FG to Expand Deep Blue Project to Bakassi

The Federal Government of Nigeria announced that its Deep Blue Project—an inter‑agency security operation originally launched to combat banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the north‑central region—will be expanded to include the Bakassi area of Niger State. The move aims to boost police, army and civil‑defence presence, improve intelligence sharing and protect communities from escalating attacks by criminal gangs. Views Nigeria