Saraki Urges FG to Seek For Help On Insecurity

National SecurityNewsNigeriaSaraki Urges FG to Seek For Help On Insecurity

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 28, 2021

Former President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has advised the Federal Government to seek help wherever it could to address the escalating insecurity in the country. Saraki, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said that calling for help in the present situation of the country was not a sign of weakness. He said he was worried over cases of violence, kidnapping, and terrorism recorded on Monday in Anambra Kaduna, Yobe, Niger, Lagos states,...

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BREAKING: House of Reps Ask Buhari to Declare State of Emergency

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBREAKING: House of Reps Ask Buhari to Declare State of Emergency

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 27, 2021

The House of Reps has urged  President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria due to the surging insecurity. The legislators passed the resolutions on Tuesday after an executive session that lasted for about three hours. This latest legislative intervention is coming in the wake of the revelation by the Niger State governor, Abuabakar Bello, that Boko Haram terrorists are in control of territories in Kaure and Shiroro local governments of the...

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El-Rufa’i, Tambuwal Call for Collective Action to End Banditry

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaEl-Rufa’i, Tambuwal Call for Collective Action to End Banditry

PilotnewsApril 27, 2021

SOKOTO — Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal have stressed the need for states to cooperate in tackling the menace of banditry and kidnapping. The two governors took the stand in Sokoto when El-Rufai visited to condole with Tambuwal over the death of Hajiya Aishatu, the daughter of late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello. This is contained in a statement signed by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media...

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Bandits Forced 50 Villages to Desert Their Areas in Niger State

Boko HaramNational SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Forced 50 Villages to Desert Their Areas in Niger State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 27, 2021

The terror unleashed by bandits in various parts of Niger state has forced no fewer than 50 villages in five Local Government Areas to deserted their areas. Gov. Abubakar Bello made the disclosure on Monday in Minna while opening a two-day training workshop for local government directors and revenue officers with a theme: ‘Strategies for Enhancing Internally Generated Revenue of Local Governments in Niger State. The workshop was organized by the state Local Government Service...

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Pantami Not a Terrorist Sympathiser, Gumi Tells Nigerians

National SecurityNewsNigeriaRegionsPantami Not a Terrorist Sympathiser, Gumi Tells Nigerians

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 27, 2021

Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric has kicked against the dismissal of Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy over his pro-terrorist comments. A video of Pantami’s Islamic teachings from the 2000s where he sympathizes with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban resurfaced last week. The recording captured the minister admitting that he considered al-Qaeda founder, Osama Bin Laden, a better Muslim than himself, and in another, he said he was happy when infidels were massacred....

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Attacks in S/East: Nigeria Army Promise to Secure NYSC Camps, Lodges

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaAttacks in S/East: Nigeria Army Promise to Secure NYSC Camps, Lodges

PilotnewsApril 26, 2021

ENUGU — The Nigerian Army has pledged to protect all orientation camps and corps lodges of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the South-East amidst current insecurity in the zone. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 82 Division of the Nigeria Army in Enugu State, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, gave the assurance in Enugu on Monday when the Director of the South East Area Office of NYSC, Mrs. Ngozi Nwatarali, visited him. Lagbaja requested...

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We Are Not Responsible For The Attack On Uzodinma’s Home – IPOB

National SecurityNewsNigeriaWe Are Not Responsible For The Attack On Uzodinma’s Home – IPOB

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 26, 2021

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group has dissociated itself from the recent attack on the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma’s country home. The spokesperson of the group, Emmanuel Powerful described those linking the incident to the group as liars, adding that neither IPOB nor the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was responsible for the incident. “They are liars, and they are not saying the truth,” Powerful said during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday...

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Stop Blame Game, Seek Help On Insecurity – Soyinka Tells FG

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaStop Blame Game, Seek Help On Insecurity – Soyinka Tells FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 26, 2021

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has asked the Federal Government to seek help where needed to regain peace in the country and find a lasting solution without making Nigerians victims. The Nobel Laureate made the call in a statement while reacting to the killings going on across the country by bandits, terrorists, and other gunmen in the country. According to him, these gunmen have sacrificed and traumatized the youths in the country and beyond what...

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Senator Ndume Reacts To Arrest Of Some Bureau De Change Operators

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSenator Ndume Reacts To Arrest Of Some Bureau De Change Operators

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2021

ABUJA — The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume had expressed concern why the Federal Government will choose to cover the identities of the suspects, noting that he underwent the same experience in an open court for six years before his eventual vindication. The lawmaker who spoke in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday was reacting to the recent arrest of some Bureau De Change (BDC) operators,...

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Pastor Kumuyi Warns Against Unguarded Utterances

National SecurityNewsNigeriaRegionsPastor Kumuyi Warns Against Unguarded Utterances

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2021

ABUJA — The founder of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has warned against the call for secession in Nigeria. Kumuyi spoke while addressing journalists after his crusade in Abuja on Sunday warned that secession has a way of hampering God from solving Nigeria’s challenges. “The point is these people that received this divine touch they did not give up, did not think is all over, they knew that God can still do something,...

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