OPINION: In a Reversal, Nigeria Wants U.S. Africa Command Headquarters in Africa

Foreign PolicyNigeriaOpinionUnited StatesOPINION: In a Reversal, Nigeria Wants U.S. Africa Command Headquarters in Africa

PilotnewsMay 4, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   On April 27, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, in a virtual meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, requested that the United States move the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters from Stuttgart, Germany to Africa. The request marks a reversal of official Nigerian opposition—first made public twelve years ago—to AFRICOM plans to move to the continent. The shift likely reflects the conclusion that the security situation in West Africa and Nigeria is...

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NDLEA Raids Eateries in Plateau, Enugu, Uncovers Drug Cakes, Cocaine

Law & JusticeNewsNDLEA Raids Eateries in Plateau, Enugu, Uncovers Drug Cakes, Cocaine

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 3, 2021

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided some eateries in Jos, the Plateau capital, and recovered freshly baked cakes made with cannabis Sativa. The Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said additional 48.726 kilograms of assorted psychotropic substances were recovered. Babafemi added that some of the drug joints raided included KNL Lounge located along Lamingo road and another branch along Mining...

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FG Establishes Centre For The Control Of Small Arms, Light Weapons

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsFG Establishes Centre For The Control Of Small Arms, Light Weapons

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 3, 2021

The Federal Government has announced the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). The new centre will be domiciled in the office of the National Security Adviser and the government has appointed Retired Major General A.M Dikko as the pioneer Coordinator. This announcement was made on Monday in a statement signed by the Head of Strategic Communication, Office of the National Security Adviser, Zakariya Usman. Usman disclosed...

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Minister Expresses Concern On Attacks Of The Custodial Centres

National SecurityNewsNigeriaMinister Expresses Concern On Attacks Of The Custodial Centres

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 2, 2021

The Federal Government has expressed concerns about recent attacks on some of the facilities of the custodial centres by hoodlums and gunmen and declared the centres across the country ‘Red Zones’ to invaders. Minister of Interior, Ọgbẹni Rauf Arẹgbẹsọla who spoke while addressing Squadron Commanders of the Nigerian Correctional Service, in Abuja, during the weekend, charged them that they were armed and positioned to directly guard the centres and defend their integrity. “Earlier this month,...

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Benue Government Tackles Garba Shehu Over ‘Insensitive’ Statement

National SecurityNewsBenue Government Tackles Garba Shehu Over ‘Insensitive’ Statement

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 1, 2021

The response of the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu to Benue governor Samuel Ortom’s distress call was described as reckless and insensitive by the Benue state government. Terver Akase, Ortom’s aide said the state government is convinced the president was not aware of Shehu’s statement, as he would never have approved it. Shehu had called Benue governor disappointing after he asked that president Buhari declare a state of emergency on security in the country, identifying that...

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Niger State Government Vows To Deal With Anyone Caught Sharing Fake Videos

Law & JusticeNewsNiger State Government Vows To Deal With Anyone Caught Sharing Fake Videos

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 30, 2021

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy Niger State Mallam Mohammed Idris has warned that anyone caught sharing fake videos with a view to driving the state and its residents into panic shall be arrested and made to face the full wrath of the Law. The warning was contained in a statement released on Thursday, the Commissioner urged residents in the state to disregard a viral video of heavily armed gunmen purportedly moving into some parts...

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COVID-19 :European Union to Release $14. 5m To Nigeria

CoronavirusEuropeForeign PolicyCOVID-19 :European Union to Release $14. 5m To Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 30, 2021

The Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen says the Union will release $14. 5 million out of the €50 million promised to the Federal Government to assist in the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine this week. Karlsen, who addressed newsmen yesterday in Abuja, revealed that already €9 million grant had been released to boost the prevention and response to Coronavirus in Nigeria. “The EU is taking the lead in supporting partner...

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Insecurity in Nigeria is Politically Motivated – Akpabio

National SecurityNewsNigeriaInsecurity in Nigeria is Politically Motivated – Akpabio

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 29, 2021

Sen. Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, says the current security challenge facing the country has political undertone. Akpabio said this on Thursday in Abuja at the APC National Secretariat when he spoke with newsmen. “I think most of the problems are politically motivated. “So, we must use our binoculars to be able to look and identify the sponsors of the insecurity we are witnessing in the country. “What is happening now is not...

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Insecurity: Close Down National Assembly – Lawmakers

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaInsecurity: Close Down National Assembly – Lawmakers

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 28, 2021

Two aggrieved lawmakers have demanded that the National Assembly be shut down due to the worsening security situation in Nigeria. Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and Kogi West senator, Smart Adeyemi made this called during a debate on a motion on the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in three local governments in Niger State. The motion which was sponsored by a Niger state senator, Sani Musa was debated for over an hour with over...

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OPINION: Nigerian Government Minister’s Jihadi Statements Cause Uproar

National SecurityNigeriaOpinionOPINION: Nigerian Government Minister’s Jihadi Statements Cause Uproar

PilotnewsApril 28, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist & Blogger   Isa Pantami is minister of communications and digital economy in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Some years ago, in sermons and other statements, he used rhetoric about Christians and the West that mimics that of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He also fulsomely praised Osama bin Laden. Some years later, he apologized. Recently, however, those statements surfaced on social media. One Nigerian newspaper claimed that Pantami was on a U.S. government watch list for terrorists—a...

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