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Gbenga Adeniji Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has said insecurity is one issue common to Nigerians, regardless of tribe, language, religion, location, gender, age or social position. He noted that without reforming the federating units, Nigeria would remain insecure, unstable, unprogressive, stagnated and, at worst, disintegrate. Read More …
Blasts security agencies, says their attitude lackadaisical …Prof Abdullahi, Baba – Ahmed not fit to speak for northern elders – BMO …Do more to address violence, killings in Nigeria, U.S Mission tells FG The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammed Read More …
Jesusegun Alagbe A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has said insecurity in Nigeria, especially in the North, appears to be worsening. Referencing the killings in the region in recent times, especially the June 10 banditry attacks in Katsina State and those on Read More …
Armed bandits on Tuesday evening attacked several villages under Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, SaharaReporters can confirm. The communities attacked are Kasidau, Maigora and many nearby settlements. A source, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said the bandits started shooting sporadically and while people were running, they Read More …
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 …