Tag: Nigeria Insecurity

Insecurity: “I’m optimistic Nigeria will prevail over current security challenges” – President Buhari

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…Says: “We’ve done our best and will continue to do more” President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his confidence that the nation will overcome the prevailing situation of insecurity bedevilling some parts of the country. The President stated this yesterday, during a meeting with the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, along with a delegation of the Tijjaniya movement (worldwide), led by the Grand Khalifa (overall head) Tidjani Ali Bin-Arabi, at the State House, Abuja. According to President Buhari, Nigeria will overcome its myriad of security challenges, saying, “The present administration…

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“We must seek divine intervention to end insecurity” – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the fight against insecurity and other challenges in Nigeria needs divine intervention. The President made the remark at the ‘National Prayer Session for Nigeria and President Buhari’, organised by the Kano State Government, held at the Sani Abacha Stadium, yesterday. Represented by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mustapha Babai, President Buhari said his administration has been making significant efforts to overcome the security challenges bedeviling the country. The president stated that the Federal Government has also supported security personnel with equipment and quality…

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Insecurity: Northern Govs. support deployment of Tucano fighter jets

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The Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, (NGF), Governor Simon Lalong, of Plateau State, says States in the northern region are happy with the declaration of bandits as terrorists and the deployment of the recently acquired Super Tucano fighter jets to completely defeat and end banditry. Governor Lalong was speaking to State House Correspondents yesterday, after he met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari. Governor Lalong emphasized that the action needs to be taken before the next farming season, in order to guarantee the safety of farmers, leading to…

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Security Task Force moves against bandits in Nasarawa, boundary States

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A joint security task force comprising all the security agencies, on Wednesday swooped on a mining site in Nasarawa State and arrested three Chinese nationals and 18 other suspects said to be collaborating with armed bandits. According to the State Police Command, the team recorded the successful arrest of about 21 illegal miners on the sites including foreign nationals. The Command further said that most of the arrested suspects were from the contiguous States, confessing to have enjoyed unfiltered cooperation with the head of the local community, who was immediately…

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Insecurity: Arewa, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, MBF set agenda for Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been challenged to go beyond “mere rhetoric” and muster the political will to end the unending insecurity and immediately restore peace and prosperity across the country. The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Middle-Belt Forum, (MBF), the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and the Arewa Consultative Forum were among groups and individuals who, yesterday, advised the APC-led Federal Government on what to do to bring about peace as the New Year kicks off. Specifically, the MBF decried the plight of people of the Middle-Belt, who it said…

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“Save Nigeria from bandits in 2022”, Arewa leaders urge Buhari

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…’Insecurity will affect elections’ – CNG warns…As President promises to seek support, in New Year message The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to improve the poor security situation in the country in 2022, reminding him that this was the primary reason the majority of Nigerians voted him into power in 2015.  The ACF National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, who stated this in an interview yesterday, reminded the President and his Security Chiefs that Nigerians want to feel safe and secure anywhere in their country from this…

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‘Buhari administration knows what to do to end insecurity in 17 months’, Says Fayemi

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Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, says the Buhari-led administration can still fix the nation’s security challenges in 17 months. in an interview yesterday, Fayemi said tackling insecurity will change the popular opinion about the Buhari administration within the time left of the tenure. “If we can destroy that monster of insecurity, the opinion in the country will change dramatically. If we decide to go after these people without too much attachment to human rights and issues that may come up from the international communities; these people are not ghosts”, he…

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“Insecurity: “We were safer during Jonathan’s presidency”, Coalition of Northern Groups lament

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The Coalition of the Northern Groups, (CNG), has lamented the alarming rate of killings, kidnapping, and general insecurity across the country. The CNG’s Director of Strategic Communications, Isma’il Musa, said President Muhammadu Buhari should return Nigeria back to the era of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, when the country experienced minimal insecurity. Musa, who made the call on Wednesday, berated the President over his handling of insecurity in the country. According to him, “What we are begging them for now is, you know human life is very important, in fact it’s very…

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Hamza Al-Mustapha reveals those behind Nigeria’s insecurity

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Former Chief Security Officer to Late Nigeria’s ex-Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha, has revealed those behind the security challenges in the country. In an interview with the Voice of America,(VOA), Hausa, yesterday, Al-Mustapha alleged that wealthy Nigerians with access to weapons and hard drugs were sponsors of insecurity in the nation. Al-Mustapha claimed that few individuals in the country are benefitting from the country’s mineral resources and they seemed to be unstoppable. He stated that the solution to the insecurity issues would require that the federal government…

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Christmas Message: ‘Nation still in search of truth’ – Bishop Kukah

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…Asks Buhari to speak on challenges, says North is fast becoming ‘Arewanistan’ The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has slammed President Buhari’s government for being “totally oblivious to the cherished values of the sacredness of life”. In his Christmas message today titled: ‘A nation still in search of truth & Vindication‘, Bishop Kukah renewed concern about the killings and kidnappings, the moral scar of which brings shame “on our face and cannot be wished away”. According to the Bishop, “At about this time last year…

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