National Security Adviser
8 Jan 2022
The National Security Adviser Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), has said it is the prerogative of the President to appoint the Director
4 Apr 2021
Gold buyers and Jewelry Shop Owners Association has allegedly accused the National Security Adviser (NSA) Maj. Gen Babagana Monguno of ordering the arrest and detention of some of its members
3 Aug 2019
The truth is that no matter how specific to military life a defence top brass’ training was, time also instilled in them soft skills. This applies to President Muhammadu Buhari’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd). This Borno State-born amiable, detribalised and accomplished Nigerian army officer with an intimidating resume, has held different…
24 May 2019
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said that failure of the federal government to dialogue with Ogoni people before oil production...
29 Apr 2019
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Olasupo Ayokunle at the weekend urged the Federal Government to release leader of Shi’a Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, former National Security Adviser (NSO), Sambo Dasuki and others still in detention. The association also enjoined the government to ensure the release of Leah Sharibu…
28 Feb 2019
It is bitter irony of the winner-take-all American system we have imported hook, line and sinker that the man who secured more than 11 million votes may have no role in the new government that would take effect from May 29, 2019. Unlike what we had in 2015, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the loser of the…
19 Feb 2019
Nothing best explains the anticlimax that occurred on election morning at exactly 2:45a.m. than a deflated balloon. Like a pin punched to a balloon, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu...
10 Feb 2019
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites have raised alarm over what it described as a ‘secret plot to kill the leader of the group during the 2019 general elections and then put the blame on its members.’ In a press conference in Abuja, the Academic Forum of the IMN, represented by…
17 Nov 2018
A presidential order to release detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, topped the requests of the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) as they met yesterday with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
6 Jul 2018
Trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), for alleged misappropriation of funds has been adjourned following the failure of the prosecutor to file the list of exhibits to be tendered against the accused person as required by law. Dasuki is being prosecuted for the offence at the High Court of Federal…
22 Feb 2018
The Federal Government has directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to immediately set up budgetary allocations for counter-terrorism activities ongoing in the country. National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of a three-day quarterly meeting and training workshop on National Counter-Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST), which…
24 May 2017
The Senate, yesterday, alerted the National Security Adviser (NSA), other security agencies and financial institutions in the country about the current and threatening dimensions of cyber-attacks.