Nigeria News » Niger News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: Terrorists Planning Attacks on Abuja Airport, Prison Facilities — Report Reveals
A fresh security alert has raised concerns over possible coordinated attacks on key government facilities in the Federal Capital Territory and nearby Niger State. Details from an internal memo show ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: Nigeria, Niger customs move to unlock transit bottlenecks, strengthen border security
Lagos — The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved the provision of safe corridors and safe passage to ease the ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: Islamist militant attacks on Niger, Benin and Nigeria border zone soaring, research shows
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LAGOS, Feb 26 - Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are rapidly increasing their attacks on the borderlands between ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: 2027: Intense political maneuvering as Niger APC scraps guber zoning
The political landscape in Niger State is shifting dramatically as the All Progressives Congress (APC) officially scrapped its long-standing zoning ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: Nigeria, Niger agree on terms to eradicate regional insurgency
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, yesterday expressed the Nigeria Customs Service’s commitment to strengthening regional trade facilitation, safeguarding transit cargo, and ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: Oil security, politics of protection: Inside the debate over Nigeria’s pipeline surveillance model
ABUJA – Nigeria’s fragile recovery in crude oil production is opening up a deeper conversation about who truly secures the country’s most strategic asset—and at what cost. At the centre of this debate ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: The no sanctuary doctrine: securing Nigeria’s borderlands with lawful force
Armed groups operating across Nigeria’s northern and western corridors have adapted faster than the structures designed to ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: Pipeline surveillance split could undermine oil security, Agbese says
Philip Agbese had cautioned that splitting pipeline surveillance contracts could weaken security, disrupt coordination, and threaten Nigeria’s oil revenue.
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: The Renewed Dystopia Of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (1), By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On the night June 29-30 2022, for instance, a motorbike gang of over 300 armed terrorists descended on Ajata-Aboki village in the Gurmana Ward of Shiroro. Their destination was an artisanal mine in ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: US begins evacuation of staff, lists 23 states under ‘Do Not Travel’ category
The United States of America on Wednesday, April 8, ordered the immediate evacuation of staff across its embassy and other establishments in Nigeria.
News Nigeria » Niger » Politics: Jihadists Turn Coastal West Africa Borderlands Into Strongholds
The tri-border region of Nigeria, Benin and Niger is becoming a new stronghold for jihadists, as militants turn forests and pastoral networks in West Africa into bases for recruitment and ...