The federal government should be held liable, if Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue state is assassinated, according to the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. He noted that an assassination of the governor could plunge the country into another civil war. He stated this while reacting to the attack on Ortom’s life by suspected herdsmen on Saturday. WAP had reported how, suspected herdsmen, launched an attack on the convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom at Tyo-mu...

Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ahmed Audi says persons involved in banditry and similar criminal activities receive sponsorship from international circles. The country in recent times, witnessed a rise in the activities of bandits, especially with the mass abduction of schoolchildren in the northern part of the country for ransom. Audi who spoke during training for state commandants of the agency in Abuja stated that the country is experiencing “asymmetric...