BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General, Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Army will amongst other measures strengthen collaboration with other security agencies in addition to enhancing logical thinking and creativity to end the...
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Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the State following recent attacks. Mutfwang gave the directive on Sunday in Jos, in a statement issued by Mr Gyang Bere, Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor. The News...
One of the greatest challenges the administration of President Bola Tinubu faces is in the area of insecurity. And the burden of tackling Tinubu’s inherited security challenge is not made lighter by Chapter II of the 1999 Constitution – Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy. Section 14...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – An elder statesman and former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has warned that, all is not well with Nigeria and things might continue to grow from bad to worse in the near future if urgent measures are not taken to address the...
Maj.-Gen. Abdusalami Ibrahim Ali, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigeria Army, Rukuba, near Jos, has called for concerted prayers for the army and other security agencies to tackle insecurity in the country. Ibrahim, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Brig.-Gen. David Kurmi, made the...
The Zamfara government says it has not embarked on negotiating with bandits to address security challenges bedeviling the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Nakwada disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. He noted that the present administration of Gov. Dauda Lawal had no...
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has promised to tackle security challenges currently facing the state and ensure lasting peace returns to all parts of the state. Muftwang said this while declaring opened the 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Alumni Association of National Institute (AANI) on Saturday in...
Gov. Agbu Kefas of Taraba has called on the traditional rulers in the state to support and cooperate with the government toward ending illegal mining and all forms of insecurity in the state. The governor made the call when he met with the traditional rulers on Friday in Jalingo....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with the mandate to engage in crisis information and communication management, has expressed its heartfelt delight over the appointment of the National Security Adviser (NSA), and a new set of Service Chiefs and the...
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has said that poverty, inequality and exclusion are fueling terrorism, which is posing complex and constant threat to peace and security.anto Guterres said this at the opening of the UN Third Counter-Terrorism week on Monday in New York. Addressing the delegates “at the forefront...
Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the Oba of Idofin and his Wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the traditional ruler, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni, and wife were said to be kidnapped along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5 p.m. Mr Abdulrasak...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has assured Nigerians that Labour party has the capacity to change the fortune the of Nigeria if elected in 2023. Obi, who spoke at the official flag off of...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Government is to formally submit an application to President Muhammadu Buhari this week for approval for licences to procure AK 47 and AK 49 riffles on behalf of the newly established Benue State Community Volunteer Guards. Governor Samuel Ortom made this...
The Speaker, Northern Youths Assembly of Nigeria(NYAN), Malam Mohammed Lawal, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to eliminate the raving menace of banditry and kidnappings in the north. Lawal, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, also emphasised the need for the northern governors to...
The ill-informed editorial in yesterday’s Daily Trust newspaper warrants a response. The authors are correct that Nigeria like every other country in the world is undergoing a period of hardship. But all and any suggestion that the Buhari administration is not leaving Nigeria in a better place than we...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd), has urged Muslims faithful to use the occasion of Eid-el-fitri celebration to prayer for end to security challenges bedeviling the country. Maj. Gen. Magashi made the call in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The 36 states governors under the auspices of The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have condemned the recent terrorists attack on Abuja-Kaduna train attack, stating that such violent attacks are becoming too many and it questions their collective capacity to govern. The governors, who condemned...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari on Sunday said his administration has established village security structure as part of efforts to tackle insecurity in the state, especially banditry. The governor disclosed this in Katsina when he received the APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, on a condolence visit over the recent...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the option of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Although he acknowledges the possibility of a political resolution, he believes the IPOB leader must answer for his actions over the years, especially while he was out...
Rep Dachung Bagos (PDP-Plateau), has advised the Federal Government to develop a practical and lasting solution to ending the lingering insecurity challenges facing the country. Bagos, representing Jos South and Jos East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency...