NMA disowns fake doctor arrested in Ekiti
The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Ekiti State Branch, has disowned a suspected fake doctor, Olalekan Timothy Fasipe, who was recently…
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Hardship, insecurity: Be alive to your responsibilities – CLO tells Tinubu
The Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has called on President Bola Tinubu and state governors in the…
Insecurity: Minister tasks Police on strategy to defeat enemies
Disturbed by the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, the Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, has asked the Nigeria…
Insecurity: Gov Alia didn’t call Masev people cattle rustlers – Benue govt
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has stated that he did not refer to the entire Masev lineage of the…
Insecurity: Ebonyi govt bans tinted glasses, unregistered cars
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon Francis Nwifuru, has explained that the Executive Order banning the use of tinted…
Support me to flush out banditry, insecurity from S’West – Igboho to Yoruba monarchs
The Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has urged traditional rulers in the Southwest to support him…
Ozigbo backs LP lawmakers’ call for FG, govs to suspend projects, tackle hunger, insecurity
A former Anambra gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Val Ozigbo, has endorsed the call by the party’s caucus…
Insecurity: Profile visitors before accepting them in your communities – NSCDC advises FCT residents
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has advised residents of Kwali, Gwagwalada and Kuje areas of the Federal…
How porous border fuels insecurity in Nigeria
The inability of the Federal Government to secure and develop Nigeria’s border communities is contributing to the lingering security crisis…
You can’t fight insecurity, food shortages without good roads – Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has noted that the challenges of insecurity and food security cannot be…
Insecurity: Defence Minister Matawalle reaffirms ban on unauthorised use of camouflage
Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle has reaffirmed the ban on the unauthorised use of military camouflage, saying that…
Insecurity: Ebonyi govt recruits 2,600 forest guards
The Ebonyi Government has recruited 2, 600 youths as forest guards to support the fight against insecurity in the state.…
Insecurity: Onjeh urges Tinubu to consider LG, judicial autonomy alongside state police
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former senatorial candidate of Benue South, Daniel Onjeh, has urged President…
Insecurity: Ohanaeze backs state police, lauds FG, governors
Apex lgbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, has lauded the Federal Government and state governors for agreeing to the establishment…
Insecurity: Implement 2014 Confab report – Shekarau tells Tinubu
A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday, urged President Bola Tinubu to implement some of the…
Insecurity: Bauchi among 10 pilot states to get Special Intervention Squad – IGP reveals
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has listed Bauchi as one of the pilot states to get the…
We’re deploying technically backed approach to tackle insecurity in A’Ibom – DSS
In the wake of kidnapping, murder and insecurity in Akwa Ibom State, the Department of State Services, DSS, in the…
Insecurity: Troops bust illegal weapons manufacturing factory in Plateau
Troops of Operation Save Haven under Hakorin Damisa IV have discovered a weapon fabrication factory in Pakachi Village, Mangu Local…
Insecurity: Taraba community urges government to take action
The Karimjo Community Development Association has called on the Taraba State Government and the leadership of Karim-Lamido Local Government Council…
Insecurity: FCT police arrest ‘DSS officer’, other suspects in Abuja, recover weapons
The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Benneth Igweh, has confirmed the arrest of at least 307…
CAN tasks Tinubu for urgent action against economic challenges, insecurity in Nigeria
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has expressed concern…
Muslim group urges Nigerian govt to urgently redress hardship, tackle insecurity
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, has called on the federal government to urgently intervene in the difficulties facing Nigerians. The…
CAN bemoans prevailing economic hardship, insecurity
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory have lamented the prevailing…
Insecurity: Defend yourselves, don’t rely only on govt – Gov Radda to Katsina residents
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has urged residents of the state to take proactive measures in defending themselves against attacks…
Insecurity: Ooni calls for synergy among security agencies
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called for more collaboration among security operatives in the campaign against insecurity…
Insecurity: Go harder on drug barons – Marwa charges NDLEA commanders
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged Zonal Commanders, State…
Insecurity: FCT Administration’s efforts yielding positive results – Minister of State
The Minister of State of the Federal Capital Territory, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, says efforts by the FCT Administration to address…
Group decries rising insecurity in North
A group, Arewa Initiative for Peaceful Coexistence in Southern Nigeria, has decried the rising insecurity in the Northern region in…
Insecurity: Nigerian govt to convert Police vehicles to clean energy use automobiles
The Nigerian government plans to convert police vehicles to cleaner energy nationwide to boost the fight against insecurity. The Chief…
Insecurity: Why Nigerian govt should declare Fulani militia terrorist group – Plateau Youth Council
Sequel to the recent security breaches in some communities of Plateau State, the Forum of Plateau State Youth Council, PYC,…
Insecurity: We won’t accept further breakdown of law in Plateau – Gov Mutfwang warns
Sequel to the recent security breach in Kwahaslalek community and various parts of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State,…
Wike mobilises FCT traditional leaders in fight against insecurity
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has enlisted the support of traditional leaders to strengthen the fight against insecurity in the federal…
Insecurity: Adeleke pledges support for NSCDC in Osun
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has assured the support of his administration in aiding security agencies to achieve success…
Insecurity: ‘Terrorists are real winners of Tinubu’s rigging’ – Aisha Yesufu
Rights activist Aisha Yesufu on Wednesday said terrorists are the real winners of the alleged rigging carried out by President…
Insecurity: IGP redeploys ACPs to head Police Intelligence Department
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting of Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to head the…
Insecurity: We need structured approach to community policing in FCT – Senator Kingibe
The Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has said there is a need for a more structured approach to community…
Benue govt releases special security phone numbers to combat insecurity
Following the surge in violent crimes in the country, the Benue State Government has released phone numbers for the public…
Tinubu, Gowon unveil book in honour of Buhari amid Abuja insecurity
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former military head of state, Gen Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday unveiled ex-president Muhammadu Buhari’s book in…
Defence: Nigerian govt deepens ties with France against insecurity
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Tuesday, stated the readiness of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to strengthen its…
Insecurity: Wike condemns constant travel by FCT council chairmen
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, has frowned at constant travels by area council chairmen…
Insecurity: Do not panic – Wike tells Abuja residents
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is taking steps to address security…
Insecurity: Pantami accuses security agencies of not using NIN-SIM policy to track criminals
A former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has accused the Nigerian Police Force and other security…
Chief of Army Staff restates commitment to fight insecurity in Imo
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, has restated his commitment to the fight against insecurity in…
Insecurity in Nigeria has gone beyond control – Bode George
Elder statesman and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has said that things have worsened especially…
Insecurity: Troops kill 10 terrorists in Katsina, Zamfara
Troops of military joint taskforce, Operation Haderin Daji (OPHD), have neutralized 10 terrorists in Katsina and Zamfara states. According to…
Insecurity threatening dry season farming in Taraba – Residents lament
Dry season farmers in Taraba State are expressing concern over escalating insecurity in various parts of the state. The farmers,…
Plateau Christmas Eve attacks: ‘Stop politicising insecurity’- Group cautions opposition party
Sequel to the recent Christmas Eve attacks in some communities of Plateau State that claimed the lives of over a…
‘Insecurity gives Nigeria bad name’ – Minister of Information Mohammed Idris
The Nigerian government on Friday called for patriotism, nationalism, and support for the armed forces to move the country in…
Gov Mbah has fought insecurity to standstill – Ribadu
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has commended the effort of the Governor Peter Mbah administration at restoring…
COAS charges field commanders to scale up efforts in tackling insecurity
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has charged Nigerian Army (NA) Field Commanders at all levels…