Tag: insecurity
Insecurity: Fayemi calls for collaborative efforts
Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, on Thursday declared that only collaborative approach by all…
Family of DELSU student killed by ritualists get N6m
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday presented a cheque of N6 million to the parents of late Elozino Ogege,…
Group warns Rivers youths to shun crime
The Andoni Youth Coalition (AYC), a pressure group in Rivers, has urged youths in the state, especially of Andoni extraction…
Insecurity: Read what Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told Nigerians in New York
This is what Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told the Nigerian community in New York on the spate of kidnappings, armed…
Fight against insecurity, collective efforts – NAF Officer
The Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Ground Training Command, Enugu, AVM Idi Amin, says the fight…
Insecurity: Our locally produced tactical vehicles will help Nigeria – Army
The Nigerian Army says light tactical vehicles and other weapons being locally produced by its company, Nigerian Army Vehicle Manufacturing…
Cultism: The New Face of Insecurity in Anambra
By Chimezie Anaso The menace of cultism has been identified as a major threat in Anambra, a state that prides…
Zamfara Reps member promises to prioritise security
A member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Kabiru Mai-palace, says he will tackle problems of insecurity and unemployment in…
Oil theft, insecurity: JTF Commander seeks media support
The Joint Task Force (JTF), deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta, on Tuesday enlisted the support of…
Halt growing insecurity in Abia, CLO urges Ikpeazu
Chairman of the Civil Liberties Organisation, Aba chapter, Dr. Charles Chinekezi, has appealed to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia to…
Insecurity: Osun Governor meets Buratai
The Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, told the Chief of Army Staff , Lt.- Gen. Tukur Buratai, to speed…
Insecurity: Seek military’s help, South-West APC tells CPs
Worried by the rising spate of kidnapping and other forms of criminality in the region which used to be very…
Southwest Governors to hold Summit to address insecurity
Worried about the growing spate of insecurity in the region, Governors of the south west zone have decided to hold…
Insecurity: Kano State Govt. cancels traditional sallah event
The Kano State Government has cancelled the annual traditional Sallah event popularly known as ‘Hawan Nassarawa, slated for Thursday, June…
Oyo must not slip back to insecurity, Laosun warns Makinde
The African Action Congress (AAC) governorship candidate in Oyo State during the 2019 general elections, Mr Akinwale Laosun, has urged…
Insecurity: Zamfara Governor leads operation against bandits
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Sunday led security agencies in the state on an operation against bandits in their…
Agbaje: These are dangerous times, what Buhari should do on insecurity
t’s mind boggling. It is very scary in terms of the level, intensity and the complexities. This is a very…
Ndume tasks Buhari on tackling insecurity
Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), has urged President Muhammadu Bauhari to accord priority attention to addressing security challenges facing the country,…
Decades of neglect, resource mismanagement led Nigeria to poverty, insecurity – Buhari
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lamented that decades of neglect and resource mismanagement have led the nation into deep…
End insecurity in Rivers or reject another oath of office, Peterside charges Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has again been charged to buckle his belt and fight insecurity in the state against…
Insecurity: ‘I need more time to disclose spending on security votes,’ Al-Makura tells SERAP
The governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has responded to a Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and…
Insecurity: Muslim group lauds Buhari’s achievements
A Muslim group, Da’wah and Guidance Bureau of Nigeria (DGBN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the achievements in the…
JNI calls for prayers over worsening insecurity, poverty
The Jama’tu Nasril Islam (JNI), has called on Muslims in the country to use the period of the Ramadan to…
UNGA President arrives Nigeria, meets Buhari over insecurity
Ms Maria Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly arrived Abuja on Monday on a working visit to Nigeria,…
Zamfara killings: Arewa youths protest over insecurity
The Coalition of Northern Nigerian Youths Associations, under the umbrella of Arewa Youths Federation, on Monday held a peaceful protest…
Insecurity: Acting IGP seeks Zamfara traditional rulers’ support
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammad Adamu, has appealed to traditional rulers in Zamfara to support security agencies with…
Insecurity: Chadian President wants CEN-SAD Secretariat relocated from Libya
President Idris Deby Itno of Chad on Saturday in N’Djamena, advocated for the relocation of the Secretariat of the Community…
Insecurity: Lawmaker seeks reform of police, judicial systems in Nigeria
Rimamnde Shawulu, Chairman, House of Reps. Committee on Army, says reforming the police and judicial systems is the antidote to…
FG approves N27.4bn for victims of conflicts, insecurity, flooding
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N27.4 billion as intervention funds for states affected by conflicts, insecurity and…
Insecurity: 32,000 Cameroonians take refuge in Nigeria – UN
The UN has said that no fewer than 32,000 Cameroonians fleeing insecurity and violence are currently taking refuge in Nigeria.