The establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has been approved by the federal government. In a statement released on Monday May 3 by the Head, Strategic Communication, Office of the National Security Adviser, Zakariya Usman, it was gathered that the new center will be domiciled…
The Bauchi State Government has said Boko Haram fighters have invaded four local government areas of the state that share a border with Geidam, Yobe State which was recently attacked and taken over by the insurgents. The Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Sabiu Baba, disclosed this at a press conference after an emergency security…
13 people have been feared killed by armed herdsmen who invaded Tse-Amgbem community close to Aondoana in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. The attackers burnt down the houses in the community in the early Monday morning attack, April 3 and also left many wounded. Chairman of Gwer West Local Government Area,…
The Kaduna state government has announced that 323 people were killed by bandits in the State between January and March 2021. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan disclosed this while presenting the first quarter security report at the State Security Council meeting on Friday April 30. He added that a total…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has condemned the killing of seven IDPs in the state. According to him, the killings were carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen. He opined that the incessant killings of Nigerians in many parts of the country point to the fact that there is no government at the Federal level…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has raised an alarm of the country being in a deplorable state. The Rivers state Governor who spoke on Tuesday April 27 during an interactive session with some traditional rulers, political leaders, and other stakeholders at the government house in Port Harcourt, said Governors are running to Abuja to…
TVC presenter, Morayo-Afolabi-Brown, took to her Instagram page to tackle the Buhari-led administration over the worsening insecurity in the country. According to her, she “foolishly” believed in the change mantra of the APC government in 2015 but little did she know that it was going to be “retrogressive change.” See her posts below…
Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 11, Olasupo Ajani has pleaded with Nigerians to end the attack against policemen in the country. Speaking on Tuesday April 27 during a stakeholders’ meeting and his familiarisation visit to the police command in Oyo State at the command’s headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, Ajani said Nigerians no longer…
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to come together to help those in power tackle the security challenges witnessed in the country. The former Governor of Lagos state who addressed journalists after meeting President Buhari at the state house on Monday April 26, stated that every nation…
Former Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, says the rising insecurity in the country can be attributed to injustice and failed family system in the country. Okorocha said this while receiving an award of excellence from the United Business Women Association of Nigeria and Diaspora recently. In his words; “A woman is a special…
