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Nigeria Fights Back Against Banditry and Insecurity

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2025

By Senator Iroegbu Kidnapping and banditry remain among Nigeria’s most pressing security challenges. From Zamfara to Kaduna and down to the Southeast, this scourge has disrupted lives, displaced communities, and drained the economy through ransom payments. Despite the grim headlines, recent

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Ribadu and the fall of Ansaru

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2025

By Senator Iroegbu Nigeria’s security landscape has begun to shift. Terrorists are surrendering, warlords are falling, oil production is recovering, and communities once silenced by fear are slowly reclaiming public space. The latest and perhaps most consequential breakthrough is the capture of two of the most notorious terrorist kingpins in northern Nigeria. The

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Insecurity: North West Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) Summit in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2025

In a strategic move to strengthen regional collaboration and unify efforts in countering violent extremism, PAVE Network, in collaboration with the National Counter Terrorism Centre under the Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), and other key stakeholders are set to convene a North West Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) Summit. The summit

NEWS

Group Lauds NSA For Confirming DSS Capture of Terrorist Groups’ Leaders

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2025

A group, Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly(NEYGA) has praised the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu for finally confirming weeks of speculation on the capture of two most-wanted leaders of terrorist groups in Nigeria. The NSA had at a press conference Saturday in Abuja formally announced the capture of the leadership of the ANSARU […]

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Drug war: Why President Tinubu ‘ll continue to strengthen NDLEA – NSA Ribadu, AGF Fagbemi

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2025

. Commend Marwa’s leadership as Agency empowers strategic commands, formations with 48 new vehicles. It’s a milestone made possible by the President’s strategic support, says Marwa The National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has said that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will continue to strengthen the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)

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Ribadu’s Quiet Revolution

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2025

By Jude Obioha When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Malam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (NSA) in June 2023, the reaction was swift and mixed. Some critics lamented the departure from the traditional norm of appointing military generals to the role. But for many Nigerians—particularly within civil society, the intelligence community, and security policy