Category: Security Watch

Nigeria Customs Intercepts 25.5 Kg Cocaine Enroute Brazil Ship In Apapa Port, Tighten Security

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    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has heightened port security following the interception of 25.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed aboard a Brazilian vessel, MV San Anthonio, during an intelligence-driven operation.   In press release issued on Saturday, 6 December 2025 by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Isah Sulaiman, on behalf of the Customs Area Controller (CAC) Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba noted that the illicit substance, discovered in 24 parcels packed into five bags, was uncovered during a detailed examination of the vessel, leading…

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ACP Shaba Reposted To Ekpan To Pioneer Uvwie Area Command 

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      THE newly promoted and posted Area Commander to Ughelli Area Command, ACP Aliyu Shaba, has been reposted to Ekpan as the pioneer Area Commander of the newly established Uvwie Area Command in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.     ACP Shaba spent nearly 3-months in Ughelli Area Command before he was reposted.   During his reign in Ughelli Area Command, Shaba bursted a drug cartel in Afiesere community and a female suspect was arrested and was paraded.   His coming to Ughelli Area Command, brought…

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Senator Dafinone Hails Unveiling of National Counter-Terrorism Strategic Plan as a Major Boost to Nigeria’s Security Framework

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By Nelson Agbajor   Senator Ede Dafinone, representing the good people of Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has applauded the recently unveiled National Counter-Terrorism Centre’s Strategic Plan (2025–2030), describing it as a significant milestone in strengthening Nigeria’s security architecture and enhancing national resilience. The dinstingished senator made the remark in Abuja when he joined the Senate President, top security chiefs, and other distinguished national leaders at the official launch of the comprehensive strategic plan. The event, organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), brought…

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Gun Missing, Two Injured In A Gun Duel Between Security Agents And Suspected Robbers In Delta

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  Two persons have been injured in a gun duel between security agents and suspected armed robbers as locally made gun is missing at Ekredjebor community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.     It was learned that the injured victims, a vigilante member and one of the suspected armed robbers were shot during the duel at NEPA quarters in the community.   It would be recalled that, barely a week ago, two vigilant members were shot and their two gun stolen by the suspected armed robbers.…

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NIGERIA HAPPENS TO OKUAMA

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By Moses Darah   Since the tragic incident that claimed the lives of 16 soldiers on an alleged peacekeeping mission, the Okuama community of Urhobo in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State lies in ruins. The town has been flattened. Homes reduced to ‘kalukalu’ and ‘ikelekpen’. Leaders held for over a year without trial. Survivors are scattered in makeshift ‘itughe’, their lives stripped of normalcy. Children wander without schools, the sick have nowhere to turn, elders have no one to lean on. And the politicians, who should be…

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Why Can’t You Fight With Trump?

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By Sunny Awhefeada   The interrogative title of today’s intervention is directed at the President of the Nigerian Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio. In the wake of America’s President Donald Trump’s christening of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” (CPC), with intimations of a likely military intervention if the Nigerian government did nothing to stop what he called “Christian genocide” Nigerian government people spoke in a measured and supplicatory tone. The responses were most cautious and courteous in a manner with which they…

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Two Gun Missing As Suspected Armed Robbers Attack Vigilante In Delta Community

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TWO locally made guns have been declared missing without trace after a group of suspected armed robbers attacked vigilante members at Ekredjebor community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learned that suspected armed robbers shot a vigilante members on his leg and injured another victim at NEPA quarters of Ekredjebor community. A source from the community who spoke on anonymous condition disclose the incident occurred at the front of Winners Church before they proceeded to the otherside of the community. The source said, “On their…

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Re: Disqualification of Candidates – A Strong Note of Caution to the UPU Electoral Screening Committee

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  Information reaching us suggests that there are plans within the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Electoral Committee to disqualify certain aspirants from standing for elective positions on the alleged grounds that they are not “members” of the UPU. Such an action, if true, would not only be unconstitutional but could also trigger far-reaching consequences that may threaten the unity, credibility, and future of our revered apex body—the UPU. The UPU Constitution Is Clear on Membership Article 8 of the UPU 2024 Constitution defines membership without ambiguity. It recognizes every Urhobo…

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Trump, Threat and Trouble By Sunny Awhefeada

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By Sunny Awhefeada,     A friend jocularly called to ask me why Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police has not declared Donald Trump wanted and we had a rib cracking laugh. But this should not be a laughing matter. My friend argued that Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” with the declared intention of military action against her if genocide against Christians was not stopped was an affront against the Nigerian state and that whoever affronts the state should be dealt with not minding his status…

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Nigeria Senate Calls For Probe Over Continued Itakpe -Ujevwu Rail Derailment

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The Nigerian Senate has directed an immediate investigation and rehabilitation of the Ujevwu–Itakpe rail corridor following a motion by Senator Ede Dafinone (Delta Central), who raised alarm over recurring derailments, service suspensions, and growing safety concerns on the strategic national line. Speaking on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, Senator Dafinone described the frequent derailments and poor maintenance of the Ujevwu–Itakpe Train Line as a threat to passenger safety and national economic growth. He called for “an urgent investigation, full rehabilitation, and stronger safety measures to…

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