The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that the security challenges bedeviling the country cannot be effectively tackled in a hurry. The Minister of Defence , Federal Republic of Nigeria , Major General Bashir Magashi ( Retd . ) , made the disclosure at the Nigerian Naval College, Onne, Rivers State on Saturday during the […]
Security was reinforced around the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Friday to avert a repeat of the Thursday afternoon invasion of the court by armed hoodlums. The hoodlums numbering twenty overpowered the security men on duty and forced their way into Court II which was handling a pre-election suit involving the […]
Bandits and criminal elements in north west Nigeria have turned themselves into tax collectors, milking defenceless farmers. A BBC Hausa Service report said farming villagers in Zamfara, Katsina and parts of Kaduna are now at the mercy of the well armed bandits. They ask the farmers to pay hefty taxes before harvesting their crops. Sometimes […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says President Muhammadu Buhari will serve out his term despite calls for his resignation. The high rate of insecurity has led the calls for the president to step down. On Wednesday, the Northern Elders’ Forum said life has lost value under Buhari, demanding that the president should resign. But speaking […]
Three suspects arrested for allegedly detonating explosives in Governor Nyesom Wike’s father’s church in Rivers State said they engaged in the act to get juicy appointments in the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) The suspects made the confessional statements when they were paraded by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Joseph Mukan, at […]
Two persons were feared killed while about 10 passengers were abducted in a hijack of a commercial by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Edo state. The incident happened at Obagie community, Benin-Auchi-Abuja highway, Uhunmwonde local government area of the state. It was gathered that the gunmen suddenly emerged from the bush, forced the commercial […]
Senator Ibrahim Shakarau says President Buhari is breaking the law by retaining the current Service Chiefs. Following the massacre at Koshebe in Borno State, many Nigerians renewed calls for the sacking of the Security Chiefs, saying that the present military leadership has failed to perform. Mr. Shekarau who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead one person and abducted five others in Bwari- Sabo community in Tafa local government area of Niger state. A resident of the area, who simply identified himself as Shuaibu, said the incident happened around 12:am when the gunmen in their numbers armed to teeth invaded the community. […]
…..Govs: We are frustrated, military overwhelmed ….Tinubu writes Zulum, says more efforts needed to win anti-terror war For the second time in a week, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has expressed concern about the worsening insecurity in Nigeria. The sultan, who last Thursday described the North, ravaged by terrorism and banditry, […]
A combined team of security operatives have arrested some persons suspected to have killed a first-class traditional ruler in Ondo State, the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Isreal Adeusi. The monarch was shot and killed last Thursday by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers near Elegbeka village on a trip from Akure, the state capital where […]
