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Insecurity: Kaduna Govt Bans Inter-state Cattle Movement

2Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Insecurity: Kaduna Govt Bans Inter-state Cattle Movement

The Government of Kaduna State has announced a ban on the transportation of livestock to other states. This was contained in a statement by Samuel Aruwan, State Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs on Thursday. He said, “After wide consultations and series of thorough security reviews, the Kaduna State Government has banned the transportation of livestock from the state to other states in the country.” He said the ban also prohibited the transportation of livestock into Kaduna State from other states, saying both bans took immediate effect. According to him, the government also wishes to reiterate that the transportation of donkeys into the state is a criminal offence and anyone found engaging in this will be prosecuted accordingly. Read also: Designa...

Insecurity: Zamfara Imposes Curfew, Closes Schools

1Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Security

Insecurity: Zamfara Imposes Curfew, Closes Schools

Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across the 14 Local government Areas in the State. The government has also shut down schools, both private and public, operating in all the LGA in the state. This followed the abduction of a yet-to-be-ascertained number of pupils of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state on Wednesday. According to TVC News, the curfew is from eight o’clock in the evening to seven o’clock in the morning. “The move, according to authorities, is to control the rising cases of banditry and kidnapping in the state,” says the broadcast medium. Deadly attacks have raged across Zamfara state where bandits have thrived. Read also: Bandits Occupy Farms In Katsina, F...

Amnesty International Sides With Terrorists – Presidency

1Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Amnesty International Sides With Terrorists – Presidency

The Presidency has accused Amnesty International, a non-governmental organisation that fights abuses, of being an ally of terror groups rather than foreground the liberty of terror victims. The Nigerian government also said the group has no legal right to exist in Nigeria. Garba Shehu, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement criticized Amnesty International over its ‘support’ for pro-secession groups like IPOB. The statement read, “Amnesty International’s latest salvo at Nigeria is but more of the same. “Again, they have decided to side with terrorists, before the liberty of those they injure, displace, and murder. “Speaking the language of universal human rights, Amnesty International deploys it only in defence – even outright promotion – of those that viole...

NDA Attack: More Woes Looming, Father Mbaka Warns

31Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

NDA Attack: More Woes Looming, Father Mbaka Warns

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has warned that the invasion of the Nigerian Defence Academy was tip of the iceberg compared to what awaits the country if the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, did not change. He also called on the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. Mbaka, who made the call in a homily during Sunday mass, queried whether the attack on the NDA was carried out by the IPOB leader. He warned that the attack on the NDA was still elementary to what would happen if something drastic was not done urgently to avert it. In the homily, which had gone viral, Mbaka stated, “Did you not hear that yesterday (Saturday), bandits entered...

Gunmen Raid Bishop Oyedepo’s Church In Kogi, Kidnap Members

31Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen Raid Bishop Oyedepo’s Church In Kogi, Kidnap Members

Gunmen kidnapped three members of the Living Faith Church Worldwide founded by Bishop David Oyedepo at Osara community in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was learnt the kidnappers invaded the church during the weekend, shooting indiscriminately to scare people away before successfully whisking their victims away. The assailants reportedly invaded the church while some members were holding a meeting. The chairman of the local government area, Joseph Omuya Salami, confirmed the abduction of three members of the church to journalists, through his special adviser on media and publicity, Habeeb Jamiu. He said the council chairman and the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Osara Division had visited the crime scene, and that the council was working with security...

Miyetti Allah Sect Vows To Arrest Gov Ortom When He Leaves Power

30Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Miyetti Allah Sect Vows To Arrest Gov Ortom When He Leaves Power

Herders under the Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore have vowed not to honour the Southern governors’ anti-grazing deadline, labelling it satanic. This is as the September 1 deadline set aside by Southern governors for the banning of open grazing nears. The herders said the planned policy had been overtaken by events, declaring the group's support for Nigerian government’s plan to revive grazing reserves, grazing routes and facilitate ranching in all the states. In May, another herder group, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association supported the Southern governors’ ban on open grazing, and challenged Northern governors to follow the lead of their Southern counterparts. The national secretary of the Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore, Saleh Alhassan, in an interview with Leadership, said members o...

IPOB Members Arrested During Meeting in Ghana

30Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

IPOB Members Arrested During Meeting in Ghana

The Police in Ghana have allegedly arrested some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, while meeting in Accra, the Ghanaian capital. The police, it was learnt stormed the venue of IPOB’s monthly meeting around Mallam Junction in Accra on Sunday, arresting an undisclosed number of members of the group. Read Also: South-East Govs, Elite Can’t Decide Igbo’s Fate, IPOB Replies Umahi The reason for the action was not disclosed. In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the arrested members were seen singing a pro-Biafra solidarity song. They were subsequently taken to a police station in Accra where they were profiled. Recall that the Nigerian government had in 2017 proscribed IPOB. The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); and the then Solic...

Journalist Our Partners In Progress – IPOB Rules Out Claims of Attacking Reporters

29Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Journalist Our Partners In Progress – IPOB Rules Out Claims of Attacking Reporters

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has affirmed that it has no agenda to attack journalists in the South-East region. The group in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, described journalists as partners in progress. The statement read, “The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been drawn to the fallacious statement credited to one Petrus Obi, against IPOB concerning the Nigerian Union of Journalists in the South East. Read Also: South-East Govs, Elite Can’t Decide Igbo’s Fate, IPOB Replies Umahi “We want to make it clear that IPOB has nothing against NUJ and will support and defend NUJ because they have been on the side of truth regarding the atrocities of Fulani herdsmen, bandits and terroris...

Some Top Politicians Sabotaging Fight Against Insecurity – Matawalle

27Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Some Top Politicians Sabotaging Fight Against Insecurity – Matawalle

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has accused some top politicians of sabotaging efforts towards ending insecurity in the troubled State. Governor Matawalle told Daily Post in a phone interview that politics now in Nigeria had become a do-or-die affair, saying that democracy was supposed to be “the government of the people by the people.” Reacting to the recent attack on NDA, the governor said that no place in Nigeria was safe in the entire Northern region, calling for urgent action to address the ugly trend. “It is unfortunate if the bandits can go up to NDA and kidnap the officers. I think the government has to look into it and maybe declare a state of emergency on security in the entire northern region. “Some people have been calling on the government to declare a st...

It’s Evil, Pure and Simple By Femi Adesina

27Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

It’s Evil, Pure and Simple By Femi Adesina

It is both sad and disheartening to observe the construct that some people try to give certain developments in the country. And that came out in bold relief in this week’s attack on the officers’ quarters of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), in which two people were killed, and one abducted. The news headlines, the slant of the stories, the analyses and discussions, all tended to paint a narrative of the humiliation of our military, the failure of government, and the fact that anarchy had been unleashed on the land. Watching, listening to and reading all the deliberate obfuscation of the matter reinforces the conviction once again that our country is filled with haters of government, of humanity, of good, and even of God. They deliberately muddy the waters, rejoice at evil and all for...