A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has disclosed that the social insecurity bedeviling the country has left 80,000 people dead and 3 million others displaced while an estimated six million illegal arms are currently in circulation. Abubakar, who is also the Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), raised the alarm on Wednesday at a dialogue session with key stakeholders in Abuja. The meeting was attended by traditional rulers including the Sultan...

In an obvious move to arrest and forestall a subsequent attack, the highest socio-cultural organization in southeast Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, disclosed that it would convene a meeting of Igbo leaders. The meeting is coming up on the heel of the attacks on Egedegede, Obiagu, and Nkaleha communities of Ebonyi State and some parts of Enugu State between Sunday and Monday nights by Fulani herdsmen. Over 22 innocents Nigerians were killed in the attack as the...