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Tackling Insecurity: APC-controlled states� SSGs commend security agents over onslaught on criminals

July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 Aminu Imam

By Godwin Amunde Secretaries to the Governments of All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states have�commended Nigerian security agencies for the renewed offensive against criminal elements across the country. They also resolved to strengthen the legal framework for the implementation of the Security Trust Fund to continually mobilise resources for the management of security challenges in the country. This is contained in a communiqu� issued after the 12th quarterly meeting of the Forum signed by the SSG of Nasarawa State, Muhammad Ubandoma Aliyu and the Director General, APC Progressive Governors Forum…

Insecurity: ‘Govs, LG chairmen pocket over N375bn security vote annually despite worsening situation’ – Report

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

By Aminu Imam, with agency report It has been revealed that State governors and local government chairmen in the 36 States of the Federation collect a whopping sum of N375 billion annually in the name of security votes, an act not provided for in the Nigerian Constitution or any known law in the country. According to reported figures, this amount excludes those collected annually by the President, Vice-President, the leadership of the National and States’ House of Assemblies, Ministers and other top government officials. According to the reported figures, across the…

Insecurity: N/Delta militants announce return, vow to cripple Nigerian economy

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 Aminu Imam

A notorious militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, which wreaked havoc on the Niger-Delta during President Muhammadu Buhari�s first tenure has announced its return. In a statement made available to reporters yesterday, the militant group said it had launched �Operation Humble�, aiming at crippling the economy as it did in previous times. Recall that the group relatively crippled Nigeria�s economy between 2016 and 2018 by attacking oil facilities in the region that plunged the nation into recession. According to the statement, the group also vowed to clamp down on politicians who…

Insecurity: Boko Haram war has led to 350,000 deaths – UN

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says more than 90% are children�170 dying every day A new United Nations (UN) report estimates that the 12-year conflict in north-eastern Nigeria has contributed to the deaths of nearly 350,000 people � more than 90% of whom are children. The death toll, given by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in a new study on the war and its effect on livelihoods published yesterday, is 10 times higher than previous estimates of about 35,000 based only on those killed in fighting in Nigeria since violence broke out. The UNDP�stated that…

Insecurity/Secession agitations: ACF to meet Ohanaeze, Afenifere

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

…Asks Igbo leaders to stop killings of northerners in S/East The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said it is planning to meet with leaders of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Afenifere and South-South groups, in the wake of agitations for the break-up of Nigeria and other security concerns. It, however, in the interim assured the security of Ibos living in the North and called on the South-East leaders to equally stop daily attacks and killing of ordinary northerners living and doing business in the South-East. These were contained in a communique issued…

‘Bandits better than IPOB’ � Gumi

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

…Says comparison unfair, as IPOB kills security agents while herdsmen kidnap children for money. Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh (Dr.) Ahmad Gumi, has said bandits wreaking havoc in Nigeria�s North-West and North-Central regions cannot be compared with a separatist group like the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), because they only kidnap school children for money. The cleric, who is known to have access to bandits, said herdsmen�s crimes weigh significantly lesser than those of IPOB who he said attack security agencies. Speaking on a television programme yesterday, Gumi called for �fairness�…

Jonathan blames rising tension in Nigeria on inability to manage country�s diversity

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Calls for restructuring of the country Former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has blamed the rising ethnic and religious tensions in Nigeria on leadership inability to properly manage its diversity and give ethnic and religious minorities their proper place in the country. Jonathan, who made the remark in his address at the 13th Joe-Kyari Gadzama Public Lecture said the country must consider its own circumstances and come up with a form of government that will accommodate all. Delivering his address titled, �Redefining Democracy: Yearnings of the Minority in a Democratic Setting,�…

Insecurity: Pope Francis declares readiness to assist FG

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

Pope Francis has declared his support and readiness to work with the Federal Government to end insecurity in the country and sub-Saharan region. The Pope gave the assurance in a statement by the Vatican City after receiving a letter of credence from the Nigerian Ambassador to the Holy See, Paul Oga Adikwu. The Pontiff applauded President Muhammadu Buhari�s administration for the effort put so far in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria, and promised to assist with prayers. The Vatican City said, �The Holy Father, Pope Francis, expressed readiness to…

Nigeria�s ambassador to Germany blames �negative media� for fuelling insecurity

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

Nigeria�s ambassador to Germany Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has said that �negative media reports� are to be blamed for rising insecurity in the West African country. Tuggar made the claim in an interview with Germany�s Deutsche Welle (DW) where he spoke on the state of Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Over 300 school children have been abducted in Nigeria between February and May 2021, mostly in the northeast region due to activities of Boko Haram, bandits and other insurgency groups. Although the Nigerian government claimed that it is…

Insecurity: Nigeria will burn if Northerners retaliate attacks’ – ACF

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has said that Nigeria will be in flames if Northerners retaliate the attacks on them in other regions. The ACF�s spokesman, Emmanuel Yawe, stated this while cautioning Northern youths against retaliation in the face of all forms of provocations. Yawe appealed to Northern youths to remain calm and not set Nigeria ablaze by avenging attacks. Yawe, in a statement, recalled how the 1960�s retaliatory killings set the country in flames. �You see the thing about the North is that people will be provoking the region and they…