counter-terrorism
19 Aug
A security policy think-tank, Nextier SPD, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow counter terrorism officials stay too long in their beats to prevent forging of criminal alliance.
11 Apr 2022
Nigeria's response to the onset of murderous mass violence has evolved through phases of co-optation, brutal reprisal, appeasement, and state incapacity.
1 Apr 2021
The military, yesterday, said it was deploying warfare and lethal force (popularly known as a kinetic operation) in the counter-terrorism and banditry war nationwide.
21 Feb 2020
The Federal Government yesterday denied allegations by Amnesty International (AI) that Nigerian troops burnt some villages and forcefully displaced the residents.
14 Feb 2020
Terror organisations now recruit foot soldiers through the social media, according to Dr. Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy.
7 Nov 2019
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it will conduct a simulation exercise on counter-terrorism along Minna-Zungeru Road on Friday.
13 Sep 2019
President Buhari will depart Abuja on Saturday to attend the one-day ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Extraordinary Summit on Counter-Terrorism, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
14 Apr 2015
Kenya rights groups condemned Tuesday the suspension of two key Muslim civil society organisations for suspected links to Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab, saying it will damage efforts to counter extremism.
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