Search For NAF Missing Aircraft Continues As PDP, Ndume Express Worry
The search for the missing Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet entered its fourth day on Saturday with no sign of the wreckage of the aircraft. It was gathered that more troops and air assets had been deployed in the ongoing search of the jet which was believed to have crashed with two crew members, Flt Lts. John Abolarinwa and Ebiakpo...
Reps Move To Make Special Secrecy Law For DSS, NIA, DIA, Others
The House of Representatives is considering a new law that guides the operations of security and intelligence agencies in Nigeria, which will especially propose stricter conditions for information gathering and sharing by security agents. The National Security Agencies Personnel Identity Protection Bill 2021, which is awaiting second reading by the House, will supersede the existing Official Secrets Act when it...
After Ebonyi Killing, Umahi Says Nigeria Will Overcome Agents Of Disunity
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has stressed the need for oneness among Nigerians, noting that upholding the unity of the nation will conquer every form of disunity. Umahi stated this in his Easter message issued on Saturday in Abakaliki. According to the governor, as Jesus Christ triumphed over death, Nigerians will also triumph over every agent of disunity. “Easter is a commemoration...
Buhari Charges Security Agents To Arrest Perpetrators Of Ebonyi Killing
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the dastardly attack on Monday night in three communities in Íshíelu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state. The affected communities are Egedegede, Obegu and Amuzu communities. A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said Buhari has directed law enforcement agencies to fish out the attackers...
We Now Bear Arms To Defend Ourselves From Ikwuano People — Akwa Ibom Community
The people of Nkari in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday said an incessant boundary crisis led them to bear arms to farms. The community has been engaged in a long-drawn communal war with Usaka Ukwu in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. Chairman of Ini LGA, Mr Israel Idaisin, said his people have resorted to...
Attack On Soludo: Ohanaeze Decries Insecurity In South East, Seeks Decentralisation Of Police
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Thursday, condemned the attack by gunmen on former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Ohanaeze National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, described the insecurity situation in the South-East as worsening, adding that people in the zone now live in raw fear after over 23...
Easter: NSCDC Assures Abians Adequate Security, Deploys 2,500 Officers
Ahead of Easter celebration this weekend, the Abia Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has deployed no fewer than 2,500 personnel across the state, even as it assures residents to go about their normal businesses without fear of molestation. The Command also reiterated its readiness to continue to collaborate with sister security agencies in the State to...
Insecurity: Nobody Takes Buhari Seriously, Even Service Chiefs – Sen. Abaribe
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Why would we take him (President Muhammadu Buhari) seriously? Just the day after he had said we would no longer accept all these kidnappings, this would be the last, they kidnapped the last day,” he said. “And those people are still there; those innocent Nigerians are...
Insecurity: I Meant Recruitment Of 50,000 Youths Into Army Not 50 million — Tinubu
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he made an error while calling for more youths to be drafted into the Nigerian Army in a bid to adequately tackle the nation’s security challenges. In a communique by his media aide Tunde Rahman, Tinubu stated on Tuesday that contrary to comments made at the colloquium in Kano...
Tell Nnamdi Kanu We Can Enter Any Community In Igboland And Attack, Fulani Herdsmen Reportedly Boast
Killer Fulani herdsmen have reportedly challenged the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and his Eastern Security Network, ESN to do their worst, insisting that they can launch an attack in any Igbo community of their choice. Recall that the militia group had on Monday invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed...
