Tag: Rising Insecurity

“Stop killing our people”, Northern elders warn Southerners

Aminu Imam

The North has warned against the continued demonization, attacks and killings of northerners in southern parts of Nigeria. The warning was contained in a communique issued yesterday, after a two-day interactive session convened by the Northern Peoples Summit, which ended on Thursday in Kaduna. The communique was presented by the Chairman of the Communiqué Drafting Committee, Prof. Doknan Danjuma Sheni, to newsmen in Arewa House, Kaduna. Sheni said the North has demanded that the Federal and State governments must take strong measures to safeguard northerners living in southern part of…

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Insecurity: ‘Establish special courts for banditry’, Obasanjo, Sheikh Gumi urge FG

Aminu Imam

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the prominent northern religious leader, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits, kidnappers and carriers of unlawful weapons in Nigeria. Obasanjo and Gumi made this known in a jointly signed communique issued after they held a closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, yesterday. Gumi, who led some northern religious leaders to Obasanjo’s residence in Abeokuta, arrived around 11 am and left at 4 pm while he declined to speak with newsmen when asked the reason for his visit.…

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“Incompetent leadership breeds insecurity” – Dr. Umar Ardo

Aminu Imam

ByA’isha Aminu Bello A foremost academic and historian, Dr. Umar Ardo has attributed the rising insecurity in the country to failure of leadership in discharging its constitutional responsibility to the citizenry.  While featuring in a LibertyTV Hausa flagship programme: Tambihi, Dr. Ardo also lampooned the nation’s security and intelligence agencies of failing in their duties of providing the needed security for the country.  Dr. Ardo said those in the Executive and the Legislature should find permanent solutions to the problem of insecurity in the country instead of buck-passing in the face…

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Insecurity: IBAN appeals to FG, Nigerians for peace, unity

Aminu Imam

…Pledges N1billion to PTF on Covid-19 for campaigns The association of owners of private and independent television and radio stations in Nigeria, Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, (IBAN), has appealed to the Federal Government and their relevant agencies as well as Nigerians to synergize for greater success in the battle against the rising insecurity facing the nation. The IBAN, made the passionate appeal for peace and safety in a press statement it issued yesterday on the current security situation facing the country, signed by its Chairman, Guy Murray Bruce and…

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“Poverty responsible for insecurity in Nigeria” – Hon. Wadada

Aminu Imam

By Maryam Zakari A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Aliyu Wadada, has said there is a direct link between poverty and insecurity in Nigeria, adding that until the Federal Government tackles the issue of poverty, not much would be achieved in the fight against the insecurity bedeviling the nation. Speaking on a Liberty TV current affairs programme: “State of the Union“, Wadada, who holds the traditional title of Sarkin-Yakin Keffi, said once people have a source of livelihood they would have no time to get involved in crime. …

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Rising Insecurity: Step aside! – Senators tell Service Chiefs

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday asked the country’s service chiefs to step aside as a result of the rising insecurity in the country. The resolution of the upper legislative chamber followed a motion sponsored by Ali Ndume, Senator representing Borno South and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army. The demand for the resignation of the Service Chiefs was put forward in a proposed amendment to the resolutions of the Senate moved by Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi and seconded by Betty Apiafi. Senate also urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to as…

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