State Assemblies Commence Plans On Establishment Of State Police Over Insecurity
Several state Houses of Assembly have begun moves to consider the creation of state police, a long-debated reform that President Bola Tinubu last week urged the National Assembly to legalise as part of sweeping constitutional amendments amid rising killings, mass abductions, and growing security failures across Nigeria. Nigeria has recently witnessed a resurgence of violent banditry and terrorist attacks, while...
Obasanjo Charges FG To Desist From Negotiating With Terrorists, Take Action
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has rejected calls for negotiations with bandits, insisting that Nigeria must take decisive action and embrace international assistance to confront escalating insecurity. Obasanjo, who spoke at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival held in Jos, the state capital, on Friday, asked the Federal Government to stop apologising and negotiating with terrorists. His position comes...
VIPs Seeks NSCDC Security After 11,000+ Policemen’s Recall
Following the withdrawal of 11,566 policemen by the authorities, prominent Nigerians have revealed plans to apply to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for orderlies and security escorts. The move, ordered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is part of an aggressive push to redirect overstretched security manpower to escalating nationwide threats—including kidnapping spikes in Kwara, Kebbi, Niger and other...
Tinubu Declares Emergency Over Worsening Insecurity
President Bola Tinubu yesterday declared a security emergency and ordered the army and the police to recruit more personnel Amid worsening security situation in the country. The President also told the National Assembly to begin the process of reviewing the law to allow states willing to establish state police do so. Tinubu in a statement he personally signed, directed the Department...
Atiku Faults FG Over Terrorists Running Alternative Govt
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the Federal Government’s handling of the recent abduction and release of schoolgirls in Kebbi State, warning that the development is not a security success but evidence that terrorists now operate as an “alternative government” in parts of the country. In a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, Atiku criticised the Special...
FCT Police, Security Agencies Re-activates ‘Operation Sweep FCT’
Amid rising concerns over kidnapping and banditry, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command—working in collaboration with multiple security agencies—has re-activated the joint security task force known as Operation Sweep FCT. The operation was formally relaunched on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, with full support and strategic guidance from the Minister of the FCT, Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike. According to the Command,...
Reps Cautions Against Rising Insecurities
The House of Representatives, yesterday, held a special plenary session on Nigeria’s escalating insecurity, with lawmakers issuing some of the strongest self-indicting speeches heard in the chamber in recent years. Members warned that the country was “slipping,” institutions failing, adding that parliament must take responsibility to rescue the nation. Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda, who lamented that insecurity could...
Tinubu Orders 24-hour Aerial Surveillance On Kwara, Kebbi, Niger Forest Over Abductions
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a 24-hour security cordon around forests in Kwara, Kebbi and Niger states, to link up with the boots on the ground, following a surge in kidnappings and terrorist activities. His directive came as over 20 persons, including a pregnant woman, nursing mothers and children, were abducted Monday evening in a fresh attack on Isapa, a...
Police Halt Unapproved Egungun Festival In Oregun, Arrest 12 Over Threats To Public Order
The Lagos State Police Command has halted plans for an unapproved Egungun festival in the Oregun area and arrested twelve suspects linked to posters and social media publications warning residents against free movement. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, the suspects—allegedly operating under...
South West Governors Holds Emergency Security Meeting
Governors of the South-West states are expected to converge on Ibadan for an urgent, unscheduled meeting to deliberate on pressing regional matters, particularly security concerns across the zone. The closed-door session, which will commence at the Governor’s Office, Agodi, is being hosted by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. All six governors from Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti are expected...
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