Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Moh Lukman, has called urgent radical reforms of the current security structure in Nigeria. Lukman believe the government can also do more especially in relation to getting the Nation’s security agencies to be more accountable. In a release Friday in Abuja titled Read More
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has lamented the invasion of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna, saying Nigeria’s political body has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly. In a statement made available to Blueprint in Abuja Wednesday, signed by its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the CNG said the Read More
Northern elders have attributed Tuesday’s morning attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, by bandits leaving two military officers dead and an officer abducted, to failure of Nigeria’s intelligence network. Recall that the Nigerian Army had earlier confirmed the killing of two of its officers and abduction of a senior officer at the NDA in Afaka, Kaduna State. Witnesses Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is using security agencies, particularly the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to hound and harass its leaders in a renewed move to cow and weaken opposition formation ahead of the 2023 general elections. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Read More
Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh has reiterated that assets under the Deep Blue Project will be given necessary attention in order to maintain them to serve their purpose of providing security for Nigerian waters and the entire Gulf of Guinea. Dr Jamoh spoke in Lagos during the graduation ceremony of Pilots and Read More
It is, indeed, true that some of the greatest nations in the world are multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-religious and you can name such countries to include the USA, India, Singapore, Taiwan, e.t.c. and the reasons are simple: united people working together are more likely to be economically successful. Rightly so, this is the view of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, which Read More
Minister of Defence Maj.-Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (retd) has said the federal government is leveraging on digital technologies for enhanced national security architecture. A statement by the minister’s media aide, Mohammad Abdulkadri, quoted Magashi as saying this Monday, at the Course 29 graduation lecture of the National Defence College, Abuja. While soliciting the supports of all Nigerians and friendly nations to Read More
…IGP vows to fish out, punish agencies impersonating NCCSALW Newly established National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), Military Chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police have pledged collaboration to combat the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria, which many security analysts describe as a major driver of insecurity in the country. Read More
The newly appointed Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, has cautioned the media against reports that undermine national security. He charged the media to be objective, fair and balanced in their reportage. Maj.-Gen Sawyerr gave the charge Friday, while taking over as spokesman of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN), at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja. The Read More
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said the current agitations in the South-east zone makes security situation in the region very peculiar, saying that a good number of those who are in support of such agitations have wrong understanding of the realities on ground. According to a statement by Deputy Director Defence Information, Defence Headquarters Air Read More
A Civil Society Organisation, Nigerian Advocates for Peace (NAP), has commended the gallantry of Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo for successfully ejecting an Alfa jet aircraft that was gunned down by bandits, saying “it is an indication that Nigerian Air force (NAF) pilots are well trained.” NAP in a press release signed by its convener Dotun Akindele on Wednesday, solicited support Read More
The Minister of Defence Maj.-Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (retd) has urged Muslims to render sacrifice for national security and unity in their prayers for this year’s festival of sacrifice, known as Eid’il Adha. A statement issued Tuesday by Special Assistant to the Minister on Media Mohammad Abdulkadri, General Magashi stated this in a message to felicitate with the Muslim Ummah Read More
A group, the Unity Advocacy Group (UAG) has hailed the Chief of Defence Staff Interaction with Retired Senior Military Officers, which is being held across the different Geo-political zones, saying it will bring the much needed peace to our country. UAG in a press release signed by its convener Ifeanyi Aigbedion on Monday, said that the parley is timely and Read More
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said engagements with retired senior military officers partly contributed to the rescue and safe return of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter pilot that was involved in air crash on Sunday, after embarking on a successful air interdiction mission against bandits between Zamfara and Kaduna states boundaries. According to a Read More
The House of Representatives has recommended to the executive arm of the federal government, to initiate a screening and vetting programme of all frontline officers of the Nigerian military to fish out moles and double-agents who have so far compromised most efforts at combating insecurity and win the war against insurgents and terrorists. The recommendation was one among several others Read More
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh, has that assets deployed under the Deep Blue Project, recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari, are manned by proficient officers from the Nigerian security services. Dr. Bashir Jamoh, stated this in Lagos during the graduation ceremony of officers trained to crew the Special Mission Vessels, the Read More
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has restated the commitment of the lawmakers to doing what was required of the 9th Assembly to make sure the country can overcome the serious national security challenges that currently threaten the safety and wellbeing of Nigerians. Gbajabiamila made the commitment, Friday, while declaring opened the National Security Legislative Reform retreat for the Read More
Peugeot Automobile (PAN) Nigeria Limited says it has continued to invest in critical areas that means much to users of the company’s product range as a way of sustaining its operations.The areas include deepening customers service and aftersales support. The Acting Managing Director of PAN, Ms Taiwo Oluleye, stated this in her welcome address to participants of the Air Force Read More
As part of activities to commemorate the second anniversary of the ninth Senate, the chairman Senate Committee on Senate Services, Senator Sani Musa, in this interview with ROSEMARY MORIBIRIN delves into a range of topics including the insecurity and measures towards restoring peace. How has the 9th Senate been able to manage its differences in cooperating with the executive? Right Read More
The Presidency has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari would participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday. The president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Shehu said the president would depart Abuja on Saturday to join other Heads of Read More
The pioneer Director General of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, (NGF) Osaro Onaiwu has urged former governors from 1999 to 2019 to converge as soon as possible to deliberate on issues bordering on national security. Osaro Onaiwu made this call recently in Abuja, charged the former governors to speak out against the insecurity and other vices ravaging the country, as keeping quiet Read More
The National Consultative Front, (NCFront) has appeal to former heads of state, former Presidents and other stakeholders to take a break from their rest and work together to rescue Nigeria from imminent civil war. The group which gathered in Abuja to discuss what they described as “pervasive killings, kidnappings, wanton destructions of public assets and general insecurity in Nigeria” said Read More
A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) Tuesday raised the alarm over an alleged plot by an unnamed former Nigerian president, some clerics and politicians to undermine the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. YAF also alleged that the former president, which it did not name, and members of his group, were promoting agitations in the South-west Read More
Since the emergence of the current security situation in Nigeria, as well as the entire Lake Chad and Sahel regions of Africa, every sane person knows that there are international directions to these insecurity quagmires. Most notable is the geo-politics involved. Particularly with France losing its grip from its sustenance (its former colonies in West and Central Africa), specifically with Read More
Following the report of recent attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Odoke, Ndiobasi and Obakotara communities in Izhi, Ebonyi Local Government Area, an Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has blamed governor Dave Umahi, for the continued killings in the state. The Ebonyi indigenes said the recent attack is considered the highest number casualties in the South-east region Read More
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