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Amotekun Official Shoots Policeman in Oyo

4Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

Amotekun Official Shoots Policeman in Oyo

A member of the Oyo State Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has allegedly shot and injured a police officer, identified as Fatai Yekini. reports say Yekini who is a special police constable attached to Ojongbodu Police Station, was shot at the Sanga area in Oyo town on Sunday by the Amotekun officer, Ibrahim Ogundele, Punch reports. Ogundele was reported to have shot at the police officer when the police team deployed from Ojongbodu arrived at the scene of the New Year carnival to dispatch those celebrating there. The incident was said to have taken place around 3 pm on Saturday. The Amotekun official was reported to have been arrested and place in police custody while the injured policeman was receiving treatment at the hospital. The incident was confirmed by the Police P...

Nigeria Suffered From Lazy Leadership in 2020 – Atiku

1Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Security

Nigeria Suffered From Lazy Leadership in 2020 – Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria has said that aside from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Nigeria suffered lazy and inspiring leadership, especially from the Federal Government. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said this in his New Year message to Nigerians. Atiku advocated for the same kind of cooperation displayed by Nigerians in the fight against the virus to find solutions to the other problems the country is facing. He listed the other problems, saying “we are exposed to a common threat of terrorism, kidnapping and sundry criminalities; the threat of economic meltdown, unemployment and poverty.” He said, “It is with a glad heart that I welcome everyone to the New Year, 2021. “The out-gone year was quite ...

Allow Nigerians Wield Arms, Sagay Tells Buhari

30Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Allow Nigerians Wield Arms, Sagay Tells Buhari

Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to permit ordinary citizens to wield guns to protect themselves. Sagay said it has become imperatives for the government to allow citizens bear arms to defend themselves when attacked since it has become submerged by various security threats such as Boko Haram, insurgency banditry, kidnapping, etc Daily Independent reports. According to Sagay, unprovoked attacks, especially on villages by armed bandits, will greatly reduce across the country if the villages are permitted to bear firearms to defend themselves. He said, "All sorts of things are happening nowadays. You have kidnappers, bandits, Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram. The reality is that there is nowher...

Niger Votes in Search of First Democratic Transition

27Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, Elections, News, Security

Niger Votes in Search of First Democratic Transition

Niger heads to the polls on Sunday (today) in an election that is expected to pave way for the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents in a country battling insecurity. Reports say Mohamed Bazoum, former interior minister, the ruling party’s candidate is in pole position to replace President Mahamadou Issoufou, who has completed two five-year terms leading the West African country, CGTN reports. The 60 years old Bazoum in his campaign address, promised to continue with Issoufou’s policies, while also vowing to cleanse the country of corruption. Bazoum in a campaign video said, “If I am lucky enough to win this election, you will have chosen someone who is ready from day one.” The election comes at a time when Niger is facing twin security crises. I...

Three UN Peacekeepers Killed in C.Africa Ahead of National Polls

26Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Africa, News, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Three UN Peacekeepers Killed in C.Africa Ahead of National Polls

Three UN peacekeepers have been killed by unidentified combatants in the Central African Republic, the United Nations said, as the country prepares for a general election and fighting continues between rebels and government forces. The news came after a rebel coalition called off a ceasefire and said it would resume its march on the capital, as well as the arrival of troops from Russia and Rwanda to shore up the government of the resource-rich country. “Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others were wounded,” the UN said in a statement on Friday following attacks on UN troops and Central African national defence and security forces. The assaults took place in Dekoa, central Kemo Prefecture, and in Bakouma, in the southern Mbomou Prefecture, it said, withou...

Christmas Not a Time to Stoke the Embers of Hatred, Lai Mohammed Replies Kukah

26Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Christmas Not a Time to Stoke the Embers of Hatred, Lai Mohammed Replies Kukah

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, cautioned the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, that it was “graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity”. He disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘FG Urges Religious Leaders To Eschew Message of Disharmony’. also warned religious leaders in the country to “refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity” which could “trigger unintended consequences,” Punch reports. The Minister spoke in reaction to Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message where he accused President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism. Kukah had said, “Every honest Nigerian knows that there is no way any non-Nor...

Buhari Deliberately Sacrificing Dreams of Nigerians to Stratify Northern Dominance – Bishop Kukah

26Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Safety, Security

Buhari Deliberately Sacrificing Dreams of Nigerians to Stratify Northern Dominance – Bishop Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev Mathew Kukah has said President Muhammadu Buhari has deliberately sacrificed the dreams of Nigerians for what seemed like an agenda to institutionalise northern hegemony. Kukah said appeared to be retrogressing under President Buhari’s administration, insisting that the must explain the mystery behind the endless bloodbath in the country occasioned by insecurity. The Bishop said these in his Christmas message titled, ‘A Nation in Search of Vindication,’ on Friday. Kukah said, “This government owes the nation an explanation as to where it is headed as we seem to journey into darkness. The spilling of blood must be related to a more sinister plot that is beyond our comprehension. Are we going to remain hogtied by these evil men or are they grad...

Gov Lalong Assents to N147bn 2021 Budget

25Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Judiciary, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legislature, News, Nigeria, Security

Gov Lalong Assents to N147bn 2021 Budget

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has signed the N147bn appropriation bill and the state anti-kidnapping bill into law. The House of Assembly in the state had raised the 2021 appropriation bill to over N147bn from the initial N133bn presented to it by Governor Lalong. The Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Macham Makut said, the adjustment in the figure was done by the lawmakers to accommodate more interests before passing the bill which has now been signed into law by the governor, Punch reports. Makut said the governor while assenting to the 2021 bill consisting of N90.19 billion as recurrent and N57.34 billion as capital expenditures pointed out that the budget will focus on areas that will stimulate economic growth and recovery, particularly as the year beg...

Kankara Abduction: Buhari Acted Smarter Than Jonathan – Femi Adesina

25Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Violence, Youths

Kankara Abduction: Buhari Acted Smarter Than Jonathan – Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has lauded the administration of his principal for responding smartly to the Dapchi and Kanakara abductions while berating former President Goodluck Jonathan for delaying in his response to Chibok Abduction. This was contained in his weekly piece released on Friday titled, ‘Enemies of the country will lose las las’. Adesina compared the response of former President Jonathan and incumbent President Buhari to the three major abductions of students in the country. Armed men had abducted over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State on December 11, 2020. The students were, however, released after six days in captivity. It followed similar experiences in the pas...

Enemies of the Country Will Lose Las Las – Femi Adesina

25Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Enemies of the Country Will Lose Las Las – Femi Adesina

Permit me to use the popular lingo now in town in the headline of this piece. I hear the younger generation talk of las las, when they speak of a final situation or position. If anyone is restive over a matter, and they want to say he will be fine at last, they just say: he will be fine las las. The same will happen to enemies of our country, who rejoice when negative things happen in the polity. They will lose las las, and then be gentle by force, as Nigeria is God’s project. It is bigger than anyone, and no matter the antagonism they have to government of the day, no matter the antipathy they have for the President, and for other people serving the country, they will lose las las. And become gentle. By force. This came out in bold relief last week, as the abduction saga of over 300...