Tag Archives: insecurity

The former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd). has lamented the rising security issues in Nigeria, saying the country is now a war front and a disgrace to the world.   Channels TV reports that while speaking at a function in Taraba state today April 19, the elder …

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, says peace will be returned to the South East within two minutes if he is released from prison.   Kanu stated this earlier on Tuesday, March 19, after the Federal High court ruled against his bail application.   Speaking …

The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has signed an executive order prohibiting the sale of unbranded bread, packaging of bread in sacks, illegal sales of petroleum and use of tinted glass in vehicles in the state.   According to a statement released, the ban takes effect immediately, and all bakery …

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has stated that the insecurity level in the country has reduced drastically since President Bola Tinubu took office on May 29, 2023.    The former Akwa Ibom state governor stated this while contributing to a debate on a motion regarding the recent killings in Benue State …

  Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, arrested 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic and Cameroon.   The trucks were intercepted in a sting operation at major …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and the Commissioner of Police in the FCT have been summoned by the senate over rising insecurity.    They will be briefing the Senate in a closed-door session.   The resolution was reached following a motion moved by Senator Ned Nwoko, …

It also urged the Federal Government to extend the gesture to the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) to help tackle security challenges in the Southwest. The Secretary General of Agbekoya worldwide, Dr Adegbenro Ogunlana, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Ogunlana called for transparency in the installation …

Hon. Akin Rotimi, spokesperson of the house of representatives, broke down in tears on Tuesday, Jan. 30, while presenting a motion on the heightened insecurity in Ekiti State.   Rotimi, who represents Ikole/Oye federal constituency of Ekiti, started sobbing while moving a motion concerning the killing of two monarchs in the …

Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike is currently holding a town hall meeting with residents of Bwari Area Council over the incessant kidnapping and killing in the area.   The Nation reported that a former senator who represented FCT, Philip Aduda, the Bwari Council of Chiefs, security agencies, and …

Tinubu also expressed his condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the recent bombing in Tudun Biri, Kaduna State. President Bola Tinubu has insisted that his administration would not be satisfied until insecurity becomes a thing of the past.