Tag: Insecurity

How terrorists named Nigerian governors, Senators, Aso Rock officials as sponsors – Ex-military officer reveals

Aminu Imam

Some of them are governors now, some of them are in the Senate, some of them are in Aso Rock. A former Nigerian Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, has questioned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to probe high-profile politicians whom Boko Haram terrorists named as their sponsors during interrogation. Olawunmi, who spoke yesterday, when he featured on a television programme, condemned Tuesday’s attack by bloodthirsty bandits on the Kaduna campus of Nigeria’s foremost military university, the Nigerian Defence Academy, (NDA), where two military officers were killed and another kidnapped.…

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14 killed, houses burnt as Southern Kaduna boils again 

Aminu Imam

No fewer than fourteen people have been killed in a fresh attack at Mado village, Mabushi, in Atyap chiefdom of Zangon-Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. According to reports, some houses were torched in the attack, which was launched on Saturday night. Speaking to newsmen on the development, the Chairman, Atyap Chiefdom Peace and Security Partnership Committee, John Bala Gora, wondered the reason for the incessant attacks despite efforts at restoring peace. He also renewed his appeal to security operatives to redouble efforts to secure the “defenceless and peace-loving…

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Plateau: 3 UNIJOS students killed, 2 missing in commuters’ attack – NANS

Aminu Imam

At least three students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been feared killed while two others are declared missing following the attack on commuters along Rukuba Road which led to the death of over 20 travellers on Saturday. The chairman of the UNIJOS chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), Comrade Jeremiah Matthew Dalong, disclosed this yesterday. According to him, two of their students have been declared missing, stressing that they have not been seen since the crisis broke out in Jos the Plateau State capital. He…

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4.4 million People in Northern Nigeria at extreme risk of catastrophic food insecurity – UN

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres says an estimated 4.4 million people, including internally displaced people, are expected to face critical food shortages, with 775,000 people being at extreme risk of catastrophic food insecurity. According to him, the organisation has established a task force in collaboration with other aid organisations to address food insecurity in Northern Nigeria. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, disclosed this in a briefing to Correspondents at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. Dujarric was quoted as saying “a quick note from our…

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Katsina: 10 LGAs under siege by bandit, kidnappers – Gov. Masari

Aminu Imam

…Urges military to deploy technology against criminals Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has reviewed the precarious security situation in his state, lamenting that at least 10 of the state’s 34 Local Government Areas are currently under siege by bandits and other violent criminals. “Ten out of the 34 LGAs in Katsina State are under attack daily by bandits; with this situation in mind, there is no way we can sleep”, Gov. Masari told the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen., Farouk Yahaya,  yesterday at the Government House. According to the…

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Hunters expel Fulani men, women attempting to enter Adamawa town

Aminu Imam

Hunters in Ganye local government area of Adamawa State have turned back a group of 107 Fulani migrating to Toungo LGA of the State. Picture caption: The migrating Fulani families intercepted in Ganye town. Eye witnesses told newsmen that the hunters stationed at a checkpoint in Ganye town had intercepted a trailer conveying families comprising five men, 32 women and 70 children in the early hours of Monday. Upon interrogation, the men, who identified themselves as heads of the families, claimed to be migrating from Doma in Nassarawa State to…

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Insecurity: Army Chief tasks middle cadre officers on competence, good conduct

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has urged candidates of the 2021 Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination (SSCQE) to uphold the standard and promote competence, diligence and good conduct.Yahaya made the call while addressing 257 Mid-level cadre officers of the Nigerian Army between the ranks of Major and Captain in Jaji, Kaduna State.The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.The COAS said the exams would not only qualify the candidates for senior staff course, but would also have a long…

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Taraba 30-day ultimatum: Fulani leaders visit Muri Emir, take oath to weed out killer herdsmen 

Aminu Imam

The leadership of Fulani herders in Taraba State has pledged to weed out criminal elements among them within five months. The leadership of the herders made the promise after the Emir of Muri, Alh. Abbas Tafida, issued 30 days ultimatum for herders terrorizing the state to vacate the forest or be forced to do so. However, the leadership of the herders, comprised of Ardos and Fulani community leaders drawn from 14 out the 16 local government areas of the State, visited the Emir yesterday at his palace to clarify the…

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‘By 2023, APC would have completely wrecked Nigeria’ – NEF spokesman, Baba-Ahmed

Aminu Imam

The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has berated the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), over its management of Nigeria, saying that by 2023, the party would have completely wrecked the nation. He stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, lamenting that the next party to take over the helms of leadership in 2023 would have a herculean task of fixing the country. While blaming the political class for the nation’s woes, Baba-Ahmed said the country’s current challenge is not just as a…

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“Address poverty, insecurity to guarantee unity” – Sultan to Nigerian leaders

Aminu Imam

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, has challenged Nigerian leaders to first address poverty and insecurity in the country in order to guarantee national unity. The Sultan, who spoke shortly after the traditional Sallah durbar in Sokoto on Tuesday, said the existing hardship in the country is of great concern and needed proper measures to be addressed. “Nigeria leaders need to strategise more measures to address our level of poverty and insecurity, as such will further sustain…

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