I WAS MARKED FOR ARREST, ASSASINATION, DEFENCE MINISTER REVEALS
HOTJIST NEWS The Defence Minister, General Christopher Musa (retd.), said on Sunday that he was one of the people the plotters wanted to target in...
TROOPS NEUTRALISE TOP ISWAP COMMANDER, FOIL TERRORIST OPERATIONS ACROSS NORTH-EAST
By Aishat Momoh. O. Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, have recorded significant operational successes across the North-East, neutralising high-value...
ENUGU POLICE DETAIN 52 SUSPECTS, RECOVER ARMS, RESCUE THREE KIDNAP VICTIMS IN ONE WEEK
Agency Report The Enugu State Police Command has recorded significant gains in its crime-fighting efforts, detaining 52 suspects, recovering firearms and ammunition, and rescuing three...
CUSTOMS SUBMITS SEIZED ARMS, AMMUNITIONS TO ARMS CONTROL CENTER
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR The Nigeria Customs Service, through Port and Terminal Multi services Limited, has given over seized weapons and bullets to the National Centre...
COURT BARS TURAKI-LED NWC, NULLIFIES PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION
[caption id="attachment_205762" align="alignnone" width="300"] BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR[/caption] The federal high court in Ibadan, Oyo state, has canceled the national meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party...
TINUBU/SHETTIMA ZAMFARA YOUTH LEADER ABDUCTED BY SUSPECTED BANDITS
Bashir Isa Gusau, the Youth Leader of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organisation in Zamfara State, has reportedly been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits....
OVER 160 ECWA MEMBERS HELD HOSTAGE IN KADUNA, KOGI AMID RISING INSECURITY – CHURCH LEADERS WARN
No fewer than 160 members of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) are currently in captivity across Kaduna and Kogi states, with their families facing...
PSC PROMOTES OFFICER TO DIG, ELEVATES TWO CPS, 26,119 INSPECTORS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Funsho Adegboye to the rank of...
IGP EGBETOKUN, TARABA GOVERNOR HOLD TALKS ON REGIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
By: Fasasi Hammad The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has received the Executive Governor of Taraba State, His Excellency, Dr. Agbu...
FG TO STOP IMPORTATION OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
HOTJIST NEWS With intentions to develop all necessary assets locally within the next two to five years, the Federal Government has stated that it is laying the groundwork to stop importing defense and security equipment. Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defense, made this statement on Thursday in Abuja during the launching of a number of Nigerian-made civilian armored vehicles as well as the DICON X-Shield light tactical armored vehicle. Major General Babatunde Alaya, the Director-General of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, attended the event on behalf of Matawalle, who stated that the current initiatives in indigenous defense manufacturing were merely the beginning of a larger plan to produce all military and security equipment locally. "This is only the start. We will take additional steps to guarantee that all necessary defense and security equipment is manufactured domestically, and in two to five years there will not be any more imports," he stated. He said the future of Nigeria’s defence and security capability would be built locally through indigenous innovation and...
