Tag: Nigeria Insecurity

Nigeria’s Insecurity: 2,968 killed, 1,484 abducted in three months – Report

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Niger, Zamfara, Kaduna most violent States At least, 2,968 people were killed, while 1,484 were abducted in Nigeria from January to March 2022, according to data released by the Nigeria Security Tracker, (NST). The NST, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, gathers the data through weekly surveys of Nigerian and international media. According to the data, more people were killed in the North-West region than in other regions in the country, whereby at least 1,103 people were killed within the period in the region. The North-Central region recorded…

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Insecurity: ‘Nigerians abandoned to fate Kukah

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Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has expressed concern over what he described as the abandonment of Nigerians to their fate in the face of terrifying insecurity in the country. The Bishop said Nigerians are like orphans in the face of this difficult situation, with nobody to console them. Speaking to newsmen shortly after Mass at the Holy Family Catholic Cathedral in Sokoto, the Bishop said Nigeria is in a war situation, even though the authorities are not willing to admit that. He also expressed his worry about…

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War against Terror:’Why Nigeria cannot use full force against terrorists’ -Lai Mohammed

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has given reason the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration will not employ full force against terrorists. The minister stated this while responding to the suggestion by Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, for the use of mercenaries to fight terrorists. Mohammed, while speaking with newsmen yesterday, said there will be collateral damage if Nigeria decides to go with full force to bomb terrorists. He explained that the governors utterances were borne out of his deep concern and not a suggestion that government can…

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State of the Nation: “Weve never had it this bad” National Rescue Mission

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Says “Silence is no longer an option” The National Rescue Mission (NRM), has decried the spate of insecurity, poverty and unemployment ravaging Nigeria, stating that the country has never had it this bad since it returned to democratic rule in 1999. The party claimed that Nigeria over the years has been governed by people who lack the fear of God to do the right thing even in the midst of abundance. Its National Chairman, Amb. Isaac Chigozie Udeh, at a press briefing yesterday in Abuja, said: It has never been…

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Home Security: “Seek international help over insecurity’ – Wole Soyinka tells Buhari

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Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to seek international help in combating the perennial security crisis in the country. The playwright spoke at a press conference he tagged: Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity, on Thursday, in Lagos. He urged President Buhari to take help from the international communities even if it means the UN (United Nations) establishing a unit in the country. Soyinka maintained that Nigeria is overqualified for international help and should stop hiding under false pride or national integrity.…

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“Stop playing the ostrich on insecurity”, Catholic Bishops blast FG

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The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), yesterday, urged the Federal Government to rise to its responsibility of arresting and prosecuting those terrorising innocent Nigerians, rather than playing the ostrich on matters of insecurity. This was the Bishops reaction to the report of how terrorists bombed the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks and attacked a train filled with passengers last week. In a remark signed by its President and Archbishop-Elect of Owerri, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, the CBCN called on the government to take urgent steps to unmask the marauding terrorists…

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Insecurity: House of Reps. consider National Assembly shutdown over Buharis inaction

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Some members of the House of Representatives have proposed that the National Assembly be shut down to force the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to wake up to his responsibility of ensuring the protection of lives and property of Nigerians. The lawmakers also moved the motion to force President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up to his responsibility of ensuring the protection of life and property in Nigeria. This is just as a lawmaker called for the resignation or sacking of the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno, (rtd), saying he should…

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Femi Adesina reacts to Kaduna train attack, admits that Nigeria is at war

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The Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, yesterday, finally declared that Nigeria is at war. This is coming after almost seven years of downplaying the severity of Nigerias security crisis since his principal assumed office in May 2015. Adesina, in a piece, titled: They Hate God, They Loathe Humanity, described the attack by terrorists on hundreds of passengers on board an Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday as a ‘carnage’ and a ‘premeditated murder from the very bottom of hell’. The presidential spokesman stated, Whoever or whatever…

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‘Authorities failure to protect people perpetuates impunity’ – Amnesty International

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The international human rights group, Amnesty International, has blamed the Nigerian authorities for failing in their primary responsibility to protect the lives of its citizens. Responding to the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train, the Director, Amnesty International Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, said, “Amnesty International Nigeria condemns the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna inbound train that led to the death of at least eight passengers by armed bandits on 28 March 2022. Recently, the country has recorded an unprecedented escalation of attacks, incessant killings and abductions that created an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty,…

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‘Insecurity is the biggest threat to 2023 elections’, Mr.La warns

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Falal Ango One of the most prominent politicians in Kaduna State, Lawal Adamu Usman, popularly known as Mr. LA, has warned that the recent deplorable condition of insecurity in the country constitutes the most serious and biggest threat to next years general elections. According to a press statement issued to newsmen, Mr. La stated that the security situation might not allow the election to hold, especially if voters are not allowed to exercise their rights because of fear of being harmed, kidnapped, or killed. Mr. La, a senatorial aspirant for…

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