Tag: Insecurity

Insecurity: Buhari orders tight security around Nigeria’s land borders

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Ø  ‘Drug barons funding terrorists, bandits’ – Senate president President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders, in order to checkmate the rising insecurity in the country. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Buhari gave the order in a speech at the virtual commissioning ceremony of the NIS Technology Building in Abuja. According to him, all security agencies must raise their performance in protecting lives and property, with a…

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“Shoot anyone carrying AK-47” – Buhari orders security agents

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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to shoot anyone carrying arms. The president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, made the announcement in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa service. Buhari also directed suppression of bandits who refused to surrender. “The president has ordered security forces to go into the bushes and shoot whoever they see with sophisticated weapons like AK-47”, Shehu said. Bandits have been terrorising north-western States in recent years. The outlaws engage in murders and kidnap for ransom. Benue State governor, Ortom and Bauchi State governor,…

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Insecurity: Buhari declares Zamfara no-fly zone, bans mining activities

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…’He should extend it to Borno’ – Military expert President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara State a ‘no-fly’ zone as part of measures to check illegal mining and curtail banditry. The President gave the directive yesterday at a meeting of the National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing the State House correspondents, the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Babagana Monguno, said the President also ordered a ban on illegal mining in the State. According to him, all non-State actors have been placed under surveillance, saying the Federal Government will…

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Insecurity: “Give us State Police, decentralise Judiciary now” – El-Rufa’i

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Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i  has lent his voice with national analysts calling for devolution of power between the Federal Government and 36 States in the country. The governor, who was one of the speakers at a television programme, which aired on Thursday, said State Police and decentralisation of the Judiciary is important to save Nigeria from the brink of collapse. According to el-Rufa’i, “It is imperative for Federal, State, and community policing. We do not have enough police. One centralised police for the country just has not worked. “Secondly,…

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Insecurity:”Growing tension may lead us to a point-of-no-return” – Gen. Abdulsalami (rtd)

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Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee,  Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), have said that the growing tension in the wake of ethnic crisis can lead the country to a point-of-no-return. Speaking with journalists at his Hilltop residence in Minna, the Niger State capital, the former Head of State described the recent happening in some parts of the country as unfortunate. “We appeal to the citizens of our dear country, who have borne so much pain and suffering, to remain resilient and patient. “Thousands of our people are…

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“Evictions, break-off agitations satanic” – Sheikh Jingir

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The National Chairman Council of Ulama, Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’Ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has said that any attempt at evicting Nigerians from any section or any agitation for its break-off, is satanic. Sheikh Jingir stated this while briefing newsmen at his residence in Jos. He opined that in a country of about two hundred million, only few of not more than five hundred thousand are bad, and are either power-seekers at all cost or are sponsored by Nigeria’s enemies to cause harm in the country. He urged leaders at…

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Insecurity: “Embrace dialogue to end banditry” – Ex NHIS boss tasks Northern leaders

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Northern leadership and elites have been told to stop living in denial and join hands in on-going efforts to find home-grown solution to the rampaging banditry in the region. The former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, (NHIS) Prof. Usman Yusuf, gave the charge while featuring in a Liberty Television flagship programme: ‘Dialogue“. Prof. Usman, who is among those that accompanied a renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, to the bandits’ enclaves in Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States to encourage them to embrace peace, also said the military…

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Insecurity: Utomi, Na’aba, Agbakoba, Moghalu, others to convoke National Confab in May

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Worried by civil strife and ethnic violence in Nigeria, kidnapping across the country, a frontline political pressure group, the National Consultative Front, (NCFront), says it has concluded arrangements to convoke what they termed: the ‘People’s National Conference‘. The NCFront is coordinated by Prof. Pat Utomi, former Speaker, House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’abba; former President of Nigeria Bar Association,  NBA, Olisa  Agbakoba, (SAN); Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed; and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia,  Chidi Odinkalu, amongst others. The group’s leaders said that the Peoples Constituent Assembly is slated to hold May this where Nigerians…

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Insecurity: “Foreign Fulanis sponsored by politicians causing problem” – Ex PDP Ag. National Chairman

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…’Act now before we lose Nigeria, Tofa tells Buhari Former Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has questioned the true identity of the bandits and insurgents rampaging the troubled geopolitical zones of the country. According to Baraje, the criminals are foreign invaders who are working for frustrated politicians desperate for power. He also warned that the insecurity problem confronting Nigeria presently may boomerang. The PDP chieftain explained that if Nigeria’s security problem is not tackled seriously, the country may cease to exist. Answering…

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Over 30,000 people killed, 3 million rendered homeless by bandits – Don

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The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University (FUGUS) Gusau, in Zamfara State, Professor Magaji Garba, has revealed that armed bandits operating in the North-West geopolitical zone of the country have killed over 30,000 and rendered more than 3million people homeless.  The V-C disclosed this during the 1st ‘National Conference on Armed banditry and National security in Nigeria’, which held on Tuesday, in Gusau, the state capital.  According to him, statistics have indicated how banditry and terror attacks has affected the entire North in particular and country in general. The National Conference, which was organised by…

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