Tag: Nigeria Insecurity

Insecurity: ‘Nigeria has spent over $1bn on purchase of weapons in 8yrs’ – Buhari reveals

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, revealed that his administration had invested over $1 billion in the acquisition of weapons from the United States and other countries in the fight against insurgency since he assumed office in 2015. The president, according to a statement issued by his media adviser, Femi Adesina, went down memory lane and narrated how two-thirds of Borno State, half of Yobe State, and some local government areas in Adamawa State were under the control of terrorists. He accused some Nigerians of using personal religious beliefs to champion their…

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Insecurity: Peter Obi excludes IPOB from Nigerian terrorist groups, lists Boko Haram, ISWAP

Aminu Imam

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has excluded the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from terrorist groups in Nigeria. IPOB, a secession group in the south-east region seeking separation from Nigeria, was proscribed by the Federal Government and listed as a terrorist group in Nigeria in September 2017 as the terrorist groups, Boko Haram and ISWAP. Recall that the United Kingdom government in May 2022 accepted Nigerias classification of IPOB as a terrorist organisation and directed that IPOB members be excluded from its asylum programme. Obi, a former…

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Elections: ‘Address security concerns’, Situation Room urges Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has called on the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to urgently convene a meeting with the service chiefs to address security concerns. The Situation Room, in a statement signed by its Convener, Ene Obi, on Friday, while commending the extension of the collection of permanent voter cards, however, expressed worry that security agencies were yet to sufficiently dispelled security concerns across the country. Obi, therefore, called on the Federal Government and Buhari to call together the service chiefs and deliberate on providing security, in order to…

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“Without Buhari, Nigeria may have been wiped off by now” – Femi Adesina

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Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has labeled President Muhammadu Buhari as the saviour who kept Nigeria together in the face of massive insecurity. Adesina, in his article, titled: “From NEast With Good Tidings“, noted that if Nigerians hadnt had a person like Buhari in 2015, Nigeria may have been wiped off the face of the map by now. The media aide said the President led the charge against terrorists and pushed them back, till they are now almost totally extinguished. According to Adesina, the people…

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Insecurity: INEC vows to go ahead with elections, presents voters register of 93.46m to Parties

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…Begins airlift of sensitive materials The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has disclosed its determination to proceed with the conduct of the February/March general election, two days after it expressed fears about the wave of general insecurity across the country. Recall that INEC had lamented that if not tamed, the ugly trend of pre-election violence could precipitate a constitutional crisis by way of the forced cancellation of election results, or outright postponement of polls. Presenting the register of voters to chairmen and secretaries of Nigerias 18 registered political parties yesterday…

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Insecurity: “Ive cleared Boko Haram in North-East” Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that his administration has fulfilled its promise on the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists that have ravaged the country for the past decade. The President, who stated this on Monday night in Damaturu, Yobe State, also recalled his experience leading the country in the last seven and a half years, while speaking at a State Banquet, organised in his honour after commissioning a number of projects in the state, President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, restated…

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Insecurity may force cancellation of 2023 election INEC raises fresh alarm

Aminu Imam

With barely forty-four days to the commencement of the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has raised the alarm over the rising security situation across the country and its resultant impact. The INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, who spoke at the validation of election security training resources, which was held in Abuja yesterday, noted that the forthcoming election faces serious threat of cancellation should the insecurity across the country fail to improve. Yakubu, represented by the Chairman, Board of Electoral Institute, Abdullahi Zuru, explained that if the insecurity…

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Insecurity: How non-State actors killed 275 Nigerians, abducted 285 in November

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In November, records showed that a total of 275 persons were killed, while 285 were abducted across Nigerias six geo-political zones.  Breaking down the figures, which were sourced from the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST), out of the 275 killed, 244 of them were unarmed civilians, 17 soldiers – of which 16 were killed in gruesome attacks by some suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP); nine were police officers, three security guards and two vigilantes.  Analysis of the collated data shows that during the month, per zone…

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Insecurity: Some security agents fuelling attacks in Kaduna community – CAN alleges

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Religious leaders, under the auspices of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Sanga local government area of Kaduna State have passed a ‘vote of no confidence’ on a section of the security agencies, excluding the military, in the area. This was contained in a communiqu issued at the end of a summit by the clerics, following what they termed the destruction of crops, macheting and indiscriminate killing of Christians across Sanga Local government area. The CAN Secretary in the area, Apostle Silas Dabo, lamented that the conflict between pastoralists…

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Insecurity: Kogi no longer safe for criminals under Yahaya Bello, Police IG

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The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has described Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as a dogged crime fighter who had made the State unsafe for criminals to thrive. The IGP, who spoke during his visit to Kogi State yesterday, added that he was happy that Governor Yahaya Bello was playing the role of the real Chief Executive Officer in terms of security, noting that he is a dependable ally in the battle against national insecurity. According to him, the governor was one helmsman that would never raise…

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