Security
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the creation of state police, better equipment for the military, and the creation of a border protection squad. This according to the political party is in order to urgently bring the security problem in the nation under control. National Chairman of the party, UCHE SECONDUS, made the call […]
the Federal Government has approved the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light The new center will be domiciled in the office of the National Security Adviser and Retired Major General AM DIKKO has been appointed as Pioneer Coordinator. The announcement was made in a statement signed by the […]
Bandits have threatened to kill the remaining 17 students abducted from Greenfield University, Kaduna State. Recall that the bandits who stormed the school on April 18 and abducted twenty-two students and a member of staff, have since killed five of them. In an interview with newsmen, a leader of the bandit group who identified himself […]
The Department of State Services says it will begin a clampdown on agents of anarchy in various parts of the country. In a statement by its spokesman, PETER AFUNANYA, the service faulted those said to be creating instability through comments that threaten the sovereignty and corporate existence of the nation. It also condemned what it […]
Myanmar security forces has opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days killing eight people, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis. The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated with demonstrations in Myanmar […]
Some youth leaders in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have cried out to Governor Nyesom Wike, over the worsening security situation in the area. The youths under the umbrella of the Save Andoni Movement also appealed to the Commissioner of Police, CP FRIDAY EBOKA and the General Officer Commanding 6 Division to immediately […]
MBAKA Moving on, a Catholic Priest and spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Reverend Father EJIKE MBAKA has asked President MUHAMMADU BUHARI to resign over the worsening insecurity in the country. Fr MBAKA said God is angry with the president over his inactions on the widespread killings across the nation, insisting that President […]
Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE, has declared a night curfew in all the 23 local government areas of state between 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. from today Thursday 29th April until further notice. Governor WIKE, in a statewide broadcast said the decision to impose the dusk-to-dawn curfew on the entire State was taken after an […]
Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has lamented that the present security architecture can neither guarantee effective policing nor address the challenges confronting the country. The South-West governors’ position was given vent by their South-South counterparts who also argued that the present security architecture in the country was no longer tenable. Governor […]
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed hope that Nigeria would overcome its security and other challenges. Obasanjo said he is an incurable optimist who believes in Nigeria and that the country will overcome its many challenges. He spoke on Wednesday at the 108th annual convention of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) in Ogun State where […]
