Tag: Insecurity

Insecurity: OPC joins forces with Amotekun

Aminu Imam

Ø  Urges S/East govs. to back ESN The Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC), has pledged support for the South-West security outfit, otherwise known as Amotekun. In a statement issued by the group’s Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, the OPC expressed optimism that the security outfit would help in curbing crimes in the region. Oguntimehin applauded the leadership of Amotekun over their recent effort in reinstating peace in some parts of Oyo and Ondo State and expressed hope that with the achievement, Amotekun would curtail all security challenges facing the Southwest. Oguntimehin also urged…

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Insecurity: North under siege, Elders cry out

Aminu Imam
Northern Nigeria

…Say it‘ll take over 100 years for region to recover  Northern elders have alleged that the region is under siege by Boko Haram, bandits and kidnappers, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to device a new approach in restoring peace in the troubled area, as according to them, the situation has grounded all educational, economic and socio-political activities. Reiterating their position yesterday, under the auspices of ‘Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development’, the elders claimed that it would take the region over a hundred years to recover from destruction, killings…

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Mass abduction of students: Insecurity destroying the education, future of Nigerian youths – APC laments

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said that there is no greater harm that insecurity can do to Nigeria than to destroy its education and the future of its youths.  This is in reaction to the abduction of more than 500 students from Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara, Katsina State. In a Statement signed by the chairman of its caretaker committee and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday, the party called on the military and all security agencies to dig deeper and do…

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INSECURITY: NORTHERN YOUTH LEADERS BRAINSTORM ON SOLUTION

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

As the insecurity in northern Nigeria worsens, northern youth leaders under the aegis of Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Association (JACOM) says it is time to proffer solutions to the challenges in Nigeria as other forms of actions has failed. The group is having a two day conference in Kaduna schedule for 13th and 14th December, 2020 at Endwell NUT hotel, Kaduna. Addressing participants of the conference, Muhammed Murtala Abubakar, convener of JACOM said protests, threats, agonising among others has yielded no result, hence the brainstorming to proffer solutions.…

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Insecurity: Bafarawa meets Gbajabiamilia, canvasses compensation for victims

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has requested compensation for victims of insecurity in the country. In a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, Bafarawa stressed the need to compensate victims of kidnappings and banditry. Bafarawa said that it was time to take action that would provide relief for affected communities and to come up with solutions to kidnappings and other security threats. The former governor handed over documents containing the names and assets…

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Kaduna attack: Kidnappers confirm railway road victim with them

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gunmen who Friday 20 November attacked motorists along airport – railway station road have confirmed one of the victims is with them with bullet lodged in his body. The victim, Sani Khalil was one of the three in a car when the gunmen attacked them. One of them, Rabiu Auwal died at 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna while another one, Umar Khaddab is still on admission. A source close to the family said the kidnappers called Saturday 21 November confirming Khalil is with them. The victim was said to…

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Insecurity: Northern Groups issue notice of mass protests in 19 states

Ishaku Yohanna

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has said it would begin non-stop protests against the wave of insecurity in the Northern region on Thursday. The plan, according to the group, aimed at drawing the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the 19 northern states governors to the plight of the region. CNG said the ineptitude and an apparent failure of elected and appointed leaders from the North to either protect the lives and property of northerners or address the myriad distresses the region faced had pushed them to the wall.…

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Insecurity threatens Nigeria’s existence – Gbajabiamila

Ishaku Yohanna

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the challenge of insecurity confronting Nigeria is threatening its corporate existence. Speaking at a two-day retreat in Abuja yesterday, Gbajabiamila said the insecurity challenge undermines the faith of the public in the government’s ability to protect lives and property. The retreat was organised by the House of Representatives’ Committee on National Security and Intelligence and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Foundation. The speaker said the citizens expect the government to fulfill its constitutional responsibility of protecting them. “These internal…

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Insecurity: Excuses from Service Chiefs no longer acceptable – North East Elders

Ishaku Yohanna

A group, under the auspices of Coalition of North East Elders for Peace and Development, CNEEPD has said the excuses being peddled by the Service Chiefs over insecurity in the country was no longer tenable. The group which comprises of Elders from the North East, said in a statement at Sunday, that President Muhammadu Buhari should as a matter of urgency listen to the voice of the majority of Nigerians by implementing the recent resolution of both chambers of the National Assembly asking him to rejig the country’s security architecture…

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Appointment of versatile civilian NSA the panacea to insecurity, CSOs tell Buhari

Ishaku Yohanna

The African Centre for Good Governance, Social Justice and Regional Security Initiative and People United for Peace, Security and Democracy in Nigeria have called for the appointment of sound and versatile civilian National Security Adviser (NSA) against the background of insecurity ravaging the nation. While the African Centre for Good Governance, Social Justice and Regional Security Initiative commended the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to national security as a reference on the continent, the People United for Peace, Security and Democracy in Nigeria appealed to the President to appoint an…

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