By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent) @CeleOkaf11

In a bid to re-organize the Army to make it more effective and result-oriented in tackling the worrisome insecurity in the country, the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has approved the redeployment of military officers under his command.

• * Gives Them Few Weeks Marching Order To Free The Nation From Insecurity

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has promoted the new Service Chief and decorated them with their new ranks. The security chiefs were personally decorated by the President on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in a short ceremony fully participated by their wives who assisted the President in the decoration.

• * Urges Security Outfits To Raise Performance Level

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday, in Abuja, directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders, and “ensure that criminal elements don’t find Nigeria as a safe haven to hide and perpetuate their criminality.’’

By Mohammed Munirat Nasir (Zamfara State Correspondent)

The Zamfara State Police Command has called on the public to disregard the outrageous number of kidnapped victims being circulated on media platforms describing the reports as fake and intended to cause confusion in the state.

• * Says FG Will Henceforth Deal With Godfathers Of Banditry

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)

As bandits continue to disrupt the peace and security of the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s security chiefs to unleash a total clampdown on bandits and recover all areas being occupied by insurgents, bandits and kidnappers across the country.

By Mohammed Munirat Nasir (Zamfara State Correspondent)

Zamfara state governor, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has assured that the abducted female students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe will soon be rescued and returned safely to the respective homes.

By Adesina Adefaye (Osun State Correspondent)

Nigeria's Ambassador-designate and ex-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.Tukur Buratai (retd), has said that most Nigerians do not appreciate the efforts of the nation's military forces in the tactical operations towards ending armed insurgency and insecurity in the land.

By Mohammed Munirat Nasir (Zamfara State Correspondent)

The Zamfara State Council of Traditional Rulers had blamed the spate of kidnappings of students and school pupils across the country on lack of adequate security by the government.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOka11

The headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja, confirmed, on Saturday night, that the Media Aide to the Kano State governor, Mallam Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, is currently being held in their secure facility.

By Mohammed Munirat Nasir (Zamfara State Correspondent)

Muhammad Sani a dreaded bandit notoriously known as Zakwi, a son of the late bandit's commander, Buhari Daji today surrendered over 10 sophisticated weapons which include Rocket launcher, MAP machine, AK47 rifles, and 1041 live ammunitions to the Zamfara state government.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, denied a report in a national newspaper (not Nigerian Newsleader Newspapers) that operatives of the Security Service attempted to arrest Mr. Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) a self-acclaimed Yoruba activist and perceived ethnic bigot, at Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday.

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)

Incensed by the current frequency of abduction of boarding school students and demand for ransom payment by bandits as a condition for their release, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned state governors to stop encouraging the kidnappers by paying for their ransom demands.