Tag: Nigeria Insecurity

‘Criminal gangs use advanced tech to evade call tracking’ — FG

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FG on criminal gangs

Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, says bandits and other criminal networks are now deploying sophisticated communication technologies that make it difficult for security agencies to track their activities, including ransom calls. While speaking on a television programme on Friday night, Tijani said the criminal operations within the telecom space are “far more technical” than many Nigerians realise, despite the Federal Government’s efforts to tighten identification and monitoring systems. Tijani addressed concerns that kidnappers still negotiate ransoms using unregistered lines, years after the Government introduced the mandatory…

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NLC to embark on nationwide protest Thursday over rising insecurity

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NLC threat

The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has declared a nationwide protest scheduled for Thursday, December 17, 2025, citing what it described as an escalating security crisis across the country. In a notice issued to state councils on December 10, following its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of December 4, the NLC condemned the growing wave of banditry and kidnappings. It pointed to the November 17 abduction of female students from a Kebbi State boarding school as a glaring example of government failure. The labour body expressed anger over reports that security…

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U.S express optimism Nigeria will end insecurity, terrorism

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The United States (U.S.) has expressed optimism that the Federal Government will win the fight against insecurity and terrorism in Nigeria. A member of the US Congress, Rep. Riley Moore, gave this optimism yesterday through a post he shared on his official X account following a recent congressional delegation’s discussions with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribaɗu, on countering North-East terrorism and halting Christian killings in the Middle-Belt. Ribaɗu’s discussions with the delegation stems from an October 2025 directive by US President Donald Trump to the House Appropriations Committee…

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US spy flights, Nigerien incursion deepen anxiety over foreign military operations on Nigerian soil

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US spy flights, Nigerien incursion

Nigeria’s already-strained security environment was thrown into fresh uncertainty over the weekend following two alarming developments: allegations of covert U.S. intelligence flights over jihadist enclaves in Borno State, and a startling armed incursion by Niger Republic soldiers into Katsina State. Both incidents, though unrelated, have intensified public concern about the country’s porous borders, weakened defence architecture, and the growing influence of foreign militaries in Nigerian territory. A Sahel-focused terrorism tracker, Brant Philip, sparked controversy on Saturday after alleging that a manned U.S. Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft quietly entered…

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Insecurity: “Extend hand of friendship to bandits, grant them amnesty” – ACF BoT Chairman tells Tinubu

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ACF tells Tinubu

Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Board of Trustees (BoT), Bashir Ɗalhatu, has urged the Federal Government to extend a hand of friendship to bandits and grant them amnesty. Ɗalhatu, in an interview yesterday, made reference to amnesty granted to Niger Delta militants, advocating the same for bandits. “I remember very well when there was an amnesty programme in the Niger Delta during those chaotic times. And it has worked perfectly”, he stated. He added: “They were given amnesty; they were sent to school, came back and became integrated…

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“FG won’t allow another school attack, students’ abductions” – Defence Minister

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Badaru Abkr on abductions

Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government will not allow a repeat of attacks on schools across the country. Speaking in an interview in Dutse, Jigawa state,  the Minister said intelligence operatives have been deployed to high-risk areas to forestall further breaches. According to him, security agencies are on heightened alert. “Our intelligence personnel are everywhere – especially in places with high threat levels – gathering information for lasting solutions”, he said. Badaru insisted that the recent incidents should not be interpreted as a…

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Insecurity: CAN calls for closure of Christian-owned schools

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S'West back state police

Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State, Rev. Caleb Ma’aji, has asked all Christian-owned schools located on the outskirts of Kaduna to close down or operate only as day schools for now. Rev. Ma’aji made the appeal yesterday, following the growing insecurity and the recent abductions of schoolchildren in Kebbi, Niger, and other states. According to him, this is important because of the recent rise in student kidnappings by bandits.  He said, “Schools outside Kaduna town should close for now to keep students safe until the…

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“Nigeria’s insecurity rooted in post-Libya, Egypt uprisings, not religious genocide” – SGF Akume

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SGF Akume on Nigeria’s insecurity

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has said Nigeria’s decade-long security crisis cannot be separated from the destabilisation that followed the 2011 uprisings in Libya and Egypt, stressing that the violence ravaging several regions of the country is driven by ideology and economics – not religion. In a detailed strategic statement issued on Thursday, Akume outlined the evolution of Boko Haram, ISWAP and North-West banditry, the regional and economic forces sustaining insecurity, and the Federal Government’s official position on recent claims of “Christian genocide”. Akume…

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“Deal with criminals irrespective of tribe, religion” – Sultan

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Sultan on criminality

The Sultan of Sokoto/President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence, Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on security agencies to deal with criminals irrespective of their religion or tribe. He urged Nigerians to be united and not allow themselves to be divided by external forces. The Sultan, who spoke during the 10th General Assembly of the Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN) at the Bola Babalakin Auditorium in Gbongan, Osun State, condemned the killings by terrorists and bandits across the country, According to him, “There have been…

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Borno: Ndume decries fresh Boko Haram attacks, as 4 farmers killed, church torched

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Ndume on B'Haram attacks

Senator Ali Ndume has condemned a new wave of Boko Haram attacks in Borno South after four farmers were murdered in Kwam village, and a church was set ablaze in Pemi.  In a press statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, Ndume decried the recent killings in Kwam village near Dille community of Askira-Uba local government area, the burning of a church and other structures in Pemi, and the latest incursion into Shikarkir community in Chibok local government area. He warned that poor security presence in remote communities is enabling…

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