Tag: insecurity
OBJ, Jonathan meet over insecurity in Nigeria
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan met today in Abuja to discuss nation’s…
Libya gives up hosting 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Libya surrendered its right to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, blaming the decision on the worsening…
Ihejirika calls for deployment of soldier to borders
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), on Saturday called for the deployment of military personnel to the…
FG advises stakeholders to tighten security in schools
The Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, on Friday urged stakeholders in the education sector to take strict security…
Insecurity: Zazzau emirate cancels Sallah durbar
The Zazzau Emirate Council in Kaduna state, on Saturday announced the cancellation of Eid-El-Fitr durbar and all other festivities in…
Apapa Gridlock, Threat To Security
Kazeem Ugbodaga In the wake of nationwide insecurity, the Commandant of the Nigerian Navy Security, NNS Beecroft, Ovenseri Uwadiae, says…
Jonathan Can’t End Boko Haram —Pastor Oritsejafor
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Only religious leaders, not President Goodluck Jonathan, can end the insecurity pervading the country, especially the northern region.…
Insecurity: UPP exonerates Jonathan of blame
Chief Chekwas Okorie, National Chairman, United Progressive Party (UPP), on Tuesday exonerated President Goodluck Jonathan of blame in the current…
Immigration intensifies efforts on air border patrol
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said on Wednesday that it would rehabilitate its old aircraft to resume air border patrol…
Military to partner stakeholders to curb insecurity
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, said on Friday that the military would cooperate with…
Insecurity: Traditional ruler suggests inter-marriage
Peter Angbazo, District Head of Wakama in Nasarawa State, on Thursday called for inter-tribal marriage among Nigerians as a way…
President Jonathan meets Malian President, Senegalese Clerics
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday met with the President of Mali, Muhammadou Keita in continuation of consultations to solve the…
Invest in surveillance technology, Expert tells FG
Security expert, Dr Philip Ujomu of the University of Benin, has appealed to the Federal Government to invest more in…
Insecurity: Jonathan meets Malian leader, Senegalese Clerics
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday met with the President of Mali, Muhammadou Keita in continuation of consultations to solve the…
Insecurity: Lawmaker urges recruitment of policemen
Lagos State lawmaker, Abdulbaqi Balogun, on Tuesday called for recruitment of more policemen and other security operatives to tackle Nigeria’s…
Chibok Girls: Ugandan President Mocks Jonathan
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni has mocked Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan over the worsening insecurity occasioned by terrorism in Nigeria. Museveni,…
Tenure Extension: Confab Boss Disowns Delegate’s Demand
The Chairman of the 2014 National Conference, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, and other Principal Officers have dissociated themselves from comments…
Insecurity: FIRS shuts three offices
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has shut three of its offices in Adamawa because of insurgency, NAN said. The…
Bomb Blast, Abducted Girls And Insecurity In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare The spate of insecurity in the country is becoming very alarming. While we are yet to come…
A Nation Adrift
International monitoring agencies occasionally rate how well or unhealthy a nation fares. Whether it is the Human Development Index, HDI,…
National Confab: Face security issues, says Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has called on delegates at the national conference to concentrate on matters that will improve…
Bi-Partisan Meeting On Security, Good Step But…
For about the first time, President Goodluck Jonathan, governors of the 36 states of the federation and all members of…
Nigerian Rebasing And The Making Of A Phantom Economy
By Peter Claver Oparah And so storm tossed and weather beaten Nigerians woke up on Saturday, 5 April to hear…
Insecurity And Structural Injustice In Nigeria
By Femi G. Oguntoyinbo I was disheartened to read about the 17-year old boy who was beaten to death by…
Anambra Has Lost 5,000 Companies —Ngige
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 14 November governorship election holding in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria, Senator…
Jonathan Has Failed —Mrs Fawehinmi
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has failed Nigeria and should be defeated in 2015, and his wife, Patience, has made things…
Women As Change Agents In An Emerging World
By Ijeoma Ogbonna As the impact of the worst global economic crisis is being felt the world over, one of…
INSECURITY: Military Seeks Civilian Support
The Chief of Defence Staff, Adm. Ola Ibrahim, on Monday in Abuja solicited the cooperation of the civilian population to…
News Analysis: The entire country needs a state of emergency
By Bayo Onanuga President Goodluck Jonathan, ignoring a last minute dissuasion by Nigerian Governors Forum, has slammed a state of…
Insecurity: Jonathan No More In Charge -Aturu
Human rights activist, Comrade Bamidele Aturu says President Goodluck Jonathan has lost control of the nation as high wave of…