Tag: Insecurity
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Insecurity: AfDB to develop Index Bond for Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group says it has obtained approval from its Board of Governors to develop a Security Index Investment Bond to address insecurity in Africa. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the AfDB Group, said this at a news conference to wrap up the 2022 Annual Meetings of the Bank in Accra,…
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Soludo declares 6pm to 6am curfew in Anambra
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Wednesday imposed an indefinite dusk-to-dawn ban on the movement of motorcycles, tricycles, and shuttle buses in eight local government areas of the state. In effect, those vehicles are not to operate in the local government areas between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Seven of the local government areas are…
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Insecurity: Terrorists kill 12 persons in Katsina state
About 12 persons have been killed in a terrorist attack early Tuesday morning in Gakurdi village, in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina state. The Katsina State Police Command confirmed the incident to pressmen. The terrorists were also said to have burnt some farmlands belonging to the residents of the village during the attack.
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Imo Assembly passes N65bn supplementary budget to fight insecurity
The Imo House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a supplementary budget of N65bn for the year 2022. The passage of the budget followed a bill presented by the Majority Leader of the House, Mr Kanayo Onyemaechi (APC Owerri West) at the plenary session. Onyemaechi said the supplementary budget was necessary to help fight the rising…
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Amaechi in Katsina: ‘I will fight poverty, insecurity’
Former Minister of Transportation and Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has promised to turn the tide of insecurity and poverty around in the country if given the opportunity to be President in 2023.
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What Nigeria must do to end insecurity – Saraki
Sen. Bukola Saraki, the Presidential aspirant on the platform of the PDP, said he would adopt technology to end banditry and other insecurity sources when voted to power. Saraki made the statement on Thursday while interacting with delegates of Taraba PDP in Jalingo. He said he was in the state to seek the support of…
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2023: I will fight insecurity to standstill – Amaechi
Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential aspirant, says fighting insecurity in Nigeria is his major priority if voted as president. Amaechi made the pledge in a statement on Monday in Abuja, following his visit to the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council in Yenagoa on Sunday, while on nationwide consultations for his presidential…
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More dialogue, not guns to end insecurity in Nigeria – By Magnus Onyibe
President Muhammadu Buhari has made a categorical statement in his Eid-Efitri message that the battle against terrorism will be over soon. But the haunting image of the innocent little baby born while the mother is in captivity following the terrorists’ invasion of Kaduna bound passengers trains on 28th March 2022, that was strewn on the…
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IPOB using propaganda to malign Nigerian army – Nwachukwu
The Nigerian Army, says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are using pictures of fake soldiers arrested by Nigerian army troops recently to malign the institution. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that one Solomon Okafor of Radio Biafra…
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Join me to tackle insecurity – President Buhari cries out
“Without mass, popular support to our hard-working Armed Forces, it will take us much longer to finish off the successful war we are waging against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. Our country must be kept safe for progress and prosperity to be entrenched.