National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, is leading a high-level Nigerian delegation to Washington, D.C., the United States of America (USA) for the USA-Nigeria Joint Working Group meeting, as both countries deepen security cooperation on counterterrorism, defence and national security.

The Nigerian Army has stated that the rate of terrorists and their associates surrendering in the Northeast has risen by 213 per cent as a result of military operations of Operation Hadin Kai.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released and compensated a carpenter, Mustapha Marwana, the sum of N3 million, who was arrested over alleged links to the Ansaru terrorist group.

Nine Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters, including a key commander in charge of escorting high-value group members, were killed in an airstrike in Borno by the Nigerian Air Force, according to a statement released on Sunday by NAF spokesman Ehimen Ejodame. The operation took place on Saturday in the Sambisa Forest and used a remotely piloted aircraft for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

President Bola Tinubu has approved a salary increase of between 30 and 80 per cent for personnel of Nigeria’s Armed Forces.

By Hassan Taiye

A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Hamza D. Dantani, Esq., has called on security agencies across the country to emulate the Department of State Services (DSS) by compensating innocent Nigerians who are wrongly arrested, unlawfully detained or harmed during security operations.