A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Cleen Foundation says establishment of state police is key to addressing the increasing level of insecurity in the country. , the Executive Director of the foundation said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He...
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No fewer than six persons including a former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and his younger brother have been killed by bandits who attacked Kwassam and Sabon Layin communities of the Kauru LGA of Kaduna State. The police are yet to confirm the incident...
Nigeria’s litany of troubles has finally anchored on two basic existential matters. Insecurity and hunger. We are all very unsafe and now the vast majority of our people are very hungry and angry. Of the two urgencies, the rise of mass hunger is indeed a novel addition to...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Obviously perplexed by happenings in Nigeria lately, the immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has decried that, the country is not only in a coma but in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Tambuwal, who is the current Senator Representing Sokoto South...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – President General, Tiv Youths Organisation (TYO), Mr. Aondongu Anza has called for adequate measures to check the influx of violent herdsmen and other criminals and how to stop them from causing mayhem on the Tiv communities in Benue State. Mr. Anza, who...
iP The Managing Director (MD), Benue Investment and Property Company, (BIPC), Dr Raymond Asemakaha, has attributed the high level of insecurity in the state to unemployment. Asemakaha stated this on Saturday, while playing host to members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Benue State...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will embark on a two-day nationwide protest from Feb. 27 to Feb. 28, over the worsening economic hardship and insecurity in the country. President of NLC, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this at a news conference at the end of its...
President Bola Tinubu and the 36 state governors have agreed to consider the establishment of state police after full implications have been considered. They agreed that the security situation in the country deserved all new initiatives that had earlier been jettisoned in the interest of the people. Minister...
President Bola Tinubu is meeting with state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting is attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima and National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. The meeting, which is not unconnected with the food situation and security...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that the State has no bandits but only informants who engage in such acts because of poverty. He stated this in a speech when he received the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, during a courtesy visit...
The Senate on Tuesday went into a close door session to take briefs from Service Chiefs and some Ministers on the general state of security in the country. The closed-door session followed a motion moved by Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti). Those at the meeting include National...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Methodists Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr Ishaya Kunama has advised the Federal Government on what measures to undertake towards finding a lasting solution to the worsening security challenges confronting Nigeria. Bishop Kunama, who gave the advise during his Covenant Service Homily in Sokoto,...
Boko Haram terrorists have killed no fewer than 3 persons including a police inspector were killed on Wednesday in a fresh Boko Haram attack on Kukareta, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the terrorists set ablaze the police officer along with a makeshift...
Some former governors have called for more powers for state governors to effectively tackle the security challenges in their respective states. The governors spoke during the panel discussion at the Annual Lecture and International Leadership Symposium of the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL)on Tuesday in Lagos. The...
President Bola Tinubu has implored the Nigerian military and other security agencies to intensify efforts at containing the multi-dimensional security challenges in the country. Tinubu gave the charge on Tuesday during the induction of two TK-129 ATAK Helicopters and a King Air 360i Aircraft at Nigeria Air (NAF)...
The Senate on Tuesday, said it had invited Service Chiefs to appear before it on Wednesday, over security challenges in the country. Sen. Adetokunbo Abiru, Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, gave the hint while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has assured residents of the territory that the efforts put in place by the FCT Administration to address the issues of insecurity across the territory, will soon yield positive results. The Minister gave this assurance when...
The abducted schoolchildren of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, their teachers and the bus driver have been released. This newspaper learnt that the victims regained their freedom around 2.00an on Sunday. In a short video clip obtained by our correspondent, the freed pupils and their...
No fewer than 55 persons have been kidnapped by bandits while escorting a bride along Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Although security agencies are yet to confirm the incident officially, a resident however, told Channels Television on Friday in a telephone call that the...
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, says the command will deploy modern digital technology to enhance security in the state. Onwuemelie said this on Friday during an interactive session with newsmen at the end of the State Security Meeting in Nvosi, Isiala South Local Government...