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Northern state governors on Thursday adopted National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) as panacea to farmers-herders clashes, kidnapping and banditry, and as vehicle for economic boost through improved livestock production and …
Insecurity: Northern govs take stand on livestock plans, kidnapping, banditry, others Read MoreThe Northern States Governors Forum held an emergency meeting on Thursday in Kaduna to address the scourge of insecurity, farmer-herder clashes especially proper livestock management and almajiri and child destitution. …
Northern govs in Kaduna, seek solution to insecurity, livestock rearing, almajiri Read MoreToday, Boko Haram can be said to be unrecognisable from the evangelical group and semi-guerrilla army it used to be when it broke into the scene few years ago. With …
Tackling insurgents and bandits Read MoreSecurity is a major concern of Nigerians in every part of the country following the spate of violent crimes. In the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), residents contend with the changing …
Insecurity: When NUJ brought police, stakeholders together Read MoreLast week the media was awash with reports that the former Governor of Gombe state, lbrahim Hassan Dankwambo, narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed bandits along the Abuja-Kaduna highway in …
Rising spate of kidnappings on highways Read MoreMember of Kaduna States House of Assembly representing Zaria constituency, Hon Suleiman Ibrahim Dabo, has been kidnapped at Farakwai along Kaduna- Zaria road. The Kaduna State Police Command while confirming …
Kaduna Assembly member Suleiman Dabo kidnapped along Zaria road Read MoreThe federal government Thursday said the nation lost 1,460 deaths to banditry in about 330 attacks within the last seven months across the country. Permanent Secretary Special Services Office …
As gunmen kill Taraba Catholic priest… FG says over 1,400 lost to banditry in 7 months, recommends Zamfara peace model Read MoreA member of Lagos state House of Assembly, Mr Wale Sulaimon, said Thursday that community policing remains the panacea to tackle the rising cases of insecurity in Nigeria. Sulaimon, representing …
Lawmaker advocates community policing to tackle rising cases of insecurity Read MoreThe Vigilance Group of Nigeria (VGN) has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to revisit the bill that seeks to give legal backing to the activities of the group …
Vigilante group seeks revisit of bill passed by 8th NASS Read MoreWith the cold rivalry going on between the personnel of the army and the police, it is evident that the war against crime being fought by the federal government is …
How inter-agency feud frustrates crime war Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said the entire structure of the Nigerian Police Force is being overhauled, re-positioned and primed with modern technological gadgets to meet rising challenges across …
What we’re doing to battle security challenges – Buhari Read MoreTowards tackling the menace on insecurity in Enugu state, CHUKS NWAEZE writes on how the state government has adopted a rather unpopular measure already causing ripples. Governments at all levels …
Ugwuanyi and the burden of insecurity in Enugu Read MoreOver the years, security concerns in Nigeria have taken a turn for the worse, as religious leaders have come under consistent attacks from gunmen in different parts of the country, …
Why gunmen go after ‘men of God’ Read MoreThe police in Kano have arrested 216 suspected criminals for ove crimes ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, car-snatching, currency counterfeiting, and drug abuse. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters …
Operation Puff Adder: Kano police nab 116 hoodlums Read MoreThirteen members of the Adamawa state branch of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria have been killed and 20 others injured in the past two months. The commander of the group …
13 Adamawa vigilante members killed in 2 months – Official Read MoreThis week is metaphorically a hydra-headed one with several topical issues to write on. I had been deliberating on which one to suit my readers. Many Nigerians were anxious as …
Security: Northern governors must walk the talk Read MoreThe Kogi state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the recent outburst by the state deputy governor, Simon Achuba, on insecurity and other sundry issues in the state as …
PDP has been vindicated in Kogi, says Ogunmola Read MoreFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed sadness at how Nigeria is fast losing her status as the big brother to other West African countries as a result of the menace …
West Africa worried about Nigeria’s crisis – Obasanjo Read MoreThe last two weeks have witnessed a lot of commentary about the heightening insecurity in the country. The role of herdsmen in nationwide criminality and suggested solutions have been on …
Gadzama’s revelations and the urgency of security reforms in Nigeria Read MoreThe Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has condemned the killing of Enugu Catholic Priest Rev. Fr. Paul Offu by suspected herdsmen and demanded for …
Bishop condemns killing of Enugu catholic priest Read MoreSadly, but inevitably, it had to come to this pass. On July 26, the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, launched Operation Sting, a state security outfit. The governors of …
The albatross Read MoreThe Sokoto state government has through negotiations and amicable resolution received three more people abducted by armed banditsin May this year. Speaking while handing over the victims to the Sokoto …
Banditry: Sokoto receives 3 more abductees Read MoreThe Ogun state police command Thursday paraded two suspected armed robbers for allegedly using grounded pepper to snatch motorcycles otherwise known as Okada from their victims. The suspects, Olatunbosun Ogunleye …
Ogun police arrest robbers using pepper to snatch motorcycles Read MoreA renowned journalist and a social commentator, Mr. Sam Omatseye, has made case for the establishment of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in order to improve the security situation in …
Insecurity: Omatseye makes case for civilian JTF in South-west Read MoreLate Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, who was murdered by marauders, must have been buried by now. According to some reports, …
“Olakunrin” and the rest of us Read More