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Boko Haram, ISWAP Still ‘Very Dangerous,’ North-East Needs $1bn Aid – UN

22Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Boko Haram, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, United Nations

Boko Haram, ISWAP Still ‘Very Dangerous,’ North-East Needs $1bn Aid – UN

The Head, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria, Martin Griffiths, has urged the world not to take attention away from the insurgency-ravaged North-East Nigeria, noting that the region needs not less than $1bn in aid this year. According to him, the funds are needed to provide food and health care for the millions of people displaced and to those who remain in their homes but are vulnerable to attacks. Griffiths, who spoke in an interview with The Associated Press in Abuja, said terrorist group, Boko Haram, and its offshoot, the Islamic State West Africa Province, are still “very, very dangerous (and) very threatening.” He noted that victims of the decade-long insurgency in the North-East were in serious need of humanitarian support, urging ...

Gunmen Kidnap Bayelsa Commissioner, Otokito Federal

21Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen Kidnap Bayelsa Commissioner, Otokito Federal

Gunmen have kidnapped the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade and Commence, Mr Otokito Federal Oparminola. According to investigations, Otokito was kidnapped by heavily armed men from his residence at Otuokpoti, Ogbia Local Government Area. See Also: Lagos Barber Stabs Neighbour To Death For Admiring His Pregnant Wife Sources said the gunmen invaded the community at about 11pm, Thursday night and fired severally shots to scare people away before they proceeded to Otokito’s residence where he was whisked away to an unknown destination. Source: Sun News

How I Escaped Being Bombed By Terrorists In Kaduna – Buhari

20Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

How I Escaped Being Bombed By Terrorists In Kaduna – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has narrated how he escaped being bombed near the Kawo bridge in Kaduna State while travelling to Katsina State in July 2014. Buhari disclosed this while commissioning the newly constructed Kawo bridge executed by the Kaduna State government on Thursday. Read Also: I Hope God Listens To Our Prayers On Insecurity –Buhari He said, “There was an attempt to bomb me here…there was a market nearby but my security escort were vigilant.” The Kawo bridge was a project, many said had become a cynosure, which had attracted many tourists to Kaduna since its completion. Other projects commissioned by the President included the ultra modern sports and shopping complex at Murtala Square Kaduna, where he reiterated the likelihood of his staying in Kaduna after leaving...

Sit-at-home: Amechi Threatens To Quit Negotiation For Kanu’s Release

18Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Sit-at-home: Amechi Threatens To Quit Negotiation For Kanu’s Release

First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has lamented that the actions of some leaders of the Indigenous People of Biafra are endangering the ongoing discussion and negotiation for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. This came as masked men suspected to be members of IPOB allegedly enforcing the suspended Monday sit-at-home order attacked traders at Obollo-Afor town in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State for disobeying the order on Monday. Amechi had led Igbo leaders to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in November 2021 to demand the unconditional release of the IPOB leader. Speaking in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday, he lamented that the sit-at-home order is destroying the South-East ...

Ebonyi Government Threatens To Punish Residents Who Will Obey Sit-At-Home Order

18Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Ebonyi Government Threatens To Punish Residents Who Will Obey Sit-At-Home Order

Ebonyi State government has warned residents of the state against obeying the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ahead of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu's court outing, IGBERETV reports. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful had announced that a sit-at-home protest will be observed in all states in the South-East region on Tuesday January 18, the scheduled date for continuation of trial of the proscribed group's leader. However reacting to the order, Ebonyi government directed that all markets and parks in the state should open for business as failure to do so will attract “severe punishment”. See Also: Ike Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu With Some Igbo Leaders Nwachukwu Eze, Ebonyi commissioner for markets and parks said in a statement; “All markets and...

How Police Sergeant’s ‘Accidental Discharge’ Killed Colleague While On Patrol

16Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Security

How Police Sergeant’s ‘Accidental Discharge’ Killed Colleague While On Patrol

Tragedy struck at the Cross River Police Command, when the riffle of a policeman, Sergeant Ubi Arikpo, accidentally went off and killed his colleague, Sergeant Francis Agube. A police source at the Atakpa Police Station in Calabar South narrated that the incident took place in front of the station, while the pick-up van carrying the team of policemen on patrol was passing through the gate of the station. On the accidental discahrge, the source said: “The team was from the State CID unit at the Police headquarters on Diamond Hill. “They were on patrol duty and they were passing through this road (Calabar Road, Watt Market). “They were driving from Effigy Roundabout, towards the station. When they got in front of the station Sergeant Ubi wanted to adjust his gun. “It discharge...

Nollywood Actress Laments Nigeria’s Insecurity After Attack By Bandits On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

16Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Nollywood Actress Laments Nigeria’s Insecurity After Attack By Bandits On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

A Nollywood actress, Bimpe Akintunde, has lamented the rate of insecurity in the country after she escaped an attack by suspected bandits at Onigari along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Akintunde on Saturday took to her Instagram handle to issue a warning to other drivers along the road. According to her, the bandits numbering about 10, were all dressed in military uniform, shooting directly at all vehicles coming to Lagos from Ibadan. The actress, who was reportedly in the car with her daughter, escaped death narrowly. She wrote on Instagram, "Let's be careful on Ibadan Express Road, I escaped bandit attack at around after 5:00pm this evening after Oni-Garri on my way to Lagos. "They were shooting at all of vehicles coming from Ibadan. They were like 10 in army uniform shooti...

I Hope God Listens To Our Prayers On Insecurity –Buhari

15Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

I Hope God Listens To Our Prayers On Insecurity –Buhari

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed hope that God will listen to Nigeria’s prayers on insecurity, insisting that his administration has done its best on security and will continue to do more by pursuing policies to deal with terrorism. This was as he urged Nigerians to be fair to his government in assessing the insecurity in the country by reflecting on what obtained when he took over in 2015. He said the North-West which had given the nation some “headache” would experience a turnaround for the better. Buhari spoke on Friday during a visit by the Grand Khalifa of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement World-Wide, Tidjani Ali Bin Arabi, to the State House, Abuja. The President urged citizens to show interest in their safety and complement what the government was doing. He a...

Nigeria Armed Forces’ Subordination To Civil Rule Not In Doubt – Lucky Irabor

15Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Nigeria Armed Forces’ Subordination To Civil Rule Not In Doubt – Lucky Irabor

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said the Nigerian military’s subordination to civil rule since 1999 is not in doubt as he pledged the loyalty of the military leadership to democratic rule in the country. General Irabor spoke yesterday in an interview monitored on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily where he appeared as a guest. The CDS commended the efforts of military personnel ahead of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. “Today, I believe that Nigerians are no longer in doubt as to the subordination of the military to civil rule, I believe that no one is in doubt that democracy has come to stay. See Also: No Plan To Sack Govt Workers – FG “I believe that no one is in doubt any longer that the current military leadership, and of course, since the democ...

Police Extend Recruitment Exercise, Beg Nigerians To Apply

12Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria, Security

Police Extend Recruitment Exercise, Beg Nigerians To Apply

The Nigeria Police Force has extended the recruitment exercise for 2021 to Saturday, January 22, 2022. This was contained in a statement by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Wednesday. According to the police spokesperson, the extension will give fresh opportunity to Nigerians to apply for the vacancies. The NPF urged governments, religious leaders and national stakeholders to encourage and mobilise their people to apply. Read Also: Standard Chartered Bank To Shut Down Half Of Nigeria Branches The statement reads, "The Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform citizens that the online registration in the ongoing 2021 recruitment exercise for interested and eligible Nigerians into the service of the Nigeria Police Force as police constables, has been extended to Satur...