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Escalating Insecurity: Over 1,000 killed by security forces, 242 police officers slain amid ₦12.6tr spending

July 27, 2025July 27, 2025 Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s multi-layered security crisis has taken on a deeply troubling dimension, with recent data revealing a dual tragedy: 824 civilians have been killed by security forces, while 242 police officers have died in violent attacks by non-state actors between 2023 and mid-2025. This grim reality comes despite the Nigerian government’s allocation of over ₦12.6 trillion to the defence and security sector since 2009. A joint analysis by SBM Intelligence, through the Police Fatality Tracker and Security Force Brutality Report, documents 598 incidents of state-led violence against civilians from October 2020…

Insecurity: NEF urges Tinubu to declare ‘state of emergency’ in North

June 29, 2025June 29, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a ‘state of emergency’ in northern Nigeria following worsening insecurity. In a statement issued by its spokesperson Prof. Abubakar Jiddere, the NEF condemned the killing of over 20 soldiers in Bangi, Niger State, describing it as proof that terrorists have declared war on the nation and that security in the North has collapsed. “The North is drowning in blood while the government fails in its duty to protect lives,” Jiddere said, warning that continued inaction could provoke…

CDS unveils 800 Special Forces to battle insecurity nationwide

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Aminu Imam

In a decisive move to tackle Nigeria’s growing security threats, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has announced that over 800 specially trained troops will be deployed to key operational areas across the country within a week. Gen. Musa made the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja, during the opening of the Defence Training Conference 2025, themed: “Performance Oriented Training and Trends in the Contemporary Operating Environment”. The move follows a surge in attacks on travellers and mass killings, particularly in Benue, Plateau, and Edo States. The National…

Worsening Insecurity: Concerns mount, as killers hide in forests across Nigeria

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Citizens demand action Aminu Imam Nigeria’s insecurity crisis continues to deepen, as armed criminals launch deadly attacks and abductions from forest hideouts across the country. The recent killing of Chibuzor Nkoro in Imo State and the abduction of passengers in his car is just one of many brutal incidents now common nationwide. Communities in Plateau, Benue, and the South-East remain under siege. Despite billions spent on security and the deployment of Tucano fighter jets, citizens question the effectiveness of current efforts. In response, President Bola Tinubu has launched the National…

“150 million Nigerians affected by insecurity” – NSA Ribaɗu

May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 Aminu Imam

At least 150 million Nigerians have been affected by insecurity, the National Security Adviser, (NSA) Nuhu Ribaɗu, has revealed. Ribaɗu disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)between the National Counter Terrorism Centre and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. The agreement aims to promote agribusiness and livelihood empowerment for communities impacted by terrorism and violent extremism. The NSA said insecurity has had a devastating impact on agriculture, which remains the primary occupation for most Nigerians. He further said, “Security is the biggest problem…

Insecurity: ‘Foreign herders behind attacks in Benue, Plateau, others’ — DHQ

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Defence Headquarters, (DHQ), has said that the violent attacks on local communities and killings of farmers in Plateau, Benue and other States in the Middle-Belt are perpetrated by foreign herders. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major-Gen. Markus Kangye, stated this on Thursday while fielding questions from newsmen on the identities of armed herders attacking farming communities in Nigeria. Recall that communities in the Plateau and Benue valley have come under a series of attacks by armed herders, who have killed hundreds of farmers and rendered thousands homeless, most of…

Insecurity: “FG drifting into realm of mis-governance” – CNG

January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), says it is deeply saddened by the recent incidents that have “once again brought sorrow and grief to our communities in Northern Nigeria”. In a statement issued by the CNG’s spokesman, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, extended its condolences to the peoples and governments of Borno and Zamfara States over the loss of lives in two events. Charanchi said in Borno State, the heinous killing of 40 farmers by suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Kukawa local government area,…

Northern Nigeria�s existence in next five years uncertain – ACF

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Says region�s insecurity out of control The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed fear that banditry and insurgency have gone out of control in Northern Nigeria to the extent that it may threaten the cohesive existence of the entire region in the next five years. The ACF’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT), Alhaji Bashir Muhammad ?alhatu, has expressed the Forum�s concern over the current insecurity in the North, and warned that banditry and general insecurity have posed serious threat to the survival of the region. ?alhatu issued the…

Escalating Insecurity: “I warned against danger of radicalising bandits” – Sheikh Gumi

September 2, 2024September 2, 2024 Aminu Imam

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has restated his warning about the dangers of the radicalisation of bandits. In a post on his Facebook page at the weekend, Sheikh Gumi shared a video showing bandits celebrating and chanting in Arabic, highlighting his earlier cautionary stance on the issue. Sheikh Gumi wrote: �Initially, bandits were fighting an ethnic war that could be resolved. I warned that if the kinetic (approach) is intensified, they will turn into ideologically-motivated guerilla warfare; nobody listened�. He noted the shift in the nature of the…

Escalating Insecurity: Senators lampoon security agencies

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 Aminu Imam

…Amid allegations of diversion of funds by Service Chiefs The escalating security situation across Nigeria topped agenda at the National Assembly yesterday, as the lawmakers expressed shock over the heinous suicide bombing attacks that took place in Gwoza town, Borno State on Saturday. At the red chamber, debates at the plenary were on for several hours, with the lawmakers declaring that the country was on fire because its security system had collapsed. The lawmakers blamed the recent suicide bombings in Gwoza town in Borno State on failure of intelligence on…