The Katsina State Government says it is ready to support people to assist the security agents in protecting their respective communities against attacks by bandits, kidnappers and other criminals. He made the disclosure at a Public Engagement, 2025 Citizens’ Budget Participation Process and the launching of a Community Development...
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Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has said that prioritising investment in agriculture is a sure way of tackling hunger and insecurity in Africa. The former Governor of Anambra was speaking as a panellist at an international conference on food security in Kigali,...
The escalating level of insecurity in the nation is forcing many citizens to wonder if the government can still save Nigeria. The minister of state for defence just ordered the service chiefs to relocate to the North West after militants seized two Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armoured vehicles from...
The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, has restated the commitment of northern governors to address the challenge of insecurity in the region. Yahaya stated this on Monday in Gombe whilst receiving a comprehensive report of the Coalition of Northern...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended bandits have attacked over 5 villages in the Gidan Karma district of Kware local government, Sokoto state and carted away over 300 cows, 50 camels and hundreds of sheep and goats. The bandits, who started the attacks in Baringo Jimowa,...
An Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Lagos State University, Dr Saheed Timehin, has said that insecurity and corruption are hindering socio-economic stability of the country. Timehin, made this known on Saturday while delivering a lecture during the 48th Annual National Conference of Majlis Ansarullah Ahmadiyyah Muslim Elders...
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has said that its 2024 Annual Conference will be held in Kogi state on Thursday, October 3. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of GOCOP, Sir Remmy Nweke, quoted the 2024 Conference Planning Committee Chairman, Danlami Nmodu, mni and Secretary, Mr....
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, Mr Nnamdi Onyeka has said that more security personnel would be deployed to crisis areas in the state. The Commissioner disclosed this while briefing Journalists at the end of the State Security Council meeting presided by Gov. Caleb Muftwang, on Wednesday in Jos....
Suspected gunmen have killed Rev. Nichodemus Kim of the Church of Christ in Nation (COCIN) and 20 others in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau. The pastor was killed at Gana-Ropp community of Barkin Ladi, while others were wasted in Rim, Jol, and Kwi communities of...
Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has advised President Bola Tinubu to tackle insecurity and other vices in the country. President of ECWA, Rev. Stephen Baba-Panya, gave the advice in a statement issued in Jos on Monday to commemorate the 2023 Democracy Day. Baba-Panya, who decried the spate of killings,...
The Police Command in Sokoto State on Sunday confirmed the death of 30 persons during an attack lunched by group of armed banditse in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by ASP Ahmad Rufai, the Acting Spokesman of the command, revealed that the gunmen attacked...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military and other security agencies to remain resolute in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the country. Buhari said this at the Regimental Dinner organised in his honour on Tuesday night in Abuja as part of the activities lined up for the May 29...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has derided the latest outburst by Dr Oby Ezekwesili against President Muhammadu Buhari on a miscellany of issues, chief of which is the handling of security by the Buhari-led administration. The group, in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju, noted that it...
……..Condemns tragic killings in Benue, Plateau By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. “I...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A mass burial was held yesterday Saturday, for thirty eight (38) people including women and children killed by Fulani herdsmen in Takalafia and Gwanja rural communities of Karu Local Government Council of Nasarawa State The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, who...
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has given the Federal Government 18 days ultimatum to fish out and prosecute killers and abductors of its members across the country. The President of NSE, Mr Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, gave the ultimatum at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja on the killings...
The Military Special Task Force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has dismissed allegations of compromise made against it in the Southern part of Kaduna by Zangon Kataf Youth Christian Association of Nigeria. In a statement on Friday, Capt. Oya James, Media information Officer, OPSH, said the military would not be...
Sen.Gabriel Suswam has urged the incoming administration to make tackling power deficit and insecurity in the country a priority. Suswam made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Suswam, who spoke while responding to questions on agenda setting for the incoming administration , said there...
Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, the Bishop, Diocese of Nike Anglican Communion in Enugu State on Saturday urged governments at all levels to focus on job creation to stem rising insecurity and terrorism. Onyia made the call while delivering his Bishop’s Charge at the 2nd session of the 6th Synod of the...
The 1 Division Nigerian Army on Wednesday commenced the Corporals and Below Inter-Brigade competition in Minna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition is to improve combat proficiency, physical fitness and leadership traits of personnel. It is also to prepare them for the present security challenges...