Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Security forces have uncovered a plot by insurgents to infiltrate the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), using tinted vehicles and covered plate numbers, THISDAY…
Tag: Insecurity
EZEKWESILI CHALLENGES BUHARI TO TELL NIGERIANS WHO IS BEHIND SOUTH EAST ATTACKS
Insecurity: ‘Tell Nigerians the truth about South East attacks’- Oby Ezekwesili confronts Buhari Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to tell Nigerians the…
INSECURITY IN NIGERIA IS COMPLEX-BRITISH MINISTER
File image By Victoria Ojeme British Minister for Africa, James Duddridge on Tuesday said that violence on Nigerians by the terrorist Boko Haram sect is a complex phenomenon that requires…
INSECURITY: 6 SOUTH SOUTH GOVERNORS SET UP COMMITTEE TO WORK OUT MODALITIES FOR JOINT SECURITY OUTFIT
Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt A committee to work out the framework for the establishment of a Southsouth security outfit has been constituted by the six governors of the zone.…
NEW SERVICE CHIEFS ARRIVE MAIDUGURI, MEET STAKEHOLDERS ON HOW TO TACKLE WAR ON BOKO HARAM
The new service chiefs have arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to meet with critical stakeholders to brainstorm on how to tackle insurgency in the theatre of war. The Chief…
ONLY GOD CAN END INSECURITY SAYS BUHARI’S AIDE ADESINA
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Nigerians who fail to commit the security situation into the hands of God could…
BUHARI REMAINS CLUELESS AS CRIMINALS OVERRUN NIGERIA- PUNCH EDITORIAL
IF anyone still doubted that criminals have overrun parts of Nigeria, the audacious bandits that stormed Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11 and ferried away over…
GANDUJE LAMENTS KILLING OF 16 KANO INDIGENES ON ABUJA- KADUNA HIGHWAY
Governor Ganduje of Kano State has expressed shock over the killing of 16 Dambatta indigenes by gunmen while on the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The governor also commiserated with the families of…
36 GOVERNORS SILENT AFTER MEETING WITH BUHARI OVER INSECURITY
The 36 states’ governors, on the platform of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, on Tuesday, kept sealed lips after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting,…
NASS SET FOR SHOWDOWN WITH BUHARI OVER SERVICE CHIEFS TENURE
The refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the service chiefs despite repeated calls by the National Assembly and other eminent Nigerians will be the major point of discussion when…
SERVICE CHIEFS WANT TO LEAVE BUT BUHARI HAS REFUSED TO OKAY THEIR RETIREMENT – FAYEMI
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Sunday said some of the current Service Chiefs are desirous of retiring but have refused…
KIDNAPPERS NOW GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO ABDUCT VICTIMS UP NORTH -SULTAN OF SOKOTO
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has condemned the incessant killings by bandits in the Northern part of the country. Abubakar,…
3 KILLED AS BANDITS TAKE OVERBABUJA-KADUNA, ZARIA FUNTUA ROADS
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Hours after they were repelled and prevented by security operatives from kidnapping travelers, bandits, on Tuesday descended on Maigiginya community in Igabi Local Government Area of…
12 KILLED UN KADUNA AS BANDITS ATTACK COMMUNITY
FILE: Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Some bandits have attacked Albasi village in Sabon Brinin in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State and killed…
1 SHOT AS KIDNAPPERS OPERATE ALONG ABUJA-KADUNA EXPRESSWAY, SEE PICS
Reports from Kaduna states that a kidnapping operation occurred along the Abuja Kaduna Expressway today. The raid reportedly occurred at Akilubu, After Doka Community in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna…
VILLAGE HEAD, 12 OTHERS KILLED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN KADUNA
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Gunmen suspected to be bandits terrorising Birnin-Gwari and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna have killed reportedly no fewer than 12 persons and injured eight others…
PANIC IN ABUJA AS GUNMEN INVADE LIFE CAMP AND ENVIRONS
Abuja Residents Panic As Gunmen Invade Life Camp And Environs A resident of life camp Gwarinpa is recovering after surviving multiple gunshots fired at his car. Nigerians, and particularly Abuja…
KIDNAPPERS, ROBBERS TAKE OVER ABUJA COMMUNITY
By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja Residents of Pegi, a satellite community of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, cannot afford to sleep with both eyes closed on account of the unhealthy…
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MANAGEMENT RAISES ALARM OVER SECURITY RISK, SAYS TERRORISTS MAY ATTACK COMPLEX
The management of the National Assembly Complex has raised the alarm that terrorists may strike at the complex. A top management official of the complex yesterday said: “Yes! We have…
INSECURITY: SERVICE CHIEFS DON’T ASK FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY MEET BUHARI- FEMI ADESINA
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that Nigeria’s security chiefs are not complaining or requesting for military equipment. He said that…