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Law & Justice NigeriaNigeria Has 2,956 Inmates On Death Row

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 14, 2021

ABUJA — The federal government is planning a process of commuting the sentences of inmates who have been on death row for over 10 years to life imprisonment. Findings by LEADERSHIP showed that Nigeria now has 2,956 inmates on death row, a shift from the 2,742 recorded in 2019. The number of condemned male inmates is put at 2,903 while females make up the remaining 53. While the number which initially stood at 1,606 in...

National Security PoliticsShi’ites Join June 12 Protest in Abuja

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 13, 2021

ABUJA — Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) often referred to as Shi’ites joined the June 12 protesters in Abuja to agitate for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday. While Nigeria celebrated Democracy Day, protesters stormed the city’s highway to kick against bad governance under the Buhari administration. The Shi’ites, who have been protesting the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, IMN leader joined in the June 12 protest. The protestors alongside...

Foreign Policy National SecurityInsecurity: UK FCDO to Partner With FG to Restore Peace in Northeast

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 12, 20211

The office of the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development (FCDO) has promised to work with donor partners and the Nigerian government to restore peace in the Northeast. The representative of UK FCDO, Paul Nyulaku, indicated this on Friday at the Northeast conflict management and stabilisation (NECMS) programme held in Abuja. Speaking at the event, the FCDO representative said peacebuilding is crucial in regions devastated by insecurity. He also admitted that insurgency limits the growth...

National Security NigeriaSouth East Leaders Call On FG To Address Marginalization Of Ndigbo, Herdsmen Menace

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 12, 2021

ENUGU — The Minister of Defence, Retired Major General Bashir Magashi on Friday during a consultative meeting with South East leaders in Enugu has expressed the commitment of government in restoring peace, unity and stability in the nation. Magashi, the leader of the FG delegation disclosed this to newsmen at the rise of a closed-door meeting with Governors, political religious and traditional rulers of the five states of the South East; on the security challenges...

National Security NigeriaFG, South-East Stakeholders Enter Discussion on Insecurity in Enugu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 11, 2021

ENUGU — The Federal Government delegation and South-East stakeholders on Friday, met in Enugu to brainstorm on the best ways to end the ongoing security crisis in the region and Nigeria at large. The delegation led by the Defence Minister, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd.) was locked in deliberation with the South-East stakeholders and security heads at the Enugu Government House. Magashi said the issues raised at the meeting comprised, instability and criminality affecting the...

Foreign Policy Nigeria United StatesU.S Condemns F.G’s Threat to Arrest, Prosecute Nigerians Using Twitter

PilotnewsJune 10, 2021

ABUJA — The United States government has condemned the ongoing suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government and subsequent threats to arrest and prosecute Nigerians who use Twitter. The U.S Department of States in a statement issued by its spokesperson made this known on Thursday. The United States has likewise expressed concerns that the Nigerian National Broadcasting Commission ordered all television and radio broadcasters to cease using Twitter. This the U.S noted is unduly restricting...

National SecurityInsecurity: Northern Women Group Demands For National Conference

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 10, 2021

Jam’iyyar Mayan Arewa (JMA), Northern women group has called for a national conference or referendum to address the spate of insecurity, killings, and banditry ravaging parts of the country, especially the North. Since the emergence of Boko Haram in 2009, Nigeria has variously suffered spates of attacks, insurgency, banditry, but recently the insecurity has become heightened with kidnapping and killings coupled with threats of secession in the South followed by the killing of Northerners and...

Crime & Security National SecurityBuhari Asks Military, Police to Be Unsparing With Bandits

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 10, 2021

ABUJA — In an effort to tackle the security situation, Nigeria President, Mohammed Buhari said the military and police have been ordered to be ruthless with terrorists, bandits, and any outlaw gang disrupting the sanity of the territory. Buhari who spoke on terrorism in the country during an interview with Arise TV station on Thursday admitted that insecurity has scaled up, especially in the northern regions. “Problem in the north-west; you have people over there...

National Development National SecurityStaying Together As One Nigeria Will Be Better Than Breaking Up – Obasanjo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 9, 2021

ABEOKUTA — Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said Nigerians would fare better staying together than break up. Obasanjo stated this in Abeokuta at his investiture as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyor (NIS) organized by the Ogun chapter of the Body of Fellows of the NIS. The elder statesman called on agitators for the disintegration of the country to shelve the idea and work for the oneness of the country. According to...

National Security NewsNational Security Adviser Orders Shutdown Of Illegal Security Outfits

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 8, 2021

ABUJA — The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has ordered the immediate shutdown of illegal security outfits across the country. In a statement by the Head of Strategic Communication in the Office of the NSA, Z. M. Usman warned against the use of such outfits to harass, intimidate and extort Nigerians. The statement read in part “The Office of the National Security Adviser has directed the immediate dismantling of all illegal security...

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