Tag: Worsening Insecurity

“Insecurity worsening, may consume nation”, Sultan, ACF, Clark, Gumi, CAN, Ohaneze, M/Belt Forum, others warn

Aminu Imam

Prominent leaders from various socio-cultural, religious, ethnic, political and other groups have raised the alarm over worsening insecurity, warning that if prompt action is not taken urgently, the situation might snowball into full anarchy that might consume the entire country. The warning came yesterday, during the inclusive security dialogue retreat in Abuja, meant to re-awaken the consciousness of the Federal Government and all stakeholders on the need to take actions to end the unending insecurity situation. Present at the meeting was the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo; Sultan of Sokoto, His…

Read More

Insecurity: NSA names groups supporting terrorist organisations

Aminu Imam

The National Security Adviser, (NSA), Major-Gen. Babagana Monguno, (rtd), has named some groups supporting terrorist organisations in the Sahel region. Monguno made the disclosure in a speech delivered at the 14th Workshop of the League of Ulamas, Preachers and Imams of Sahel countries which was held yesterday, in Abuja. “Terrorism and the rapid escalation of violent activities by militant Islamist groups in the Sahel since 2016 have been primarily driven by the Islamic State in Greater Sahara, (ISGS), which mainly operates in Mali and extends to the Niger Republic and…

Read More

Worsening Insecurity: Nigeria’s World Safety Report ranking as ‘unsafe’ worries House of Reps.

Aminu Imam
House of Reps Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila

The House of Representatives Committee on Safety Standards and Regulations has urged safety professionals to live up to their responsibility of making the nation safer. It followed the World Safety Report, which ranks Nigeria as the least safe country. This was the focus of a strategic stakeholders engagement for the sustainable practice of safety management in Nigeria organised by the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria, (ISPON). According to the Chairman, House Committee on Safety Standards and Regulations, Hamza Ibrahim, represented by his vice-chairman, Sam Chinedu Onwuazo, with the ISPON…

Read More

Worsening Insecurity: ‘Federal Government snoring, needs to wake up’ – JNI

Aminu Imam

The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has condemned the burning to death of innocent travelers by bandits on Dec. 6, in Sokoto State, and called on the government to wake up to its responsibility of protecting the people. The Secretary-General, JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, said in a statement, on Thursday in Kaduna, that the spate of killings in the country was unacceptable. He said Government must begin to hold security personnel accountable for any attack on citizens where they were deployed. “Nigerians are desperately yearning for concrete actions against all forms…

Read More

Northern youths express outrage, protest over widespread killings in region

Aminu Imam

Some Northern youths yesterday staged a protest march in the streets of some northern cities over the widespread killings in the region. The protest occurred following consistent attacks and abductions by bandits in the region. Recall that on Thursday, bandits invaded Maza-Kuka in Ba’are village, Mashegu local government area of Niger State, killing no fewer than 16 persons in a mosque. The villagers were performing their early morning prayers when the gunmen invaded the village in large numbers and attacked the villagers. Also, on Wednesday, assailants murdered the Katsina State…

Read More

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

Aminu Imam

…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…

Read More

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

Aminu Imam

The President-General of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam, Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alh. Sa’ad 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…

Read More

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

Aminu Imam

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…

Read More

Again, kidnappers return to Abuja-Kaduna highway, abduct dozens

Aminu Imam

Daredevil kidnappers have returned to the Abuja-Kaduna highway yesterday, abducting dozens of travellers. Recall that the kidnappers had on Sunday abducted an unspecified number of passengers and killed a notable Zamfara politician, Sagir Hamidu. It was reliably gathered that the kidnappers returned to the highway yesterday, at about 4:30 p.m., and opened fire on motorists. Sources said the incident occurred less than five kilometres away from the point the assailants operated on Sunday. According to an eyewitness who plied the road immediately after the incident, Lawan Sani, disclosed that he…

Read More

“Declare state of emergency on security now” – Masari appeals to Buhari

Aminu Imam

…’Insecurity situation unacceptable’, Chairman, National Conference of Speakers laments Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the nation’s security. Katsina is one of the epicentres in the nation’s North-West region where banditry and other criminal activities reign unabated with a cross-section of its citizens traumatised. Speaking yesterday in Katsina, during the opening of a meeting of Conference of Speakers of the Legislature from the 36 states in the country, Masari said that although the security agencies were doing their…

Read More