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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has placed a ban on the planned meeting of some Igbo residents in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state. The Governor took the...

The new acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba may have a long list of what he must do to earn the confidence and support of Nigerians. Usman Baba, who...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government would strengthen security at correctional centers across the country. Osinbajo gave the assurance while addressing newsmen at the Owerri Custodial Centre,...

The presidency is vexed by the Easter Sunday comments of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah. The cleric had regretted that bandits, terrorists, kidnappers, and other criminal elements have...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheikh Ahmad Gumi have recommended solutions to the security challenges facing the nation. Our Source reports that Gumi, who has been negotiating with bandits in the...

A chieftain of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao has said religious bias and bigotry are the major causes of insecurity in the country. Alao made...

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has named playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka as the Super Marshall of the Ogun State Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. Abiodun on Thursday decorated Soyinka with...

The most important event that Nigerians are currently anticipating is the 2023 general elections when democracy would offer a fresh opportunity to overhaul the government. However, the growing rate of insecurity...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has called on the Nigerian Air Force to support ground troops through aerial patrols in the fight against criminals in parts of the state. The Governor...

Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said that the country’s rising inflation was due to insecurity. He made the remark on Tuesday while presenting the communique...

The Abia State Government has assured residents of the Abiriba community of continued effort to ensure the protection of lives and properties of the people. The Deputy Governor of the state,...

A former Senior Special Adviser to the Kebbi State Governor and an APC Chieftain, Sahabi Sani Sami has asked the federal government to question all promoters of dialogue with bandits,...

The military operation known as Operation Whirl Stroke, OWS says it has intensified surveillance in areas considered to be security flash-points in Benue State. Commander of the Operation, Major General Adeyemi...

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, says that Nigerians should demand an explanation from President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over the deteriorating security situation in the country. It noted that during Jonathan’s...

Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State, says, by politicising insecurity, the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government plunged the security troubled states into an unimaginable scale of banditry that...

The leadership of the Unified Nigerian Youth Forum, UNYF, has condemned in totality the spate of countless kidnapping and abduction of students in the North and the country at large. The...

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has said President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors are working towards resolving Nigeria’s security problem. Jonathan said he believes that Buhari and state governors are not sleeping...

President Buhari has given a marching order to the new service chiefs who he decorated today March 5. Speaking at the presidential villa, Abuja, the Nigerian leader told the service chiefs...

Security agencies have waded into the Chairmanship tussle between the Sunday Bisi and Olasoji Adagunodo factions of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State to prevent the resurgence of crisis. This...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has cautioned those calling for the resignation of the President. Adesina said those calling for Buhari’s resignation due to the...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has demanded the immediate arrest of Sheikh Gunmi, a cleric currently negotiating with bandits in the Northern part of the country. Gunmi drew the ire...

The founder of Hour of Mercy Prayer Mountain Worldwide, Prophet Moses Muyideen Kasali, has warned against politicising the present insecurity in the country. He said safety of more Nigerians could be...

A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government (FG) to allow region-like security system in the country. Obi, who wants the FG to come out genuinely...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the National Security Council (NSC) meeting in the Executive Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting is the first NSC meeting...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has insisted that some people are benefiting from banditry in Nigeria. Lawan spoke after the confirmation of the service chiefs. He lamented that banditry is...

The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has said that Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram is not a spirit and can be...

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has blamed the current security challenges facing Nigeria on the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), an IMF policy under the military leadership...

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has warned that the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria could lead to a brutal and bloody civil war. Fani-Kayode gave the warning when he...

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the closure of four tertiary institutions in the state. This follows yesterday’s closure of ten boarding schools in the state. The decision became...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for a tighter security around schools in order to curb kidnapping in the country. The party said this in a statement issued by Sen....