Monday, November 18

Terrorism

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...
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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 ...
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Gunmen abduct Teachers, Students in Edo
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.  
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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...
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Troops Arrest Fulani Suspects With Vehicle Load Of Rifles In Abuja
5Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Terrorism, Violence

Troops Arrest Fulani Suspects With Vehicle Load Of Rifles In Abuja

Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested five suspected Fulani armed robbers in the Kuje area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with two vehicles containing locally made guns. SaharaReporters learnt that the Fulani suspects were nabbed by troops of 176 Battalion, Gwagwalada, during a stop and search operation at the entrance of Kuje Area council on Thursday. It was gathered that the men were arrested inside two Golf cars with the weapons, after credible intelligence was given to the troops on duty. A source said the suspects were still undergoing interrogation after which they would be handed over to the police for prosecution. “The Fulani men were rounded up by troops of 176 Battalion during the routine stop-and-search in the Kuje area. They hid several locally made we...
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Presidency says Bandits Carrying AK-47 will be Shot on Sight
4Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Terrorism

Presidency says Bandits Carrying AK-47 will be Shot on Sight

Nigerian presidency said on Wednesday that security agents have been given the order to shoot anyone found carrying AK-47 illegally. Helicopters that violate the ‘no fly zone’ slammed on Zamfara State will also be brought down as the government goes tough on banditry and other criminal activities in the country. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu, who stated this on Wednesday, spoke on the Hausa Service of the BBC. National Security Adviser (NSA) Babagana Monguno on Tuesday announced the Presidential directive that Service Chiefs should be hard on criminal elements to secure Nigerians. Asked if the President’s directive to security agencies to go after abductors of the Zamfara schoolgirls and bring them to justice is not too weak...
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Buhari, Ministers, Security Chiefs hold NSC Meeting
2Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Buhari, Ministers, Security Chiefs hold NSC Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over National Security Council meeting in the Executive Council Chambers of Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting is the first National Security Council meeting the President would be holding with the new service chiefs after their appointment late January and screening/confirmation by the National Assembly in February. Among those attending the meeting are the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd). Others are the Ministers of Defense, Interior, Police Affairs, and Foreign Affairs; Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd), O...
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List of Kagara School Abductees Released
19Feb By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

List of Kagara School Abductees Released

A list of the abductees from the Governmenet Science College, Kagara, Niger State has been released to newsmen. The list is as follows: TEACHERS Hannatu Philip Lawal Abdullahi Dodo Fodio NON-TEACHING STAFF Mohammed Musa Faiza Mohammed family members Christiana Adama Faith Adama Maimuna Suleman] Nura Isah Ahmad Isah Khadizat Isah Mohammed Mohammed Aisha Isah Saratu Isah. PUPILS Jamilu Isah Shem Joshua Abbas Abdullahi Isah Abdullahi Ezekeil Danladi Haliru Shuibu Mamuda Suleman Danzakar Dauda Abdulsamad Sanusi Bashir Abbas. Suleman Lawal Abdullahi Adamu Habakuk Augustine Idris Mohammed Musa Adamu Abdulkarim Abdulrahman Abubakar Danjumma Abdullahi Abubakar Bashir Kamalideen M...
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Senate asks Buhari to Declare State of Emergency on Insecurity
17Feb By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Science, Terrorism, Violence

Senate asks Buhari to Declare State of Emergency on Insecurity

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation. It made the call following kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The lawmakers further called on the President Buhari led administration to implementation the various recommendations of the Senate on how to tackle insecurity. These resolutions of the Senate followed a motion on a matter of urgent public importance on the incident by Senator representing Niger East, Mohammed Sani Musa. Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the frequent incidents of kidnapping of students would reverse the gains made in school enrollment over the years in the North. He said parents wou...
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