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Oladimeji Ramon The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said states in the North Central have no plan of toeing the path of their South-West counterparts in the creation of a regional security outfit to tackle insecurity. The six states in the South-West had Read More …
Assembly recommendation: You can join Amotekun if you’ve spent 20 years in Lagos, speak Yoruba *As commanders get 5-year tenure By the recommendations of Lagos State House of Assembly, only indigenes, or residents that have spent 20 years in the area and can speak the Read More …
The House of Representatives has begun investigation into how the Federal Government spent the $1bn special security fund approved for it by the National Assembly. Part of the money was used to acquire 12 Super Tucano fighter aircraft from the United States. The House is Read More …
French Ambassador to Nigeria Jerome Pasquier yesterday described efforts to find sustainable solutions to insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the northwest, as inadequate. He spoke in Abuja yesterday at a workshop on “Addressing Rural Insecurity and Violence in North-western Nigeria” organised by the Pastoral Reserve, Read More …
•Delta community attacked, man killed, wife abducted, daughter injured •Gang sacks Benue community, as cult war claims pharmacist, four others •Gunmen kidnap another victim at Onicha-Olona, demand N15m ransom •Cultists invade Delta police formation, 7 arrested •IGP disbands Zonal Intervention Squad in Ogun over footballer’s Read More …
• Seek urgent overhaul of security architecture • Move to grant immunity for presiding officers The House of Representatives yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in the nation’s service chiefs, asking them to resign their appointments with immediate effect. Also, the lawmakers urged the Read More …
South-South governors have yet to make any moves for a joint security outfit like Operation Amotekun in the region, says the Chairman of South-South Governors’ Forum, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. Amotekun was set up by South-West governors to check insecurity in the zone. But Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross Read More …
After Government’s announcement in December that it would withdraw troops from areas where peace had been restored, no fewer than 268 persons had been killed by bandits and Boko Haram terrorists since January 2020, as reported in Saturday PUNCH on February 22, 2020. Apparently shocked by Read More …
…Terrorists technically defeated since 2017, General Adeniyi, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, insists …Survivors still afraid to go back home ….Military, Amnesty disagree over razed communities By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja The Nigerian armed forces are in the eye of the storm, particularly for their seeming Read More …
• PETAN Eyes 200 Billion Barrels Oil Reserves From Further Exploration • Insecurity, Climate Change, Regulatory Lapses May Frustrate Investment Insecurity, energy transition, looming environmental dangers, investment apathy, cloudy regulatory framework, diversion of funds to the North and other unanswered questions top the list of Read More …