Tag: Insecurity
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Insecurity: Abuja residents solicit Police Divisional Headquarters in Tunganmaje community
Some residents of Tunganmaje Community in Gwagwalada Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called for the establishment of a Police Divisional Headquarters in the community. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said the call was to address the increasing rate of crimes…
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Nigerian farmers raise alarm as insecurity threatens food availability
Some stakeholders in the agriculture sector have appealed to the Federal Government to intensify efforts in curbing banditry, kidnapping and terrorism, as these can threaten food security. The stakeholders made the appeal in separate interviews with our correspondent on Friday in Abuja. They noted that the recent increase in kidnapping and banditry had made a…
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Insecurity: Ebonyi to offer amnesty to repentant bandits — Commissioner
The Ebonyi Government says it will offer amnesty to bandits and other criminals terrorising the state but willing to repent and lay down their arms for peace.The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Mr Uchenna Orji, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Abakiliki on Friday.Orji said that Gov. Dave Umahi was committed…
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Insecurity: Lawyers back creation of state police
Some Lagos-based lawyers have appealed to the National Assembly to amend the constitution and include creation of state police to eradicate rising insecurity in the country. The lawyers told our corresponndent in separate interviews that it had become imperative to create state police in the face of rising insecurity across the country. The practitioners worry…
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Lawyer challenges FG to engage ex-military, paramilitary personnel to tackle insecurity
A Lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, on Saturday tasked the Federal Government to recruit retired military and paramilitary personnel in the battle against insurgency, banditry and kidnapping. He said in a statement issued in Abuja that such recruitment was better than engaging the services of mercenaries. He said rather than heeding to calls for the engagement…
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Insecurity: Group urges FG to deploy drone surveillance
A development organisation, Diamond Group of Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government to deploy technology such as drone surveillance to tackle the rampant banditry and kidnappings across the country. The group also said that it has become imperative for the government to collaborate with neighbouring countries, including seeking foreign help, to deal decisively with the worsening…
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Buhari seeks help from U.S. over rising insecurity
After being assailed by unrelenting insecurity across the regions of the country and yielding to calls for international collaboration, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sought the help of the United States government to contain the situation in the country. During a virtual meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Anthony Blinken, Buhari stressed the need…
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Niger Govt. to engage ex-service men to curb insecurity
Niger state government says it has commenced discussion with the state Chapter of the Nigerian Legion to facilitate collaboration between the state vigilante group and the legion to curb insecurity. Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger disclosed this during the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem Launch at the Government House in Minna on Monday. Our…
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You Have Indicted Yourself, CSOs Tell Masari over Comments on Insecurity
The Conference of Civil Society for Peace, Security and National Development has chided Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari over his claim the nation’s security service chiefs should be blamed for banditry in his state and other states in the northwest region and not President Muhammad Buhari who he said has done enough. Such view the…
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Insecurity: PDP asks Buhari to resign
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to resign should he continue to fail to proffer solutions to the growing insecurity in the country. The opposition leader said this at a media briefing at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja on Friday. At the…