“Operation Restore Peace” —Buhari’s Government Fights Insecurity with Arrogance

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinion“Operation Restore Peace” —Buhari’s Government Fights Insecurity with Arrogance

PilotnewsMay 20, 2021

“Fulani elites who own the cattle should learn from the Igbo spare parts dealers and simply ranch their cattle.” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Yesterday, two key members of the Buhari government went full throttle unleashing untold abuse of public sensibilities to already distressed citizens of Nigeria. No less than Inspector General Usman Bala who is the Acting Inspector General of Police, and Abubakar Malami, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and the Attorney General of the Federation and...

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Threats On National Security Will Be Addressed – Attahiru

MilitaryNational SecurityThreats On National Security Will Be Addressed – Attahiru

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 19, 2021

The Chief of army staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army has pledged to reposition the army to effectively address the country’s security situation. Attahiru made this pledge on Tuesday while declaring open the first senior command and leadership seminar for brigade commanders and general officers commanding 2021 in Ibadan, Oyo state capital. According to him, the training is in line with his agenda as it training was organised for the senior officers to effectively deal...

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Nigerian Army Withheld Salaries Of 45 Soldiers

MilitaryNewsNigerian Army Withheld Salaries Of 45 Soldiers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 19, 2021

Authorities of the 7 Division Nigerian Army Maiduguri have withheld the salaries of 45 soldiers. According to sources, the soldiers, who were among the 149 troops of the 153 Task Force Battalion withdrawn from Marte, Borno State, after spending three years in counterinsurgency operations, were accused of abandoning their duty posts. A source said necessary changes were made and troops who served with the battalion were moved to different formations in Maiduguri before a new...

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Defence Headquarters Requires N825bn Annually To Fight Insecurity In Nigeria

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsDefence Headquarters Requires N825bn Annually To Fight Insecurity In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Director of Production, Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshall M. A. Yakubu says on Monday that the Defence Headquarters required $2bn (N825bn) annually to fight insecurity in the country. Yakubu revealed this in Abuja at the public hearing on the Armed Forces Support Trust Fund Bill, declared that the sources of funding which the bill recommended were inadequate to address the insecurity in the land. “Every year, how do we get our budget, capital...

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Nigerian Army Vows To Deal With Its Personnel Using Social Media To Subvert Authority

MilitaryNigerian Army Vows To Deal With Its Personnel Using Social Media To Subvert Authority

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 17, 2021

The Nigerian Army says that it has established mechanisms of responding to administrative issues and resorting to social media was not one of them, but vowed to deal severely with any of its personnel caught using social media to engage the authorities. Mohammed Yerima, Director of Army Public Relations said this in a statement on Saturday while reacting to a petition written to President Muhammadu Buhari by some Non-Commissioned Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers to...

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United Kingdom To Partner Nigeria In Military-To-Military Training

National SecurityNewsNigeriaUnited Kingdom To Partner Nigeria In Military-To-Military Training

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 16, 2021

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said that the United Kingdom (UK) is partnering with Nigeria in military-to-military training and other areas, amidst growing insecurity in the country occasioned by banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, and farmers/herders crisis. Speaking with Sunday Sun in Abuja on the United Kingdom-Nigeria bilateral ties, Laing said: “I would say it’s very strong and getting stronger and we have a long shared history, shared culture and many...

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We Are Ready To Support You In All Ways – Buhari Tells Chadian President

Foreign PolicyNewsWe Are Ready To Support You In All Ways – Buhari Tells Chadian President

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 15, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Chadian Transitional Leader that Nigeria will render assistance to the Republic of Chad to stabilize and return to constitutional order. President Buhari stated this on Friday at the State House when he received Lt. Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President, Transitional Military Council of Chad. “We are bound together by culture and geography, and we will help in all ways we can,” President Buhari told his visitor. “Nigerians...

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OPINION: Crisis in Mozambique is Grabbing the World’s Attention

AfricaNational SecurityOpinionOPINION: Crisis in Mozambique is Grabbing the World’s Attention

PilotnewsMay 14, 2021

By Michelle Gavin, Columnist and Blogger   As the insurgency in northern Mozambique continues to escalate, not only is the humanitarian crisis deepening, but the instability’s ripple effects are being felt far beyond Mozambique’s borders. Over 700,000 people in the region have been internally displaced, and nearly a million are facing severe hunger. Humanitarian appeals have struggled to attract sufficient funding, but developments in the region suggest that some elements of the crisis definitely have the world’s...

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Federal Government To Resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeFederal Government To Resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 14, 2021

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami says the Federal Government will soon resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu on Thursday in Abuja said the move is geared towards the Federal Government’s commitment to end insecurity in the country. The statement in part read that “The Federal Government is committed to ending insecurity in the country, and...

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ICPC Hunts Buhari’s Inlaw, Two Others Over $65m National Housing Funds

BusinessCorruptionLaw & JusticeICPC Hunts Buhari’s Inlaw, Two Others Over $65m National Housing Funds

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 14, 2021

ABUJA — The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission (ICPC) has declared Gimba Kumo, former managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria a son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, and two others wanted over alleged misappropriation of $65 million National Housing Funds. In the notice signed by its spokesperson Azuka Ogugua, the ICPC declared Mr. Kumo wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over the alleged fraud. “The persons whose pictures appear...

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