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The Abuja-Lokoja Expressway, like the Abuja-Kaduna road axis has gradually joined the long list of federal highways in the country where road users are subjected to various forms of molestation …
Kogi Commissioner advocates tougher measures against banditry on highways Read More
Bandits have killed 25 persons in Kwaki and surrounding communities in Shiroro local government of Niger state for allegedly refusing to attend a meeting held to negotiate ransom for farmers …
Niger: Bandits kill 25, abduct 50 for avoiding ransom-negotiation meeting Read More
Abuja is under siege. Terror lives and breathes here. Citizens are kidnapped every day from their homes but sadly, some of these tragedies escape outrage and alarm. There is a …
Abuja under siege by bandits, but DSS, army after agitators in South-east, by Fredrick Nwabufo Read More
Crime has no ethnic face. When criminality is defined according to ethnic origin or religion, social cohesion is threatened. There are people of criminal inclinations in every group, race, place …
I’m a ‘herdsman’ — all herdsmen are not bandits, by Fredrick Nwabufo Read More
A prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Bala Lau has accused some politicians of sponsoring and fuelling terrorist activities in Nigeria to achieve political end. Lau, who is the national chairman of …
Banditry: Izala group blames politicians, seeks empowerment for orphans Read More
Nigeria has quite terrible and horrible leaders. One of them is Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the Governor of Rivers state. Wike’s soul is gravely tormented and he unswervingly finds himself …
Gov. Wike; if wishes were horses….! Read More
Jesus Christ acquiesced to his challengers because he was on a divine mission. So, it was needless disrupting the course of its divine fulfilment. Nigeria’s leadership by President Muhammadu Buhari …
Armed Forces Day: Buhari ushers in salvation at last Read More
Kaduna state Commissioner of Police, Umar Muri, has ordered immediate deployment of more police personnel to Birnin Gwari- Kaduna highway to stem the upsurge in acts of banditry and kidnapping …
Insecurity: Kaduna CP deploys more police operatives to Birnin Gwari Read More
The Coalition of Northern Patriots (CNP) has hailed the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, for the success of the Nigerian Army’s Operation Sahel Sanity. In a …
Banditry: Coalition hails Nigerian Army for commitment in North West Read More
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has declared that the Nigerian Army will shame the Boko Haram and the Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in …
We‘ll disgrace terrorists in 2021 – Buratai Read More
The National Democratic Front (NDF) has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s show of confidence on the service chiefs and security agencies to address the security challenges in the country. According to the …
Group backs Buhari on service chiefs, security agencies in tackling insecurity Read More
The Nigerian Army has been showered praises for showcasing a high level of human rights compliance in its various operations across the country this year. The Centre for Social Justice, …
Insecurity: Report lauds Nigerian Army on human rights, rescue of abductees Read More
The Nigerian military has been urged to remain focused and not get distracted in its prosecution of the war against terrorism, banditry and other criminal vices in the country. This …
Remain focused, avoid distractions, varsity don tells troops Read More
As a tenet of its false constituted ideology and business model, the insurgents had taken thousands of young Nigerians, many of whom were raped or conscripted as fighters. Most of …
Abduction: Shekau, Salkida, and the rest of us Read More
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has been found at the centre of a fresh plot to blackmail and undermine President Muhammadu Buhari and the armed forces of Nigeria across …
Insecurity: Group indicts, accuses Northern coalition of plot to undermine Buhari, armed forces Read More
When General Tukur Yusufu Buratai was appointed as the 20th Chief of Army Staff by the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on July 13th, 2015, the …
General Buratai, the patriot Read More
Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, Northern Governors, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, and Secretary to Government of the Federation …
Breaking: Northern govs, Sultan meet Senate President, SGF, CoS, IGP over insecurity… see pictures Read More
CLAIM: A Kaduna-based businessman and indigene of Katsina State, Mahdi Shehu claimed that the Katsina State Government under governor Aminu Bello Masari has spent N52.6 billion under the guise of …
Fact-check: Did Katsina state government squander N52.6 billion on security? Read More
Exercise Crocodile Smile VI commenced on October 20, 2020, and is scheduled to last to December 31. The exercise has been a huge success in dealing with criminals and scaling down …
Exercise Crocodile Smile: Before we crucify Lt. Gen. TY Buratai Read More
In furtherance of his carrot and stick approach to lasting peace in Zamfara state, Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has facilitated the rescue of 11 kidnap victims from bandits without …
How I facilitated rescue of 11 kidnap victims – Matawalle Read More
The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace (NIFROP), Friday, prophesied years of prosperity ahead for Nigeria at the end of its special thanksgiving, praise and prayer session to mark the …
Nigerian @60: Inter-Faith clerics end special prayers, worship in Abuja Read More
There have been insinuations in some quarters discrediting the efforts of the Nigerian government towards addressing the various security challenges in the country. This trend in recent times has assumed …
Global Peace Index and Nigeria’s resilience against all odds Read More
Some elder statesmen under the aegis of the Patriotic Elders Council (PEC) have declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has surpassed his predecessors in terms of security, contrary to claims by …
Security: Elder statesmen counters Obasanjo, affirms Buhari has recorded more achievements Read More
Some youth leaders from Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states have commended the Nigerian Army over the killing of militia leader, Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana. The group at a joint …
Gana: North Central youth leaders commend Army over killing of notorious killer, bandits Read More
When service chiefs were appointed in July 2015, like many people with keen interest in the polity especially security. I went further to dig into the profile of the newly …
Banditry: Matters arising as Buratai comes to the rescue Read More