FG, South-East Stakeholders Enter Discussion on Insecurity in Enugu

National SecurityNigeriaFG, 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...

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U.S Condemns F.G’s Threat to Arrest, Prosecute Nigerians Using Twitter

Foreign PolicyNigeriaUnited 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...

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Insecurity: Northern Women Group Demands For National Conference

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...

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Buhari Asks Military, Police to Be Unsparing With Bandits

Crime & SecurityNational 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...

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Staying Together As One Nigeria Will Be Better Than Breaking Up – Obasanjo

National DevelopmentNational 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...

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National SecurityNewsNational 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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Sultan, Shariah Council Call for End to Indigene/Settlers’ Crisis

National SecurityNigeriaSultan, Shariah Council Call for End to Indigene/Settlers’ Crisis

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2021

ABUJA — Some prominent Nigerians attending a Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) organized symposium in Abuja have called for the resolution of the recurring indigene-settler crisis in the country, while reiterating that the unity of the nation was non-negotiable. They made the call on Friday, at a two-day symposium jointly organized with the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), under the theme: “Threat to the unity of...

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Insecurity: Air Chief Charges 1,100 Recruits on Protection of Nigeria’s Territorial Integrity

MilitaryNational SecurityNigeriaInsecurity: Air Chief Charges 1,100 Recruits on Protection of Nigeria’s Territorial Integrity

PilotnewsJune 4, 2021

KADUNA — The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, on Friday charged the 1,100 recruits of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) not to compromise in protecting and preserving the territorial integrity of the country. Amao gave the charge during the Passing Out Parade of the 1,100 Recruits of Basic Military Training Course 41 at the Military Training Center (MTC) NAF Base Kaduna. He said that they were graduating at a time when the...

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Law & JusticeNewsCadet Officer Of The Correctional Service Staff College, Kaduna Commit Suicide

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 3, 2021

KADUNA — A Cadet Officer, at the Correctional Service Staff College, Barnawa Kaduna Mansur Sulaiman has committed suicide. Spokesman of the college, ASC A.D Wadai in a statement said the sad and gory incident took place on June 2, 2021. The statement read “I wish to announce the unfortunate death of one of the Cadets of the 28th Assistant Superintendent of Corrections Basic Course, Correctional Service Staff College, Barnawa Kaduna, named, Cadet Mansur Suleiman in...

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Moghalu Condemns Tagging IPOB As Terrorists

National DevelopmentNational SecurityMoghalu Condemns Tagging IPOB As Terrorists

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 2, 2021

LAGOS — The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has called on the Federal Government to dialogue with secessionists. He believed that addressing the root causes of their agitations will help in dousing the tension in some parts of the country. The former Presidential Candidate made the call on Wednesday while appearing on Channels Television’s morning programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, he believes that the agitators felt marginalized and are demanding...

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