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Nigeria More Insecure Under Buhari Than Abacha – Mailafia

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the nation’s Finance Bill (2019) into law. Dr Obadiah Mailafia says Nigeria under the current leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari is more insecure than it was when General Sani Abacha was in power. The former […]

COAS: We will deal with agitators, insurgents

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has vowed to deal decisively with those threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria, warning that those behind such discontents must drop their plans or be ready to face the firepower of security forces in the country. Attahiru handed down the warning in Uyo, the Akwa […]

Insurgency: Nigeria under critical threat ― Defence Minister

The Minister of Defence, Major General Salihi Magashi (rtd), on Monday, declared that the country was under critical security threat following resurging terrorists’ attacks, banditry and abductions across the states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Authority FCT Abuja. The minister made the declaration in Abuja while speaking at a National Defence and Security […]

ISIS, al-Qaeda planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria, US warns

There are plans by terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda and ISIS to penetrate Southern Nigeria, the United States has warned the Nigerian government. The US says the dreaded groups are looking to make an inroad into Southern Nigeria, this is just as It confirmed that Al-Qaeda has started penetrating the north-western part of the country. In a […]

Wike To FG: If You Kill Ortom, Be Prepared To Bury Nigeria

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the Federal Government will be held responsible if Samuel Ortom, his Benue counterpart, is assassinated. The convoy of Ortom was attacked along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue on Saturday. In his reaction to the incident, Wike said if the Benue governor is killed, there […]

Ortom: How herdsmen opened fire on my convoy

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has narrated how gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked his convoy on Saturday. The incident was said to have occurred at Tyo Mu along Makurdi-Gboko road while on a visit to a farm. The governor, who confirmed the incident to journalists, described the gunmen as “herders”. He said the armed […]

Gunmen Attack Another Police Station In Anambra, Scores Killed

Armed men launched an attack on Ekwulobia Police station in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State on Friday. The police station was among the ones razed during the October #EndSARS crisis but it was renovated recently. There are reports that two persons were killed in the attack. But DSP Ikenganyia Tochukwu, Police Public Relations […]