... Seeking the Truth in Facts
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Security forces have uncovered a plot by insurgents to infiltrate the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), using tinted vehicles and covered plate numbers, THISDAY has learnt. It was gathered that the joint security task force, comprising the military, police, Read More …
Insecurity: ‘Tell Nigerians the truth about South East attacks’- Oby Ezekwesili confronts Buhari Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to tell Nigerians the truth about the current security situation in the South East. The 2019 presidential candidate said Read More …
File image By Victoria Ojeme British Minister for Africa, James Duddridge on Tuesday said that violence on Nigerians by the terrorist Boko Haram sect is a complex phenomenon that requires varied approaches to resolve. The British Minister said this while fielding questions from reporters when Read More …
Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt A committee to work out the framework for the establishment of a Southsouth security outfit has been constituted by the six governors of the zone. Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Monday, accused the Read More …
The new service chiefs have arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to meet with critical stakeholders to brainstorm on how to tackle insurgency in the theatre of war. The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor led the delegation to arrive at the headquarters Read More …
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Nigerians who fail to commit the security situation into the hands of God could be guilty of indirectly prolonging the war against insurgency. Adesina said this in an article Read More …
IF anyone still doubted that criminals have overrun parts of Nigeria, the audacious bandits that stormed Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11 and ferried away over 300 boys erased all such illusion. The kidnapping was spectacular in itself; the fact that Read More …
Governor Ganduje of Kano State has expressed shock over the killing of 16 Dambatta indigenes by gunmen while on the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The governor also commiserated with the families of the deceased, the people of Dambatta local government area and Kano State in general. “We Read More …
The 36 states’ governors, on the platform of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, on Tuesday, kept sealed lips after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, it was learned, was not unconnected with the security challenges in the country and the Read More …
The refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the service chiefs despite repeated calls by the National Assembly and other eminent Nigerians will be the major point of discussion when the president meets with the House of Representatives on Thursday, Daily Independent has gathered. The Read More …