Police officers in Zamfara have arrested a former soldier and notorious bandit who also supplies arms to terrorists in the northwestern state. The suspect, Sa’idu Lawal, is said to have been terrorising communities in Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kaduna states. Sa’idu Lawal, a native of Zamfara State, voluntarily retired from the Nigerian Army […]
Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says the 1999 constitution doesn’t restrict the vice-president from handling security matters. Speaking at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Lagos recently, Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had said if his party wins, he will focus on security, while […]
AS insecurity continues to be the greatest challenge in the country, the Institute of Economics and Peace, IEP, yesterday disclosed that violence affected eight per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, leading to the country’s lost of about ₦50 trillion within 18 months. IEP in its 2021-2022 report (January 2021 to June 2022) […]
