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Junaid Mohammed’s Echo Chamber and the Amotekun Civil War – Reno Omokri

26Jan

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Human Rights, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Junaid Mohammed’s Echo Chamber and the Amotekun Civil War – Reno Omokri

Recently, the firebrand ex Second Republic member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, warned or threatened that Nigeria may experience another civil war if the Western Nigeria Security Network, better known as Amotekun, is allowed to go ahead. His exact words were as follows: “This idea of Amotekun was an act of recklessness. Those who are at the forefront of the Amotekun, while in Abuja they are APC, but when they go back to their respective states, they are something else. So, it shows you that these people are actually unreliable. If care is not taken they will drag us into another civil war and I don’t believe the country can survive another civil war.” With the way Nigeria is currently so polarised, politicians and pundits risk living in an echo chamber, whi...

Opinion: The Public Discourse Over Amotekun – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

22Jan

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Opinion: The Public Discourse Over Amotekun – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

This issue has dominated recent discourse and media headlines. Distilled to its basics, it concerns how best state governments can assist with the safety and security of their residents. This is a matter of serious concern entitled to sober thought. However, it has been turned into a political tug-of-war. Fierce, often unthinking rhetoric, for and against, has crossed the lips of too many Nigerians. More subjective talking than objective thinking has been the fuel of this outburst. Question those in favour of Amotekun. Most have but the vaguest notion about it. They know few details yet vigorously attribute to its opponents the most negative intentions. Ask those who oppose Amotekun. They are equally ignorant of its provisions. They oppose the initiative not on its merits but merely bec...

Opinion: Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn As a Game Changer For 2023 by Reno Omokri

22Jan

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Opinion: Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn As a Game Changer For 2023 by Reno Omokri

A lot has been written about the introduction of the region wide security outfit for the Southwest, known as Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn. Much of it is built around emotions. And as my readers may have noticed, I am not a NICE man. I am a WISE man. I deal with facts. I do not deal in emotions. Nnamdi Kanu is only partly right. Nigeria is definitely not a zoo. But, I must confess that we live in a jungle, and if you do not understand how the food chain works in a jungle, you will soon find yourself at the bottom of that chain, and it is not a pleasant place to be. ‪When you live in a geography where might is right, and 5 percenters are treated like lepers, you cannot afford to be emotional. If a lion feels sorry for gazelles and antelope, it will not only starve, but its offspring will starve with it!...

Lagos Assembly Worries over Entry of Unchecked Foreign Nationals into the State

5Sep

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Crime, Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria, Security

Lagos Assembly Worries over Entry of Unchecked Foreign Nationals into the State

Lagos State House of Assembly has expressed dissatisfaction over the unchecked migration of foreign nationals into the State, expressing security concern and the need to arrest the situation immediately. Hon. Agunbiade reiterated that recently vehicles used to convey cows to Lagos are now utilized to migrate up to fifty people into the State on regular basis without any check by security agencies. He expressed fear over this trend because instruments of mass destruction and guns could also be brought into the State in such an unfiltered manner. According to him, “Our infrastructures are overstretching already and the mass arrivals will not help matters”. The Majority Leader expressed that there was need to seek for a special status for Lagos to compensate for the overstretch of in...

Lagos Assembly Condemns Xenophobic Attacks on Nigerians

5Sep

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Human Rights, Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria, Security, South Africa

Lagos Assembly Condemns Xenophobic Attacks on Nigerians

Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday condemned in strong terms the xenophobic attacks by South Africans on Nigerians living in their country. The condemnation is sequel to a motion moved by Hon. Tunde Braimoh under Matters of Urgent Public Importance. Hon Braimoh had drawn the attention of other lawmakers to recent brutal attacks on Nigerians and their businesses in South Africa, where many lives were lost and several Nigerians brutally assaulted and killed. He recalled that the Nigerian Government and her Citizens aided in the eradication of apartheid in South Africa, condemning the barbaric attacks on Nigeria and the ineptitude of South African Government in curbing the attacks and finding a lasting solution. He therefore solicited the support of his colleagues to the ...

Lagos State Donates Patrol Vehicles, Motorbikes to Security Operatives

5Sep

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Crime, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security

Lagos State Donates Patrol Vehicles, Motorbikes to Security Operatives

... creating a security trust fund has worked well for the State, says Sanwo-Olu Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has re-stated his administration's commitment towards ensuring that Lagos is free of crime as patrol vehicles and motorbikes were donated to security operatives. He made this known at the commissioning of 125 patrol vehicles and 35 patrol motorcycles for the use of security operatives in the state. Speaking at the event, Sanwoolu noted that the model thought-out 13 years ago, with the support of the Lagos State house of assembly to create the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) and has paid off so-good that the Federal government wants to replicate. According to him, the idea of creating a security trust fund has worked well for the State, not...

Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Senator Cautions Citizens Against Reprisal Attacks

3Sep

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Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Senator Cautions Citizens Against Reprisal Attacks

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Society Organisations, Senator (Dr.) Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru has cautioned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on South Africans and their investments in Nigeria. Basiru who is representing Osun Central Senatorial District at the Senate warned that reprisal attack on South Africans and their investments in Nigeria could lead to diplomatic row between the two countries. He gave the warning just as he stated that the Nigerian government and the Commission are doing their best to arrest the ugly trend of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. According to Basiru in a press release personally signed by him on Tuesday, the Committee understood the restlessness of the Nigerian populace to have its pound o...

Xenophobic Attacks: AYDEC Calls for Swift Diplomatic Redress from African Leaders

3Sep

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Human Rights, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, South Africa, United Nations

Xenophobic Attacks: AYDEC Calls for Swift Diplomatic Redress from African Leaders

African Youth for Development Commission (AYDEC) on Tuesday called on the United Nations, African Union Commission, Diplomatic Peace Organization, African Leaders and especially the Governments of Nigeria and South-Africa to swiftly swing into action by stepping up pragmatic measures towards putting a definite STOP to these repulsive acts leading to killings of Africans on African soil. This contained in a statement signed by Lateef Oladimeji Salaam, Continental Head. Saying the leadership of African Youth for Development Commission (AYDEC) is seriously perturbed and has noted with disdain and hurtful amazement the recent attacks of Africans by Africans in South-Africa. According to him, the height of disgust, enmity and repugnance which some South-Africans had recently displayed...

Ondo State Officially Bans Okada Riders on Ore Expressway

15Aug

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Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Transportation

Ondo State Officially Bans Okada Riders on Ore Expressway

The Ondo State Government on Thursday officially ban the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly called `Okada’ on the Ore Expressway following the frequent incidences of crimes in the area. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo, disclosed this in a press statement he made available to newsmen in Akure. He said that the ban had become imperative in view of the activities of some unscrupulous elements using their `okada’ to perpetrate evil on the Ofosu-Ajebamidele route along the Ore Expressway. Accoding to him, we are disturbed by the activities of these criminal elements, which include armed robbery, kidnapping, and their mode of operations as well as the heightening cases of loss of lives. “This action is with immediate effect and sha...

Abiodun Tasks Traditional Rulers on Security

9Aug

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News, Nigeria, Security

Abiodun Tasks Traditional Rulers on Security

....be careful of how you treat traditional rulers - Olu of Ilaro tells Politicians The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Friday tasked traditional rulers to ensure peace and security in their respective communities as the security challenges threatened peace in the State. The governor charged them while receiving the report of the Chieftaincy Review Committee set up by government to look into issues, said as natural rulers, they were closer to the people and know the going on in their areas. According to him, We know what yours roles are in the society, you are not politicians. You know those in yours domains. Please ensure peace and security on your domains. Abiodun said that the Chieftaincy issue was becoming a security challenge that threatened peace in the State, ...