Insecurity: Kano headmasters demand perimeter fencing for protection of their schools
Headmasters of some primary schools in Kano State have urged the state government to provide perimeter fencing for their schools…
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Insecurity: How deployment of drones eases our operational challenges – Police
The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Mr Francis Alonyenu, has stated that the introduction of drones into the operations of…
Stakeholders pledge to tackle insecurity, conflicts in Niger State
Stakeholders in Niger State have pledged to work together towards promoting peaceful cohesion in addressing the various security challenges and…
Insecurity: Nigerian Police to train 10,000 constables to carry arms
The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that 10,000 Constables will undergo a two-week intensive drilling to enhance their firearms skills.…
Insecurity: Obaseki orders state security network, ESSN to resume operation
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered members of the State Security Network, ESSN, to resume their regular duties.…
Insecurity: No investment in security, armed forces is too much – Senate
The Senate Committee on Defence, on Monday, declared that no investment in security and the Armed Forces of Nigeria will…
Insecurity: ESN doing great job in Southeast – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday, declared that the Eastern Security Network, ESN, is doing a formidable job…
Insecurity: IG Egbetokun launches school Protection Squad in Anambra, assures safety in schools
The Inspector General of Police, IG Kayode Egbetokun has launched Schools Protection Squad in Anambra State to ensure security in…
Insecurity: More than 20 schools, 13 clinics remain shut in Benue- Chairman
Mr Justine Shaku, the Chairman, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area in Benue, has said the continuous activities of criminal elements within…
Residents defy fear of insecurity throng to voting centres in Kano
Despite the non-participation of Police and other security agencies in the conduct of local government elections on Saturday in Kano,…
Insecurity: Don’t instill fear in Nigerians – Defence Minister, Badaru warns mischief-makers
The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has issued a stern warning to mischief-makers seeking to instill fear in Nigerians, saying…
Insecurity: Joint military command a demonstration of FG’s commitment – Gov Sani
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani has said the establishment of the Joint Military Command and launch of Operation Fansan…
Insecurity: Why Matawalle is fighting banditry from Sokoto – Shinkafi replies PDP
Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, a former governorship candidate in Zamfara and aide to ex-Governor Bello Matawalle, has responded to a…
Insecurity: New FCT Police Commissioner tours Ushafa, other communities in Bwari council
Newly posted Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Friday, visited Ushafa…
Commuters lament insecurity along Gusau-Funtua road
Concerned citizens have called on the security agencies to redouble efforts in order to arrest the persistent kidnappings along the…
Insecurity: Delta LG bans scavenging
Ika south local government area of Delta State has banned the activities of scrap and metal scavengers, popularly known as…
Insecurity: Coalition demands Gov Dauda Lawal’s immediate resignation
A coalition of civil society organizations, Situation Room on the War Against Banditry, has called on the Zamfara State Governor,…
Insecurity: Military neutralize two bandits in Zamfara
Troops of 1 Brigade Nigeria Army and Sector 1 Joint Task Force, North West Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have neutralized…
Tackle hunger, insecurity – Anglican bishop urges Nigerian Govt
Bishop, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Diocese of Kubwa, Rt. Rev. Duke Akamisoko, has appealed to the government to quickly…
Insecurity in Benue South must be tackled head-on – Moro, Odeh, Ochai, others
Stakeholders from Benue South Senatorial District have moved to address the ongoing crisis that has afflicted the region for years.…
Insecurity: Zamfara begs federal govt for assistance
The Zamfara State Government has said it is struggling to address the problem of insecurity in the state This was…
Insecurity: Zamfara bans motorcycle riders from operating at night
The Zamfara State Government has banned night movement of motorcycles from 6pm to 6am due to the insecurity ravaging the…
Insecurity: COAS urges Zamfara, Kebbi residents to provide vital information to military for prompt response
In efforts to enhance civil-military cooperation in Zamfara State, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General TY Lagbaja, has…
Insecurity: PDP advices Gov Alia to change strategy in Benue
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has called on Governor Hyacinth Alia to revise his approach to addressing…
Insecurity: Shinkafi highlights major causes of banditry in Northwest
A former governorship candidate in Zamfara State and ex-All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, national Secretary, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi has…
Insecurity: Over 277 guns close to NASS – Jimoh Ibrahim
Ondo South Senator, Jimoh Ibrahim, says there are over 277 guns and other assorted weapons in less than 1,000 metres…
We won’t allow insecurity to define our region – Gov Radda
Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, on Monday, assured indigenes that the North-West Governor’s Forum will not allow insecurity to…
Insecurity will not affect your investment – Niger Govt assures investors
The Niger State Government has debunked claims that insecurity would discourage investors from investing in the state. Niger State Commissioner…
Insecurity: Nigerian Army delivery of new aircrafts significant milestone – S’East Group
The South East Development Peace Initiative, SDPI, has expressed optimism that the Nigerian Army’s delivery of two new aircraft will…
Insecurity: Nigerian Army gets Aviation Wing, acquires fighter helicopters
The Federal Government has established an aviation wing for the Nigerian Army, and acquired fighter helicopters for its operations. According…
Taraba to collaborate with Cameroon, neighbouring states to tackle insecurity – Gov Agbu
Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has said his administration is already collaborating with neighbouring states and the Republic of…
Insecurity: Tinubu not getting proper briefing on Zamfara situation – Gov Lawal
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State says President Bola Tinubu is not getting proper security briefings on the operations of…
NASRDA decries lack of patronage of homegrown technology to fight maritime insecurity
The National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, has decried the lack of patronage of homegrown technology to fight maritime…
Emirship tussle: Kano residents lament insecurity as thugs take over city
Residents of the metropolitan Gwale, Dala, and Municipal Local Government Areas in Kano State have called on the State Police…
Reps step down motion seeking foreign help to fight insecurity
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, stepped a motion seeking to invite foreign mercenaries to help fight insecurity in the…
Insecurity: Zamfara Security Trust Fund tours emirate councils
The Zamfara State Security Trust Fund (ZSTF) has initiated a tour to emirate councils to assess security challenges and garner…
Insecurity: Troops get 20 Armored personnel carriers
The Ministry of Defence, MoD, on Wednesday handed over 20 newly acquired Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the Defence Headquarters…
Insecurity: Bandits kill NSCDC commander in Benue
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed a commander of agro ranger of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
Insecurity: FCT Police deploys 30 motorcycles to rural communities
The 30 motorcycles donated to the Federal Capital Territory Police Command by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike have been deployed…
Insecurity: Farmer urges govt to return sacked villagers of Burdugau community
A farmer from Katsina State, Sanusi Muhammad Burdugau has appealed to the State Government and Malumfashi Local Government Council of…
Zamfara Gov advocates advanced technology to combat insecurity
Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has suggested that there is the need to deploy advanced technology to combat insecurity.…
Insecurity: Fear of students’ safety as schools resume in FCT, others
The security situation in the country has instilled fear in some parents and guardians as primary and secondary schools begin…
Your policies caused hardship, worsening insecurity in Nigeria – PDP slams Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Executive Committee, NEC, has blamed the worsening insecurity, economic hardship, high cost of food,…
Opposition lawmakers give Tinubu three-month ultimatum to curb insecurity
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has given a three-month ultimatum to the President Tinubu-led administration to curb…
Imo insecurity: Uzodinma regrets setbacks
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has acknowledged the setbacks that Imo State has suffered as a result of…
Two Ebonyi Council Chairmen urged to resign over insecurity, alleged incompetence
Two Ebonyi State Local government Chairmen have been urged to resign over insecurity and incompetence in their respective areas. The…
Collective determination remains panacea to addressing insecurity – CDS Musa
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, says the armed forces remain unwavering in their collective determination to address…
Insecurity: Police arrest 85 suspects, recover counterfeit currency, other exhibits in FCT
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command have arrested no fewer than 85 suspects over various offences committed…
Insecurity: Islamic scholar urges Zamfara residents to seek divine intervention
An Islamic scholar and former Commissioner for Religious Affairs in Zamfara State, Shiekh Sani Tukur Jangebe, has expressed dismay over…
Insecurity: NSCDC arrests seven suspects for producing illegal weapons in Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested seven persons for allegedly producing illegal firearms for sales purposes…