance their operations. Ali said this during the inauguration of the Indigenous Languages Course 12/2023 organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) on Thursday in Abuja. He said the military’s […]Continue Reading

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CISA commends military actions against economic saboteurs, vessel of oil thieves

By Editor October 20, 2022 138 0

By Daniel Adaji A Non-governmental Organisation, Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness (CISA) has commended the drastic measures taken by the Nigerian military in curtailing the excesses of pipeline vandals, sea pirates and other economic saboteurs. The group also decried call for sack of Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor, by some interest groups over […]Continue Reading

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IMPR calls for entries for 2022 Security and Spokespersons awards

By Editor September 21, 2022 111 0

By Yushua Shuaib Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential has called for nomination for the annual Security and Emergency Management Awards (SAEMA) and the Spokespersons Communication Awards (SCA) 2022. The two awards are hosted by Emergency Digest and Spokespersons Digest, both specialised publications of IMPR. While Continue Reading

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How self-help ‘ethnic armies’ fill void of inadequate security in Benue

By Theophilus Abbah April 12, 2021 188 0

The deteriorating insecurity across the country has forced Governments and citizens to constitute alternative groups in order to secure their spaces. In Benue, ‘ethnic armies’ are emerging. The inadequate manpower facing the established security operatives – military, police, civil defence among others – coupled with the overwhelming insecurity appeared in Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Crucial actors left out in Nigeria’s South-West deal with herders

By Theophilus Abbah January 27, 2021 225 0

Theophilus Abbah Frayed nerves were relaxed as governors of South-West states signed a peace pact with the leadership of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on January 25, 2021. The pact neutralized the tension generated by the ‘quit notices’ issued to Fulani by Governor Arakunrin Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, and activist Sunday Igboho, who operates Continue Reading

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Much ado about National Security Adviser

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 12, 2020 154 0

By Eric Teniola General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, GCFR, whose tenure was between August 27, 1985 to August 26, 1993, was the first to introduce the office of the National Security Adviser to this country. That was in January 1990 when he made my friend, the 7th Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Gambo Jimeta as […]Continue Reading

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Beheading of Christians as ‘work of God’

By Theophilus Abbah December 31, 2019 232 0

Spreading fear and horror with the beheading of 11 Christians in Borno State, the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) contaminated Christmas celebration in Nigeria. The violent sect, with that bloodshed, has left an indelible scar of sorrow in the lives of Christians, the bereaved families and Nigeria, as a nation. In the video […]Continue Reading

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The Road-block Tragedy in Taraba

By Theophilus Abbah August 14, 2019 174 0

By Danladi Andetu For the umpteenth time, the Nigeria Army is in the news over allegations of crime and unpatriotic conduct of some of its members. And for the umpteenth time also, Taraba State is at the receiving end of this perfidy that has become the trademark of military operations in the country, particularly in […]Continue Reading

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Common Sense, Truth and Public Relations

By Theophilus Abbah May 14, 2019 199 0

By AFAM BELOLISA On occasion, I have half-joked to my lawyer-friends that most legal principles and practice are simply based on common sense (even if they are sometimes expressed in Latin!) For instance, except with regard to the filing of ex parte motions, why would a defendant’s counsel be expected to appear in a matter […]Continue Reading

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10 Areas to Monitor Boko Haram in 2019 Politics

By Theophilus Abbah September 18, 2018 159 0

BokoHaram terrorists have become very daring, capturing communities in Gudunbali Local Government Area , attacking a military base in Baga, Kukawa LGA and even occupying Damasak in Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno state. Though the military has recaptured these locations from the sect, the death toll in these attacks is not known. The sect’s […]Continue Reading