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We Can’t Afford Another Civil War, Says Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
Obasanjo: Insecurity won’t consume Nigeria US issues advisory on Lagos Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday rallied Nigerians to put the brakes on the spiralling violence that has pushed Nigeria toRead More

Kano Police Arrest Supplier Of 100 Motorcycles To Zamfara Bandits

Police arrest
Kano State Police Command yesterday disclosed the arrest of a man who allegedly supplies various motorcycles to bandits in Zamfara State. The police spokesman in Kano, Mr. Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa,Read More

Lawan: Drug Barons Financing Terrorists, Bandits

President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, yesterday attributed the lingering insecurity in the country to the activities of drug barons. He accused those he described as drug barons ofRead More

FG No Longer Able To Protect Nigerians, Says Northern Elders Forum

Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
Advises Citizens to organise themselves, raise vigilance Worries banditry, kidnapping may damage region’s poor education Contends it’s time for governors to seek more powers Kano shuts down tertiary institutions TheRead More

How Kagara School Boys, Others Were Released

Kagara schoolboys, others after they were released
About 48 hours after the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, alleged that the Federal Government had abandoned the state in the plan to secure the release of theRead More

CAN Advises Buhari To Declare Emergency In Security

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
Begs for Pastor Yakuru’s release from Boko Haram The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the security sector ofRead More

Piracy Worsens Despite 120% Surge In Naval Budget

Piracy rate
Nigeria records 250 attacks in eight years Gulf of Guinea accounted for 95% kidnapping cases in 2020 With its 17.95% share of 195 piracy and armed robbery attacks against shipsRead More

Bandits Kidnap 91-Year-Old Monarch In Katsina, Kill 3 In Kaduna

Bandits
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped the 91-year-old Village Head of Kunduru, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed, in Kankia Local Government Area, Katsina State. Likewise, bandits, who were reportedly aided byRead More

Governor Rejects N500m Ransom Demand As Bandits Cling To Kagara Schoolboys

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello
Sheikh Gumi meets with outlaws in Dutsen-Magaji forest, demands amnesty for them Hope was initially raised yesterday on freedom for the abducted 27 students and 15 others at Government ScienceRead More

Stand Up to Bandits, Defence Minister Charges Nigerians As 42 Abducted In Niger

Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd)
Military launches manhunt for kidnappers of school boys, others Security chiefs, ministers in Niger to coordinate rescue Gov rules out ransom payment, closes boarding schools Senate asks Buhari to declareRead More