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<strong>You Have Failed To Secure Nigerians, Govs Reply FG</strong>

4Dec

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

You Have Failed To Secure Nigerians, Govs Reply FG

The governors across the federation under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, have accused the Federal Government of failing in its constitutional mandate to secure citizens which has negatively affected economic activities. The governors said that the spike in poverty level among the citizens was a consequence of the rising insecurity on commercial and agricultural activities. According to them, the failure of the government at the centre to clamp down on non-state actors had permitted “bandits, insurgents, and kidnappers to turn the country into a killing field”. This was contained in a statement issued by the NGF Director of Media and Public Affairs, AbdulRazaque Bello-Barkindo. The statement followed the accusation by the Minister of State for Budget and Na...

<strong>Gunmen Ambush Bullion Van In Anambra</strong>

13Nov

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria

Gunmen Ambush Bullion Van In Anambra

Gunmen ambushed a bullion van in Ufuma, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday. Reports say the bullion van was attacked around 4:00 p.m while conveying cash to an undisclosed location. The gunmen followed and shot at the van and security personnel attached to the van. The attack was confirmed by the police spokesperson in the State, deputy superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, stating that it was a suspected armed robbery attack. He said, “Police operatives attached to the bullion van gallantly repelled the attack.” According to Ikenga, the force have commenced a manhunt for the attackers. See Also: UNICEF Condemns Abduction Of 21 Schoolchildren In Katsina The police spokesperson said the police have recovered a Lexus and a Highlander SUVs ...

Why We Negotiate With Kidnappers, Bandits To Free Hostages – IGP

10Nov

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Why We Negotiate With Kidnappers, Bandits To Free Hostages – IGP

Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police, has explained by security operatives sometimes go into negotiation with non-state actors in order to secure the safe release of hostages. He explained that it would be risky to apply extreme force in a bid to free hostages abducted by armed terrorists. Alkali Baba disclosed this when he appeared at the weekly briefings coordinated by the Presidential Media Team in Abuja on Thursday. The Police Chief stated this against the backdrop of more than 80 Chibok girls still in the captivity of Boko Haram, including 29 students of FGC Birni Yauri who remain in captivity several years after their kidnap. He said, “You see, the issue of kidnapping is an issue that borders almost all the security agents, including the military, it is...

UNICEF Condemns Abduction Of 21 Schoolchildren In Katsina

5Nov

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

UNICEF Condemns Abduction Of 21 Schoolchildren In Katsina

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has kicked against the abduction of 21 children abducted by terrorists in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State and asked for their immediate release. UNICEF in a statement issued by its representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate, in Katsina on Friday described the development as an irony whereby those who ought to protect and care for children have instead become their abductors. The statement read, “UNICEF is concerned about the report of the abduction of no fewer than 21 children at a farm in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, North-West Nigeria.” “Confirmed reports indicate the 21 children – 17 girls and four boys – aged between 15 and 18, were abducted last Sunday at about 12:30...

Colleagues Rally Around As Abductors of Ex-UI DVC Demand 50m

30Oct

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Colleagues Rally Around As Abductors of Ex-UI DVC Demand 50m

The kidnappers of Adigun Agbaje, a former deputy vice-chancellor academics of the University of Ibadan, UI, have asked for a N50 million ransom to free him. Agbaje was taken into captive on Saturday along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway after a gun duel between men of the Nigeria police and the kidnappers. Agbaje was taken into captive on Saturday along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway after a gun duel between men of the Nigeria police and the kidnappers. The incident was confirmed by the Oyo police spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso. According to the police spokesperson, one officer was killed during the attack while another was severely injured. Reports say the abductor are demanding N50 million ransom from the family of the academic in order to free him. Collogues of the...

Ohanaeze Reacts To Kidnappings In Enugu, Indicts Army, Police

29Oct

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Ohanaeze Reacts To Kidnappings In Enugu, Indicts Army, Police

Apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has demanded an elaborate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the spate of abduction incidents along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka road by gunmen. Several commuters had been abducted while plying the road, some of whom are students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, and high-profile dignitaries in the State. There have been speculations that the perpetrators are aided by insiders among security agencies. Reacting to the development, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide said information gotten from one of the victims suggests that there is a chain of communication between the gunmen and the security personnel stationed at checkpoints on the road. Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the National President of t...

Insecurity: If You Depend On Military, You Will Die – TY Danjuma

23Oct

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Insecurity: If You Depend On Military, You Will Die – TY Danjuma

Former Minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma, has fingered the government for the insecurity in some parts of the country. He stated this during the installation of a monarch in Wukari, Taraba State on Saturday. According to the retired general, the mission of bandits is to re-colonise Nigeria. Recall that Danjuma had in 2018 indicted the army and other security apparatus for conniving with gunmen to attack Nigerians. Danjuma said, “The armed forces are not neutral. They collude with the armed bandits. They kill people, kill Nigerians. They facilitate their movements, they cover them,” Danjuma had said. “If you depend on the armed forces to stop the killings you will all die one by one.” The Nigerian army in its reaction to Danjuma’s claims set up a panel to probe ...

“You Can’t Kill Me” – Apostle Suleman Reacts To Gunmen Attack

22Oct

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News, Nigeria, Security

“You Can’t Kill Me” – Apostle Suleman Reacts To Gunmen Attack

Apostle Johnson Suleman, the President of the Omega Fire Ministries worldwide, was on Friday attacked along the Benin-Auchi road, Edo State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The gunmen killed three police officers and four others during the attack. Reports say the clergy returned from a trip to Tanzania and was on his way to a function when gunmen raided his convoy. The attack was confirmed by Samuel Amune, Suleman’s lawyer, in an interaction with Punch, noting that the Apostle just returned from Tanzania and narrowly escaped death, alongside his family. He said, “He was returning from a journey when some assassins attacked him. Three of his police orderlies, among others, died. He was returning to Auchi when the gunmen attacked him along Sabongida down to the Warake ...

Insecurity Will End in 2022- President Buhari

25Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Insecurity Will End in 2022- President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi that he will end insecurity in the country before the year ends. See Also: Tinubu Urges APC to Do More Ahead of 2023 Elections The president who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, spoke at the 2022 Olojo Festival as it culminated on Saturday. The President said, “We must be vigilant, we must not leave the work of security for our security agencies alone, else, there will be problem. All of us must be concerned about security. The government will play its part, and I want to assure you that the little areas where we are encountering security challenges, we will overcome them before the end of 2022." “We must work together with security agencies to win the challenges of i...

Gunmen Hijack Commercial Vehicle, Abduct Passengers in Rivers

19Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Gunmen Hijack Commercial Vehicle, Abduct Passengers in Rivers

A commercial vehicle boarded by five passengers has been hijacked by unknown gunmen on the Emohua-Kalabari axis of the East-West Road in Rivers State. See Also: Gunmen Kidnap Four Catholic Sisters In Imo According to the Daily Post, The intercepted vehicle and the passengers were taken by the gunmen to an unknown destination. Reports confirm that the vehicle was boarded by passengers on Saturday around 8 pm, however, the vehicle was later hijacked and the driver released by the gunmen. The Rivers State Police Command is yet to issue a statement on the incident. While condemning the attack on road users, the Chairman of Rivers state civil society organization, Eneefa Georgewill, called for sufficient security on the road and if the four local chairmen of LGA fail to do s...