CRIME
Use Good Bandits To Fight The Bad Ones — Gumi Advises FG
The Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi who negotiates with Bandits has advised the Nigerian Government to support splinter groups among bandits as a way to end banditry. Gumi, who spoke on the abduction of 200 Islamiyya schoolchildren in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, said many bandits were ready for a dialogue. According to him, the government can use...
Insecurity: Buhari Charges Service Chiefs On Synergy
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the need for synergy among the armed forces in the country, to quickly end the prevailing insecurity in the land. Buhari spoke when he received the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, who was formally presented to him by the Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yahaya...
Rep Ben Kalu Seeks Reversal Of Shoot-At-Sight Order In South East, Says It Fuels Extrajudicial Killings [VIDEO]
The member representing Bende Federal Constituency and the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives Rep. Benjamin Kalu has called for the reversal of the shoot-at-sight order given by the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Usman Alkali baba. According to the federal lawmaker, this would give rise to extrajudicial killings without proper monitoring. Speaking on his weekly radio programme 'Ben Kalu’s Mandate’...
Frustrated, Gov. Hope Uzodinma Says He Can’t Guarantee Security In Imo
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has declared that he cannot guarantee security in the state if left alone. After meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Uzodimma told newsmen that stakeholders, including traditional, religious, and political leaders, must engage more with the people to restore normalcy in the beleaguered state. According to him, former political...
My Directive To Security Operatives To Shoot Anyone Wielding AK-47 Stands – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos reiterated that his directive to security agencies, to shoot any person or persons found illegally wielding AK-47s and other assault weapons, remains in place. The President also vowed that his administration will act firmly and decisively ‘‘against any and all persons fomenting or carrying out attacks on our Police Force and other security personnel.’’ The...
Biafra: HURIWA Blasts Buhari For Referring To All Igbos As IPOB
Human Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has said that Muhammadu Buhari is not worthy to be called the President of Nigeria. HURIWA also claims President Buhari’s method of keeping mute and confining himself to the comfort of the villa appears to be the best option since his recent comments are divisive. The rights group said the President must henceforth return to...
Insecurity: Withdraw Troops From Igboland, Onyeka Onwenu Begs Buhari
Human rights activist and former Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Women Development, Onyeka Onwenu, on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the Nigerian troops deployed in South East and dialogue with secessionist agitators in the region. The request was a result of the outcry over alleged extrajudicial killings of Igbo youths by the security...
Please Surrender, Embrace Peace — Army Begs Boko Haram Terrorists
The Nigerian Army has urged remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists to surrender and embrace peace. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. A.A. Eyitayo, made the call at a feast organised for journalists by the army on Sunday in Maiduguri. Eyitayo, who is also the Commander Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, said the recent military onslaught against...
Open Grazing Our Heritage, If You Stop Us We Attack — Fulani Jihadists Warn Okowa
Residents of Asaba, Delta State capital, were, Sunday, thrown into confusion, following a threat letter by Fulani jihadists to attack the capital city over Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s support for the ban on open grazing in the southern part of the country. The threat letter, which was pasted in some parts of the state, including the premises of Living Faith Bible...
Alleged Military Invasion: FENRAD Urges Ikpeazu To Address Violent Unrest, Disturbances In Ohafia
A human rights and pro-democracy group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) has decried what it called skirmishes between some unidentified group and the military in Ohafia on Friday, June 11, 2021 which it says has led to the invasion of Ohafia by security agencies. FENRAD in a statement issued on Monday by the Executive Director, Comrade Nelson...
