Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says he is disappointed that security operatives cannot secure a distance of 20 kilometers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway in the state. On Friday, Boko Haram insurgents abducted 35 commuters near Garin Kuturu in Jakana along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. Speaking on Monday when he visited the location of the attack, Zulum said […]

House of Representatives, Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to earmark and release the sum of N3 billion as a special fund for the local production of firearms and ammunition to fight the rising wave of terrorism and insecurity in the country. This, according to the House was to be achieved through the the partnership of […]

Zamfara State Governor , Bello Matawalle , says he finds it insulting for the ruling All Progressives Congress to accuse him of sponsoring bandits in his state. The Zamfara State governor , who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019, said the state was “ a colony of banditry in […]

The Defence Headquarters and the police have given accounts of how 39 Islamiyya students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, kidnapped last Saturday on their way from Maulud programme at Unguwar Al-Kasim village in Katsina State, were rescued unhurt. The Islamiya children were abducted barely 48 hours after troops effected the rescue of 344 abducted students of Government […]

The Presidency has called on Nigerians to be thankful that bombings no longer take place in the country daily. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity , Femi Adesina , said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics ’ programme on Sunday. Adesina, who is the President ’ s most senior media aide, […]

A political historian, Dr Usman Bugaje, has lamented the security situation in the country, saying things have deteriorated. Bugaje, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said although the Federal Government made some gains in tackling insecurity in 2016, it, however, failed to consolidate on the improvements made. “Immediately this government came, […]

Gunmen on Sunday stormed Madaka village in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, killing at least three people. The Chief of Staff to the LG Chairman, Mohammed Mohammed, confirmed this to Channels Television via a telephone conversation. Those killed are a leader of the vigilante group in Madaka, Isyaku Alhassan, his son Abdulhamid Isyaku […]

…..As more troops are deployed to flashpoints …..El-Rufai reiterates stand on recourse to the law Military and police authorities have informed the Kaduna State Government that four persons have been killed in further reprisal attacks in Zangon-Kataf LGA on Saturday night. Samuel Aruwan , Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State,stated on […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has advised the federal government to speed up the prosecution of terrorists and bandits in the country to send a strong message to them. Atiku, who was reacting to the recent attack on the convoy of Sanusi Muhammad, Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara state, said the killing of innocent people […]