Security: We’re Taking Fight to Our Enemies as Army Recruits 17,000 – Buhari

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the gallant men and women of the military and other security agencies for recording “tremendous progress’’ in the ongoing battles against insurgents and bandits across the country. The president stated this in a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary, on Friday in Abuja. He attributed the successes being recorded by the security agencies to the acquisition of sophisticated weapons by the government. The president said already, thousands...

State Police Should Not Be Allowed – Zulum

KURU, (Plateau State) — Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state has said the decentralisation of state police will worsen the country’s security situation rather than fix it. According to the governor, the country is not matured enough for state police. Zulum said this while delivering a lecture at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau state. The lecture was entitled ‘Ungoverned Space and Insecurity in the Sahelian Region: Implications for Nigeria...

Governor Obiano Urges Anambra Residents to Join hands in Securing the State, Places N20 million Bounty for Useful Information on “Unknown Gunmen”

AWKA — The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has addressed the state yesterday evening, on the ongoing security concerns which are only reminiscent of the days preceding the Bakassi Boys experience in Anambra state. Within the week, activities of armed gangs called “unknown gunmen” have left no fewer than about ten people dead in a most gruesome manner across the state, with properties destroyed. In Nkpor, at least about five people were killed...

Court Stops FG from Retrying Orji Kalu over Alleged N7.1bn Fraud

ABUJA — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Federal Government from retrying the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, on the N7.1bn money laundering charge that was earlier preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a judgment delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, the court held that the Supreme Court did not in the verdict it gave on May 8, 2020, order the retrial of...

Poverty Is A Direct Cause Of Insecurity In Nigeria- Mrs. Zainab

KADUNA — The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has declared that poverty is a direct cause of insecurity in the country vis-à-vis the relationship that exists between governance, poverty, and insecurity. Ahmed, while delivering the 19th convocation lecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), titled, “The Governance, Security, and Development Nexus in Nigeria: Innovative Financing as an Essential Enabler,” on Thursday noted that insecurity, in turn, further exacerbates poverty and...

PDP Urges United Nations General Assembly To Query President Buhari Over Terrorism, Corruption, Others

NEW YORK — Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Friday address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, UNGA, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the world to query the President over his role in the escalation of terrorism, violation of rights, electoral malpractices, corruption, national division and economic ruin of Nigeria in the last six years. The party noted that the Buhari administration has violated the sanctity of human lives, freedom, respect...

Revealing Boko Haram Sponsors May Hinder Investigation – Malami

NEW YORK — The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has defended the decision of the government not to name the sponsor of terrorists in Nigeria at the moment. The AGF said that this is imperative in order not to jeopardise investigations. The Minister said this while addressing journalists in New York, according to a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Wednesday. The Federal Government has come under fire...

8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

MAIDUGURI — The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as...

ABUJA — The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), has urged Nigerians to report any unvaccinated person trying to procure a vaccination card. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the NPHCDA, made this appeal at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Shuaib stated that the agency is aware that some health workers are involved in the sale of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and is working to ensure that they are brought to book. He noted that...

FG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

ABUJA — Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson, has said that the naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism aren’t part of the federal government agenda. Adesina said this on Monday while speaking on the recent move by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during an interview on Channels Television. Last week, the UAE had placed six Nigerians on its terror list. The UAE said this was an effort to target and disrupt networks associated with the financing...

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