Tag: Nigeria Insecurity

Tambuwal meets Buhari, seeks declaration of State of Emergency in enclaves

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’Bandits will be smoked out’ – Buhari assures President Buhari has assured Governor Aminu Tambuwal that terrorists in Sokoto and other states will be smoked out. The president also assured Tambuwal that lives lost during the recent attack on travellers in Sokoto wont be in vain Buhari gave Tambuwal his words after they both met at the presidential villa on Monday night. At the meeting, Tambuwal briefed the president on the security situation in the State. He told the President to declare a full-scale emergency in terrorists enclaves in the…

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“Nigerians now living like in the days of King Herod”, Says CAC President

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President of Christ Apostolic Church, (CAC), Worldwide, Pastor S. O. Oladele, has likened the present situation in Nigeria to the days of the wicked King Herod of the biblical period in whose time Jesus Christ was born. The CAC president stated this at the weekend, during the 2021 edition of the churchs Christmas Carol at All Saints Chapel, General Secretariat, Bashorun, Ibadan, Oyo State.  The cleric, who noted that the evil in the land had brought everyone under a thick cloud of darkness, said, Today, when we look at our…

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Spate of Killings: Arewa elders accuse Northern govs. of not doing enough

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Says 800 victims abducted this year The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), yesterday, resolved to hold a summit to find lasting solutions to the spate of killings and kidnapping that have engulfed the region. Its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, at a press briefing in Abuja, noted that so far, over 800 persons have been abducted this year. Suleiman noted that governors from the region, who, according to him, should champion the cause of securing the people, have failed. He added that the inability to secure the borders, forests and highways in…

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‘The level of insecurity in Nigeria today is ‘so high’ – SGF Mustapha

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said the level of insecurity in Nigeria today is so high. He, however, called on Nigerians, especially religious and traditional rulers to continue to support the implementation of various Federal Government policies on promoting peaceful co-existence. Mustapha made the call while declaring open the 4th quarterly meeting of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), with the theme: NIREC, Security agencies and peace in Nigeria which was held in Abuja on Thursday. The SGF, who hailed the theme of the meeting, noted…

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Insecurity reason for Nigerias fall from Africa’s top preferred investment destination status FG

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The Federal Government yesterday blamed the prevailing insecurity for Nigerias fall from the top 10 preferred investment destinations in Africa. A report emerged this week showing that the country dropped to 14 as Egypt continues to top Africas investment destinations in a ranking carried out by RMB, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited. Reacting to the development, the Minister of Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, while appearing on the ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that several factors, including the State…

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Insecurity: “Enough is enough”, Northern youths tell Buhari

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…Issues 14-day ultimatum  Northern youths have called for the review of security architecture and the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Major-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) over the massive killings and raiding of communities in the northern region by bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, ISWAP and other terrorist groups rampaging the region. The group, a coalition of Northern Youth Groups under the aegis of the Northern Ethnic Group Assembly, (NEYGA), in the statement issued yesterday by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Dan-Musa, said the call has become pertinent following worsening insecurity in the…

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Insecurity: “North is now the worst place to live in Nigeria” – Sultan of Sokoto

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The President-General of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam, Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alh. Saad Abubakar lll, has lamented the high rate of insecurity in the North, saying it was the worst place in the country to live. The Sultan, who stated this at the fourth quarterly meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council in Abuja, said bandits were fast overrunning the Northern region as residents now sleep with their eyes open. While describing the North as the worst place to live, he said that bandits had become daring. He further lamented…

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Bandits Schools Attacks: ’10 students killed, 780 abducted, 61 still in captivity’ – Amnesty International

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As the year fizzles out, very disturbing security statistics being rolled out by global watchdog, Amnesty International, shows that children in Nigeria have become the major target of attacks by bandits.  In an issued statement on Thursday, the organisation claimed that 780 children have so far been abducted, 10 school children killed and 61 still held in custody.  Knocking the authorities for allegedly failing the Nigerian child, Amnesty said, Nigerian authorities are failing children as at least 61 children in northern Nigeria remain in captivity, months after their abduction during…

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Nigerias insecurity: ‘President Buhari doing his best’ Osinbajo

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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), says President Muhammadu Buhari is doing his best to fix the current insecurity challenges bedevilling the nation. The VP, who spoke yesterday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he received the Muhammadu Buhari-Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group, assured that the security challenges will be resolved for a stronger and greater. Osinbajo appealed to citizens to ensure that the ideals of the nation are kept. According to him, Mr. President has always remained steadfast and focused on resolving the problems of the country beginning with…

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“Nigeria now a theatre of death”, AIT Founder, Dokpesi laments

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The Chairman of a group rooting for Atiku Abubakar to contest the 2023 presidential election, Raymond Dokpesi, has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, saying the country is now a theatre of death. Dokpesi made the statement when ‘Salvage Nigeria Group’, a team soliciting support for former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar to re-contest for President come 2023, paid a visit to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lafia, Nasarawa State. According to the Nigerian media entrepreneur, the state of insecurity is increasing day by day, lamenting…

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