Plateau Communities Deserted After Receiving Quit Notice From Bandits
The communities recently issued with quit notice by bandits in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State have deserted. On June 28, gunmen in their numbers, issued five days quit notice to residents of Sabon Zama, Gindin Dutse, Anguwan Tsohon Soldi...
Withdrawal Of Security Aides From VIPs: Don’t Single Southeast Out In Your Approach, FENRAD Tells Police
Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD has faulted the Nigeria Police Force for singling out Southeast and Rivers state in a recent move directing the withdrawal of all police units and formations attached to governors, senators, and other politically-exposed persons within the two regions. The pro-democracy and human rights advocacy group while expressing its displeasure over the development says...
Suspected Herdsmen Kill Three Persons Returning From Burial In Gov. Ortom’s Community
Three kinsmen of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State were, Saturday evening, reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen while returning from a burial ceremony along Iordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of the state. This came as the governor, yesterday, raised the alarm that armed herdsmen have taken over communities in his home town making it impossible for him...
Insecurity: Buhari More Confused Than People He Leads — APC Chieftain
A stalwart of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia State, Chief Ndukwe Iko has taken a swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government for its inability to confront the security challenges facing the country, saying it is more confused than the masses it leads. Chief Iko says the President has demonstrated an inability to deal with the...
Banditry: Let’s Unite And Fight Criminals Troubling Us, Masari Begs Nigerians
Katsina State Governor and Chairman, North West Governors’ Forum, Aminu Masari has called on Nigerians to unite and fight criminals troubling the nation. The governor made the call in Sokoto on Thursday when he led a delegation including Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on a condolence visit to Sokoto over the recent bandits’ attack that claimed the lives of at...
Nigeria Deploys 65 Troops To Help In Bringing Stability In Mali
Sixty-five troops of the Nigerian Medical Contingent 9, Level II Hospital have been deployed to Mali as part of the United National Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the region. The troops have undergone an intensive three weeks of training and have been equipped with weapon training, protection of civilians, conflict-related sexual violence, child protection and sexual exploitation and abuse of...
34,587 Police Personnel Mobilised For Anambra Governorship Election
The Nigeria Police Force is set to deploy over 34,000 personnel to Anambra State, ahead of the November 6 polls. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba disclosed this while meeting with various state police commissioners and heads of formations in Abuja. According to him, three helicopters will also be deployed for surveillance during the poll in addition to...
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...
Youth Group Backs Redeployment Of AIG Okon To Zone 9 Police Hq Umuahia As IPOB Kicks
The umbrella body of all the youth organizations in the South East geopolitical zone under the auspices Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has applauded the redeployment of the immediate past Commissioner of Police in Abia state, now AIG Ene Okon to Zone 9 Police headquarters in Umuahia. This is even as the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB...
Nigerian Security Much Better Under Buhari ― Minister
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday, affirmed that the nation’s security has fared much better under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari than the previous administration, ABN TV reports. The minister, who took the president’s message to Zamfara State over the weekend when he assured that the Jangebe school girls abduction would be the last, met in a closed-door...
