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Border Security: NIS Command and Control Centre Comes Alive with Induction of 123 Officers

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Border Security: NIS Command and Control Centre Comes Alive with Induction of 123 Officers

By: Michael Mike

In order to enhance the nation’s security and checkmate the threat of porous border, the Federal Government on Monday inducted 123 officers into the Command and Control Centre facility at the Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for border control, security and governance.

The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, assisted by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap inducted the officers at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja.

Speaking at the event, Tunji-Ojo said the infrastructures and facilities inside the Centre have been fully integrated with International Police (Interpol) and other security outfits across the world to do pre-profiling of passengers and pick up persons of interests anywhere in the world. 

He said: “Persons of interest would be picked up anywhere even before they board their planes to Nigeria because the facilities here have capacity and capability of pre-profiling passengers.@

The Minister, while revealing that President Bola Tinubu would soon commissioned the newly completed electronic passengers gates (e-gates) at the Airports in Lagos and Abuja, said the Command and Control Centre would operate 24/7 to monitor land,  maritime and air borders of the country. 

He noted that Nigeria is deprived of the luxury that other countries in Africa have as its geographical location that places it around 10 countries in the Sahel region and the Gulf of Guinea in the south where about 5 million barrels of crude oil is produced per day, makes it imperative for the borders to be well guided.

The Minister said with the commencement of operation of the Centre, the Nigeria Immigration Service has gone beyond procurement of travelling documents for its citizens, but now fully integrated into the security architecture of Nigeria to play a dominant role. 

Tunji Ojo said: “The NIS is now a crucial component of the National Security Architecture of Nigeria. We have here, the NIS that is determined to implement its responsibility. Nigeria Security now depends on you especially with the infrastructures and facilities in place at the Command and Control Centre. 

“These facilities provide data on Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS). It means nobody should come to Nigeria without pre-profiling them. So we have this facility for irregular migration and real time analysis on passenger movements

“I am prepared to give my best to Nigeria to ensure that the system works effectively and efficiently. I urge you as the first set of officers to man these facilities across the country to give your best as well. 

“There will be zero tolerance for error. And we have arranged the system in a way that fatigue would not set in on the officers that would be on shifts at every point so that they would do their jobs seamlessly. “

On her part, the Comptroller-General of Immigration Service, CGIS, Nandap said about 253 officers were selected for special training regarding the manning of the infrastructures at the Command and Control Centre, noting that the first set of 123 officers were representatives of various commands across Nigeria. 

Nandap, who described the induction as a special day in the history of the NIS, said the officers who scaled through the first stage of the training would move to the next stage which involved data analysis and travel plans.

She said the Advanced Passenger Information System, APIS, would enable the NIS pull data from different sources to track down persons of interests and check mate possible threats against the country.

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17 abducted victims released in Zamfara

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17 abducted victims released in Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama

At least 17 abducted victims, including 14 females and three males, who were kidnapped in Katsina State earlier in the year have been released in Zamfara state.

Zagazola report that the victims were among those abducted on June 19, 2025, at Birdigau village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.

According to the sources , the victims regained their freedom on Oct. 3, 2025, at about 8:30 a.m.

Upon receipt of the information, police operatives visited the scene, after which the victims were conveyed to the Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, for medical examination under tight security.

The Chairman of Gusau Local Government, Hon. Abubakar Imam, supervised their evacuation and medical assessment.

Sources added that the victims would be handed over to their relatives in Katsina State after completion of medical checks.
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Fake news factories fueling religious tension in Northern Nigeria — No faith spared

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Fake news factories fueling religious tension in Northern Nigeria — No faith spared

By; Zagazola Makama

A dangerous campaign of fake news and deceptive online propaganda is threatening Nigeria’s fragile peace, security, and unity.

The campaign, largely driven by faceless actors from Nigeria and foreign-based platforms, deliberately promotes false narratives portraying Nigeria’s security crisis as a religious war between Muslims and Christians.

In reality, both Muslims and Christians have suffered devastating losses from terrorism, banditry, and communal violence across the North and other parts of the country.

Over the years, extremist groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP have attacked mosques, churches, markets, schools, and military formations killing thousands of innocent Nigerians without discrimination.
Rural bandits in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, and Niger States have also targeted farming communities, where the victims have overwhelmingly been Muslim.

In the North-Central states of Plateau, Benue, Taraba, and parts of Southern Kaduna, both Muslim and Christian communities have endured repeated cycles of reprisal killings, with no group left untouched.

Despite these facts, foreign-based organisations and online platforms continue to publish distorted reports and manipulated images, branding every incident in Northern Nigeria as an “attack on Christians.”

In several cases, images from Muslim funeral prayers were misrepresented as photographs of Christian victims, fuelling anger and suspicion among faith communities.

Some of the fake reports also cite unverified statistics, claiming that “2,000 churches are destroyed daily” or that “3,000 Christians are killed daily.” These figures are not only false but mathematically impossible designed purely to inflame emotions and attract international condemnation against Nigeria.

These claims are “a deliberate campaign of psychological warfare” aimed at dividing Nigerians along religious lines and damaging the country’s image abroad.

The motive ⁰is to destabilise the nation by creating mistrust, promoting religious extremism, and pressuring foreign governments to impose sanctions based on fabricated data.

These actors have double standards, while they amplify unverified claims about Nigeria, they have remained silent on global revelations, such as those made by the U.S. President Donald Trump, alleging that certain international agencies indirectly funded Islamist extremist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP through aid channels.

Nigeria’s government and civil society have been urged to rise to the challenge by countering false narratives, strengthening media literacy, and ensuring that verified information dominates the digital space.

This is no longer about careless reporting, it is a war on truth, unity, and the sovereignty of the Nigerian state.

We called on Nigerians, regardless of faith or ethnicity, to unite in defense of the country’s image and resist efforts to plunge the nation into a religious crisis built entirely on misinformation.

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NEAZDP flags off mosquito fumigation in Yobe

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NEAZDP flags off mosquito fumigation in Yobe

By: Yahaya Wakili

In a bid to combat malaria in 9 local government areas of Yobe state. The North East Arid Zone Development Programme (NEAZDP) has flagged off a large-scale mosquito fumigation campaign in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade local government, aimed at curbing the increasing cases of malaria across the communities in the state.

Dr. Mulima Idi Mato, the Programme Manager of the North East Arid Zone Development Programme (NEAZDP), described the exercises as part of the program’s ongoing commitment to public health and rural development.

According to Dr. Mato, mosquitoes remain one of the leading causes of morbidity in the state, adding that fumigation, combined with proper hygiene and environmental management, will significantly reduce health risks.

He commended Governor Dr. Mai Mala Buni’s administration for its sustained support of NEAZDP’s integrated rural development program.

Speaking on behalf of the Chairman of the Bade local government area, Hon. Ibrahim Baba Gana, the Vice Chairman of the council commended NEAZDP for the proactive initiative, while urging the residents to cooperate with health workers and embrace clean hygiene practices to ensure sustainable malaria prevention.

The stakeholders at the event pledged their support for the program and noted that the initiative will not only protect households from malaria but also enhance productivity by reducing the burden of sickness in the rural communities.

The fumigation campaign begins in Bade and will be extended to Bursari, Geidam, Jakusko, Nguru, Machina, Yusufari, and Yunusari local government areas, and the exercises will target mosquito breeding sites, public facilities, and residential areas to reduce the menace of malaria in the affected communities.

The fumigation campaign will be monitored across all the participating local government areas to ensure effectiveness, while the health education campaigns will run simultaneously to sensitize residents on the importance of sanitation, using mosquito nets, and environmental cleanliness.

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