The Nigerian Army, 1 Div, Kaduna, says it has intensified training of its personnel to enhance their capacity and boost operations of the Division. The General Officer Commanding of the Division, Major General Kabir Mukhtar stated this in Kaduna on Monday at the meeting of the Division’s Operations Planning Cadre for year 2022. The General Officer Commanding was represented by Commander, 51 Signals, Brig-Gen, Adeleke Ayannuga. The the theme of the training is “Capacity Building towards Combat Effectiveness in a Joint Environment”. Muhktar said the Planning Cadre brought together, participants of…
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Insecurity: A’Ibom evacuates stranded citizens from Katsina
Akwa-Ibom State government has successfully evacuated 34 of her citizens, who were stranded in Katsina State, following heightened banditry and insurgency in some parts of the State. The victims, who arrived in Akwa Ibom at the weekend, were received by the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Dr. Ini Adiakpan, on behalf of the State government, at the Women Development Centre in Uyo. Addressing newsmen, Dr. Adiakpan said, “The attention of the state government was drawn to a viral video on social media where some displaced Akwa Ibom indigenes…
Read MoreKaduna Insecurity: Three soldiers, 2 vigilantes arrested for kidnapping while collecting ransom
Two Nigerian soldiers, Sergeant Alhaji Oloche and CPL Namo Daniel, attached to the Operation Yaki security outfit in Kaduna State, have been arrested for alleged kidnapping. The ‘Operation Yaki’ team comprises operatives from the Police, Army, Air Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC). Also arrested was another soldier attached to Headquarters 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, PTE Danladi Hadau, along with two vigilantes, identified as Mustapha Kasim and Ibrahim Mohammed. They were accused of abducting a resident of Dorayi village in Zaria LGA of the…
Read MoreInsecurity: South-East monarchs, bishops seek urgent meeting with Buhari
The joint body of South-East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops has flayed the Federal Government and State governors over their seeming lack of commitment in arresting insecurity in the region. Arising from its meeting in Enugu at the weekend, the group regretted that both the Presidency and the South-East governors had ignored their requests for meetings to find lasting solutions to the festering issue of insecurity in the zone. In a communiqué issued yesterday, the monarchs and religious leaders recalled how their intervention in…
Read MoreIPOB killings: ‘Is South-East becoming a failed zone?’ – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the South-East geo-political zones have lamented the resurgence of the activities of ominous unknown gunmen in recent weeks, describing it as becoming worrisome. Recall that gunmen of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) became a phenomenon in the zone in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests in 2020, got to an alarming height up till mid-2021, but began to show a downward curve before the end of the same year. However, with the recent incidents in some communities in the zone particularly Imo, Ebonyi, and lately Abia…
Read MoreBauchi Gov. raises alarm over unidentified helicopter hovering over Lame/Burra Reserve
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, yesterday, raised the alarm over the suspicious movement of an unknown helicopter operating around Lame-Burra Forest, in Toro local government area of the State. The governor had last Saturday, while flagging-of his administration’s empowerment programme in the area, expressed worries over the spate of insecurity in the local government area, which he said had defied every solution. According to him, the geographic position of the local government area, which made it share boundaries with the North-Central and North-West, made it a gateway for…
Read MoreInsecurity in Kaduna: “We can’t take it anymore”, Atyap community cries out
The President of Atyap Community Development Association, Comrade Samuel Achie, has lamented the killings and attacks in Atyap community in the Southern part of Kaduna State At a press conference at the Nigeria Union Of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, Kaduna, Achie said, “It is with a heavy heart that I again have to address you today on the on-going carnage of killings, maiming, destruction and displacement of communities being perpetrated on the Atyap land by forces of the terrorist militia. “While we have remained resolute in pursuing the peace initiated by…
Read MoreZamfara Gov. pledges new measures against security challenges, updates Buhari
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on current security developments in his state. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the governor assured that the security challenges facing the state would soon be over following the assurances he got from the president. According to him, new measures will be applied towards finding a lasting solution to the insecurity problem troubling the State. He said: “Whenever I initiate an action, I usually inform the President and I have been getting support from him. “So, now I have come…
Read MoreInsecurity: ‘Postpone 2022 National Census’, Northerners appeal to Buhari
Critical stakeholders of the North, led by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), which met under “Northern Leaders of Thought” in Kaduna, have strongly advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to postpone the planned 2022 National Census, considering a large number of displaced Nigerians and the proximity of the census to the 2023 elections. According to a communiqué issued by the Chairman, Communiqué Drafting Committee, Prof. D. D. D. Sheni, after a one-day meeting, with a theme: “Rebuilding the North”, the stakeholders urged key northern groups to engage others from the…
Read MoreOndo women protest half-naked over insecurity
Hundreds of women across four local government areas in Ondo State, yesterday, staged protests against the spate of insecurity in the area. It was gathered that the peaceful protests were staged in Oka-Akoko, Akungba-Akoko and some other Akoko towns. The protests were said to have been triggered by the recent kidnap of teachers by some bandits in Auga Akoko, the killing of a police officer by unknown gunmen at Oka-Akoko last week, and the attack of 17 travellers on Ifira-Akoko/Isua Akoko road by armed robbers, among others. Some of the…
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