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16Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Security

FG Can’t Secure All Schools – Minister

The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to be vigilant to mitigate against attacks on schools and students’ abduction. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, in an interview with Punch on Monday, noting that the government cannot secure all schools across the country. Nwajiuba said the government has instructed schools to report any security threat to the nearest security agency. "Eternal vigilance is the price for security. Every nation is always concerned about the consciousness of its people. The Federal Government cannot secure every house. Everybody needs to be vigilant. We have passed this message to all our schools so that anywhere they are, if there is any threat, they know the nearest security agency to contact," he said while ...

Bandits Kidnap Many Pupils, Teachers in Kaduna Primary School

15Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Bandits Kidnap Many Pupils, Teachers in Kaduna Primary School

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked UBE Primary School, Rama in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting a yet-to-be ascertained number of pupils and teachers. According to a report by SaharaReporters, it was gathered that the gunmen who came on motorcycles arrived at the school around 9 am on Monday. The incident comes few days after bandits abducted 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state. More details shortly...

Asari-Dokubo Proclaims Self New Biafran Leader

15Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Asari-Dokubo Proclaims Self New Biafran Leader

A former militant in the Niger Delta region, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has declared himself the leader of the new Biafra de facto Customary Government. He cited injustice and marginalization on the Igbo race found across different zones of the country as the rationale for his aspiring for a better life for his people. Asari-Dokubo disclosed this in a statement issued by the Head of Information and Communication of the customary government, Uche Mefor in Warri on Sunday. The statement issued online also announced that George Onyibe would be the Secretary while Emeka Esiri would be in charge of the Legal Matters. According to the statement, Asari-Dokubo, vowed that the de facto government would take care of the current insecurity challenges faced by the Igbo as well as focusing...

14Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Gunmen Kill Six in Osun

Some yet to be identified gunmen killed six people in the wee hours of Sunday in a village near Wasinmi, a community along Ife/Ibadan way, Osun State. Though the identities of the killers could not be obtained at the point of filing this report, police operatives, men of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, and Hunters Group of Nigeria were said to have been deployed in the bush in the area. The incident was confirmed by the Osun Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, noting all the deceased were members of the same family, Punch reports. Opalola noted the state Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, had visited the scene of the incident.

Students’ Abduction: Schools must remain safe spaces to learn without fear

13Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Education, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, United Nations, Youths

Students’ Abduction: Schools must remain safe spaces to learn without fear

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has expressed sadness over the recent mass abduction of students in different parts of Nigeria. Gunmen had abducted over 300 people including students and staff of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Friday. The incident marked the fourth mass abduction of school children in the North in the space of four months. In his reaction, Guterres in a post on Twitter urged authorities to ensure the safe release of the students and the prosecution of the abductors. He said, “I’m deeply saddened to learn of yet another mass abduction of students from a school in Nigeria. “Schools must remain safe spaces to learn without fear of violence. The students must be ...

No Trace of Money or Arms Procured by Ex-Service Chiefs – NSA

13Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Corruption, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

No Trace of Money or Arms Procured by Ex-Service Chiefs – NSA

National Security Adviser Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has disclosed that the federal government is not aware of how monies meant for the purchase of arms were spent under the immediate past Service Chiefs. He also stated that government cannot also trace the arms claimed to have been bought. Monguno, who made the disclosures in an interview with Hausa service of the BBC, explained the new Service Chiefs also said they have not seen the arms bought by their predecessors. According to Monguno, it is still unclear how much President Muhammadu Buhari has spent on arms and other equipment to fight insecurity. He said the government was working hard to address the ongoing security crisis, “which some Nigerians saw as a serious setback.” The NSA said: “No one knows what ha...

12Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Breaking News, News, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen abduct Female Students in Kaduna

Suspected bandits have abducted unspecified number of female students of The Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando area of Kaduna State. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the incident. He said the exact number of students abducted is unknown. “They were abducted last night, we have no details of the number of students,” ASP Jalige said. He said the Police was working with the Army to trace the kidnappers and rescue the students. According to the BBC, a witness said half of the female students were taken but not a single male was abducted. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan,also confirmed the incident, saying investigation is ongoing. Details shortly…

Wars and Rumours of War, by Femi Adesina

12Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism

Wars and Rumours of War, by Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina It’s often intriguing to hear eminent and well appointed Nigerians talk about disintegration, destabilization and outright war, as if it’s a picnic. War? Not a tea party, and not something you should wish even upon your enemy. Nigeria fought a war before, in which about two million people died. There was sorrow, tears and blood, till good sense prevailed, and we said there was no victor, no vanquished. The scars of that internecine conflict are still very evident in some parts of the land. Why then do some newspaper columnists, public commentators, ethnic warlords, even academics, talk of war as something they long for, an affliction they want to inflict their country with? War? Is it a picnic or tea party? Hear what President Muhammadu Buhari once said to the ...

11Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Gunmen abduct Teachers, Students in Edo

Gunmen on Wednesday night invaded the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State and abducted yet-to-be-ascertained number of teachers and students. According to a report by The Nation, the kidnappers invaded the institute on Wednesday night, amid sporadic gunshots. The development, it was gathered heightened tension in the area, with parents and guardians storming the institute to ascertain the whereabouts of their children and wards. Edo state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bello Kontongs, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident, but said he was awaiting the details from the commander of anti-kidnapping unit of the state’s police command.

We won’t Negotiate with Bandits, and Terrorists – FG

11Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

We won’t Negotiate with Bandits, and Terrorists – FG

The Federal Government has declared it won’t negotiate with terrorists and bandits. National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), who stated this during the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja, said government would rather deploy all necessary forces to eliminate criminals. According to him, negotiating with the criminals would suggest weakness and incapacity on the part of government. He said the government would not succumb to blackmail and the use of criminals by proxies to harass innocent citizens. “While the government is not averse to talking it must apply the necessary force because you can’t trust these people. “Government wants to use military assets to eliminate them but if along the line, the come out, good. It pa...