Buhari In Fresh Move To Wipe Out Insecurity, To Meet Service Chiefs Thursday
Barely 48 hours after the Presidential Brigade Guards came under attack by terrorists; President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting which will hold on Thursday. The Senior Special Assistant to the Presid...
Abuja, Neighboring States Move To Step Up Fight Against Insecurity
The Federal Capital Territory Administration said it had taken steps to rejig security operations and collaborations with states contiguous to Abuja to curb rising insecurity in the nation’s capital. Speaking at the FCT security committee’s meeti...
Service Chiefs Won’t Be Sacked So Far As Buhari Is Satisfied With Them – Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman, says the nation’s service chiefs will remain in office as far as President Muhammadu Buhari is satisfied with their performance. Shehu, who featured during an Arise TV programme on Monday night, said the calls for the sack of the service chiefs are “out of place”. Parts of the country have seen a rise in attacks in...
Despite Killings, Statewide Records Show Buhari Did Better In Borno ― Zulum
Notwithstanding recent killings of farmers and other attacks, statewide records on the 27 local government areas since 2011, indicate clearly that President Muhammadu Buhari has still performed better in handling Borno’s security challenges, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has declared. Zulum stated this on Sunday while addressing northern elders from the Arewa Consultative Forum in Maiduguri, who were led by the...
Boko Haram, ISWAP Responsible For Kidnapping In South West – Fayemi
The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, Kayode Fayemi, has said Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists fleeing from the North, have relocated to the South West. Fayemi, who is the Governor of Ekiti State, said these terrorists have taken up vices like kidnapping in the South East. Speaking on Channels television, Fayemi said: “Some of the insurgents that escaped from...
Insecurity: Buhari Is Not God – Ex Borno Gov, Shettima
Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno state, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not God and will be corrected on the manner he is addressing Nigeria’s security challenges. The senator representing Borno central said the successes recorded by the president in the fight against Boko Haram have been overshadowed by the deteriorating security situation in the north-east. Shettima, who was governor for...
Buhari Is Safe In Daura – Defense Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, says the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, is safe in Daura, Katsina State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, who stated this today, noted that the security of the President is not threatened by the activities of bandits in his home state. Bandits had taken...
Insecurity: Nigerians Should Be Thankful For Small Mercies Granted By Buhari’s Administration – Adesina
Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, says Nigerians should be thankful for “small mercies” granted by the Buhari administration in its fight against insecurity. Speaking during a Channels TV programme on Sunday, Adesina said the security situation has improved compared to “when bombs went off like firecrackers every day” before President Muhammadu Buhari came to power. While Buhari promised to bring an...
Nigeria’s Security Situation Better Than In 2015, Says Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government on Monday said although the country was facing security challenges, the current situation is better than what the present regime met at its inception in 2015. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this while answering questions at a press conference in Abuja. He was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. “I...
Insecurity: Abia Assembly Members Weep, Invite Security Heads
The member representing Isiala Ngwa South State Constituency, Rt Hon Chikwendu Kalu, and his Isuikwuato counterpart, Hon Emeka Okoroafor have decried the growing level of insecurity in their various constituencies, calling on the security agencies to intervene. This is even as other lawmakers during Tuesday's plenary expressed frustration over the escalating security situations across the state. The Assembly through the Speaker,...
