Anambra New CP Tony Olofu Decries Attacks, Public Disturbance Across the State

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityAnambra New CP Tony Olofu Decries Attacks, Public Disturbance Across the State

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 1, 2021

AWKA — The Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command, CP Tony Olofu has called for collaboration between police and other security agencies to deal with criminal elements endangering the security of Anambra residents. Two days ago, CP Tony Olofu visited scenes of the various attacks by armed gangs and pledged to “decisively deal with the perpetrators”. Over the cause of the week, series of security breaches that have taken place within the state has become...

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Twenty Six Condemned Inmates Got Life Imprisonment In Ondo

Law & JusticeNewsTwenty Six Condemned Inmates Got Life Imprisonment In Ondo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 1, 2021

AKURE, (ONDO STATE) — Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has granted state pardon to 26 condemned inmates on death row in the State. The condemned inmates were convicted by various courts in the State and awaiting execution to life imprisonment. The affected convicts were said to have earned the Governor’s Prerogative of Mercy after they were discovered to have shown remorse and had been of good conduct at the correctional centres. According to a...

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Nigeria@61: Governor Fintiri Set 15 Inmates Free

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria@61: Governor Fintiri Set 15 Inmates Free

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 1, 2021

YOLA — Fifteen (15) inmates serving prison terms in various Correctional Facilities across Adamawa State have regain freedom. Solomon Kumangar, Director- General Media and Communications Government House Yola in a statement said Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri granted the pardoned in commemoration of Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary. According to the statement, the fifteen (15) inmates are serving various prison terms in Numan, Yola and New Custodial Centres. The statement read in part: “The Governor acting on the...

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Nigerian Navy Deploys Over 570 Officers To North To Combat Security Challenges

MilitaryNational SecurityNigerian Navy Deploys Over 570 Officers To North To Combat Security Challenges

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 1, 2021

KANO — In an effort to combat terrorism, banditry, and other security challenges in the North, the Nigerian Navy has deployed over 570 officers to join the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in various operations. Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo stated this during a webinar on Open Ears Conference organised to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence. He said the Logistics College the Service recently established in Kano was...

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

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaSecurity: We’re Taking Fight to Our Enemies as Army Recruits 17,000 – Buhari

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2021

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...

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State Police Should Not Be Allowed – Zulum

National SecurityNewsPoliceState Police Should Not Be Allowed – Zulum

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 30, 2021

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...

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

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

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 30, 2021

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...

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

CorruptionLaw & JusticeCourt Stops FG from Retrying Orji Kalu over Alleged N7.1bn Fraud

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 30, 2021

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...

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

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

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 24, 2021

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...

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

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityPoliticsPDP Urges United Nations General Assembly To Query President Buhari Over Terrorism, Corruption, Others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 24, 2021

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...

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