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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....

Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, rtd, the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, has narrated how he was ambushed by Boko Haram on three occasions as COAS and had to escape...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has said it would do all that is required for peace to return to the nation even if it takes the forum to engage in dialogue...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State identified illicit drugs’ prevalence as the root cause of rising insecurity in Nigeria. The governor disclosed this on Tuesday when he received Brig.-General Mohammed Buba...

A Security outfit has threatened to sue Pretty Mike for using one of its staff to carry out a staged Valentine's gift presentation. On February 12, Pretty Mike shared a video online...

“The policy of overt and covert exclusion and discrimination beginning with Awolowo’s banking regulations at the end of the Civil War and pursued relentlessly by the Muhammed/ Obasanjo administration has...

Former Nigeria lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has said, the renowned Islamic Studies, Sheikh Gumi is meeting with bandits across the states because President Buhari’s led government has failed to protect its...

Bala Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State has said that bandits terrorising the North are not only from the Fulani ethnic group. According to him, there are the Igbo, the Yoruba...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of playing game with Nigerians in the fight against insecurity in the country. He alleged that competence...

The youth wing of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has berated a viral picture of military operations in Orlu area of Imo State in south eastern...

All the immediate past Service Chiefs who appeared on Thursday for screening as non-career ambassadorial nominees were united in their lamentations for insecurity in the country which got worsened under...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the immediate sack of the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi, for asking unarmed Nigerians to defend themselves against continuous attacks...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said that he does not visit President Muhammadu Buhari to seek solution to insecurity in his State. Bello said he would rather sit down...

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met Wednesday night on insecurity in Nigeria. NGF Chairman and Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi, briefed State House correspondents after an emergency meeting at the State House Banquet...

The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to seek divine help to end insecurity in the country or Nigeria will go into...

Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has said that there is no difference between the bandits terrorising states in the North and Niger Delta militants. The cleric said this while reiterating his call...

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, in Abuja, said that the stability of the country is of paramount interest to him and Federal Government will continue to work towards it despite the...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has described Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho, as a child of circumstance. Akeredolu called for the examination of the situation that led to the intervention of Igboho. Chairman...

The Commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) has declared Ibarapaland safe and free of killer-herdsmen and kidnappers. The commandant, in a statement made...

Junaid Mohammed, Second Republic lawmaker, on Wednesday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s two tenures as a complete disgrace. Mohammed while referring to the spate of insecurity in Nigeria said Buhari has failed...

Captain Umar Aliyu has blamed Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria for the current security situation in the country. Aliyu, who is a veteran security resource and solutions consultant and...

The Federal Government planned to contribute $ 350 m to the ECOWAS Security Fund out of which $ 80m ( over N30 . 5 bn) would be spent on the...

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, yesterday, alerted President Muhammadu Buhari to a growing feeling of frustration, disappointment, and despondency among Yoruba people caused by nefarious activities of Fulani herdsmen,...

We heard that these people were sewing and selling the fake Amotekun uniform to some people particularly at Lagelu area of Ibadan. Some unauthorised tailors, said to have been sewing fake...