Tag: Nigeria Insecurity

“We have made progress on war against insecurity, Buhari tells new Envoys

Aminu Imam

Warns against foreign interference in 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told newly accredited foreign ambassadors that Nigeria has made progress in tackling insecurity with the help of some friendly countries. Receiving Letters of Credence of the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. James Kingston Christoff, and Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Juan Alfred Miranda Oritz, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Buhari also commended collective the efforts of nations towards tackling security challenges across the globe, and within Nigeria, urging more collaboration to check terrorism, banditry and insurgency. He said that…

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Insecurity: Kaduna, Benue Borno, top unsafe States Report

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…As terrorists kill 7,222, abduct 3,823 in seven months  Terrorists, bandits and other assailants have killed 7,222 persons and kidnapped 3,823 individuals in the country between January, 1 and July 29, 2022, according to data from the Nigeria Security Report, published by Beacon Consulting a security risk management and intelligence consulting company. Borno State, the stronghold of Boko Haram terrorists, recorded the highest deaths of 163 people within the period under review, while Benue State, which appeared the most hounded State in the Middle-Belt, came second with 90 fatalities.…

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Nigeria on brink of collapse, NULGE warns

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The National President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), Comrade Ambali Akeem Olatunji, has called for concerted efforts to rescue Nigeria from total collapse. Comrade Ambali Olatunji, who made the call at the 7th State Quadrennial Inauguration of the newly-elected Executives of NULGE in Kogi State, decried the worsening economy, insecurity and concluded that the country is on the brink of collapse. The National President said Nigeria is drifting due to bad leadership, as the last four years have shown that the country has no one in charge,…

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“While US kills terrorists, Nigeria begs, pays and rewards them” – Fani-Kayode

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Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at the Federal Government for pampering terrorists rather than killing them like the Americans are doing. Fani-Kayode was reacting to the US killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader. Recall that on Saturday, President Joe Biden had announced that at his direction, the United States successfully conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the emir of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Biden said the United States continued to demonstrate its resolve and capacity to defend the American people against those who sought to do…

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Incompetence: Protesters demand NSA, Defence Minister’s sack

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Scores of protesters under the auspices of the Guardians of Democracy and Development Initiative (GDDI) yesterday took to the streets of Abuja, in the FCT, to demand the sack of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) along with the Minister of Defence Minister, Maj-Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) for alleged incompetence. Their spokesman, Comrade Danesi Momoh, during the protest, told President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the duo with immediate effect. Flanked by the Co-convener of the group, Igwe Ide-Umanta, Momoh said: We wish to start with the…

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Insecurity: Senator lauds NAF for finally deploying Super Tucano jets against terrorists

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The Chairman Senate Committee on Nigerian Air Force, Senator Bala ibn-NaAllah, has lauded the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for the effective deployment of the Super Tucano jets to fight terrorism in recent times. The lawmaker made this known during an interview with newsmen in Kaduna at the weekend, after assessing operations of the nation’s security agencies effectiveness of the new Super Tucano fighter jets. Recall that following the Kuje Prison attack that destroyed terrorist camps, the military, in collaboration with the Air Force launched an onslaught in the forest surrounding…

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Insecurity: ‘Nigeria already sleepwalking into avoidable decline’ – Gani Adams

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The self-styled Yoruba activist, Gani Adams, yesterday raised the alarm on the worrisome spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigeria is already sleepwalking into a collapse. In an issued statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land declared that the development was caused by a criminal overdose of chronic pain inflicted on the country by the inaction and connivance of those in authority with terrorists and undesirable elements in the polity. Calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly stop the drift into…

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Corruption gulped N4.85tr security allocation, say experts

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Some security experts and a civil society organisation have said the N4.85 trillion spent by the Buhari administration was gulped by corruption allegedly perpetrated by the corrupt service chiefs and other officers. According to unverifiable reports, the Federal Government has provided N4.85trillion to the Armed Forces in the last eight years through its yearly budgetary allocations. The budgetary allocations it made to the Army, Navy, and Air Force were mainly to cater for personnel and overheads, as well as recurrent and fixed expenditures. Documents from the Budget Office of the…

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“Deliver us from insecurity; weve no other country except Nigeria” – Peter Obi

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The Presidential flag-bearer of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, has cried out to God to deliver Nigeria from the escalating insecurity currently facing the country among other challenges. Obi made the spiritual call yesterday night, during his worship with other dignitaries at Dunamis International Gospel Centre, headquartered in Abuja, the federal capital, as the Senior Pastor, Dr. Paul Enenche, led the congregation to pray for peace and security of the country. Thousands of worshippers had thronged the church for its Mid-Year Praise and Worship Night, to seek the face of…

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Insecurity: Terrorists planning to attack Lagos, FCT, Buharis State, 2 others – NSCDC

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have raised the alarm over a possible planned attack on the home-state of President Muhammadu Buhari, Katsina as well as Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), among others. These were contained in a leaked report, titled: Re: Heightened plots by terrorists to stage coordinated attacks in parts of the country and signed by the Deputy Commandant-General Controller in-charge of Operations, DD Mungadi,   addressed to all its Commands, dated July 25. The NSCDC stated that from the intelligence it gathered, Boko Haram and Islamic…

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