Tag: Nigeria Insecurity

Worsening Insecurity: Sooner or later, Buhari can be kidnapped Buba Galadima

Aminu Imam

A former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, has warned the Nigerian leader that the terrorists threatening to kidnap him (Buhari) can take true to their word. In a recent interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa service, Galadima warned that if terrorists can have access to break Kuje Custodial Centre, Buhari himself is not safe. If care is not taken, sooner or later Buhari too can be kidnapped considering the way security issues are ignored. The only option available now is to either continue praying or arm…

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Insecurity: “My solution will be decisive and immediate”, Says Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that when he becomes president in 2023, he will face the nations security crisis head-on. The former Anambra State governor, who stated this during an interview on a television programme yesterday, said his solution to the problem will be decisive and immediate. While stressing that the nations security situation has been very worrisome, Obi said he feels the Federal Government should do more. Obis comments come a few hours after the terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna-bound train on March…

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“Banditry became business because everyone, even govt. benefits from insecurity” – Terrorist kingpin reveals

Aminu Imam

A self-confessed terrorist kingpin, Abu Sanni, says insecurity has become a business everyone benefits from. Sanni, who says he helped mastermind the abduction of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Zamfara State, was interviewed by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Africa Eye, in a forest situated in the State. The 50-minute documentary titled: The Bandit warlords of Zamfara, was undertaken by a journalist, Yusuf Anka, who criss-crossed remote bandit enclaves in the State. Zamfara is one of the worst-hit States by banditry. According to a report, the State…

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Poverty, Insecurity: “This is not our country” Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

…Reveals whatll happen 2yrs after taking over The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has decried the excruciating hardship and economic woes in the country, declaring that the Nigeria of today was not what the founding fathers of the country envisaged when they staked their lives to seek our independence.  Obi who spoke yesterday, during an award of scholarship by the Alex Otti Foundation at the Mata Dei Catholic Cathedral Umuahia, declared that the time had come for patriotic Nigerians to join the on-going efforts to rescue the…

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Insecurity: ‘Nigeria not a war zone’ FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says in spite of Nigerias security challenges the country is not a war zone and is safe for investment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this yesterday in Lagos, at the Platform Capital Forum, organised by UNICORN Group. The Forum is an assemblage of major investors, start-ups and early stage companies in technology and innovative ideas from across the globe. Addressing the global audience, the minister said there were lots of de-marketing going on about Nigeria, particularly outside the shores of the country. If you…

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Internal Security: ‘Government, security agencies have failed to secure Nigerians’ Masari

Aminu Imam

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has said the government and security agencies in the country have failed to secure and protect the lives of Nigerians. Masari, whose State is among the worst hit by banditry, stated this during an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa service, while reacting to the acute insecurity bedevilling the country, especially the North-West region. He said, Security officials and we, the government, are who the people rely on to protect them; and we have failed in doing so. But if you take a…

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Concerned Nigerians urge US, UK to intervene in Nigerias worsening insecurity

Aminu Imam

Some concerned Nigerians have pleaded with the United States, US, and the United Kingdom, UK, to intervene in the worsening insecurity in Nigeria before it gets out of hand. Under the aegis of Forum of Concerned Nigerians, (FCN), the group begged the US and UK to act on the recent alarm raised by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on the worsening insecurity in Nigeria by appointing a Special Envoy to the country. At a news briefing in Makurdi, Benue State, the spokesman of the FCN, Peter Shande, said, We…

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Insecurity: FG considers suspending boarding in rural schools

Aminu Imam

The Federal Ministry of Education said it is taking measures to ensure the nations schools are safe and conducive for learning and other activities. This is just as the Ministrys Permanent Secretary, Andrew Adejo, disclosed that it is trying to adopt some specific safety measures that include abolishing boarding schools in rural areas for the meantime owing to insecurity. Adejo gave the hint in his address at the opening of the 81st plenary meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee on Education, which was held in Yola, the Adamawa State capital,…

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Insecurity: ‘Threats of attacks no longer speculative’ – CAN warns

Aminu Imam

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has lamented the continued spate of insecurity across the country, stressing that it has now reached a stage where threats of attacks are no longer speculative. Chairman, CAN, Benue State, Rev. Akpen Leva, stated this yesterday, at the end of the 7-day inter-denominational church service organised in collaboration with the State government to pray and fast for the challenges confronting the nation. Leva said, “We have reached a stage where threats of attacks no longer remain speculative. If you hear of threats of attacks…

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Army of Bandits: North-West harbours 30,000 terrorists CDD

Aminu Imam

The Centre for Democracy and Development, (CDD), has disclosed that the North-Western part of the country is harbouring over 30,000 terrorists often referred to as bandits who terrorise the entire region. In its February report, titled: Northwest Nigerian Bandits Problem: Explaining the conflict drivers, the CDD said these terrorists are responsible for the killing of over 12,000 people and the displacement of over a million homes in the region. The report added that the criminality had also forced over 1 million children out of school in the States of Zamfara,…

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