Tag: Insecurity
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Declare State of Emergency on Insecurity now, Archbishop Martins tells FG
Worried by the incessant cases of kidnapping in almost all conceivable places, murder of innocent people, including Policemen, burning down of police stations, correctional facilities, and INEC offices nationwide, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on insecurity in the country.…
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How disbandment of SARS dampened officers’ morale, created vacuum in fight against insecurity – Acting IGP
The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman has said that the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) created a vacuum which is challenging efforts by the Police to tackle insecurity in the country from a position of strength. The acting IGP stated this on Thursday at a presidential briefing organized by the Presidential…
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Insecurity: Rwandan President Kagame drops message for fellow African leaders
The President of Rwanda, Mr Paul Kagame, has called on African leaders to apply a harmonious approach to deal with the root causes of the security crisis across the continent. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Kagame made the call at the UBA Africa Conversations 2021, with the theme: “Africa to the World,” held virtually to commemorate…
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What Nigeria can do to overcome security challenges – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has highlighted steps the government can take to overcome the recurring security challenges bedeviling the nation. According to him, for the country to get out of all the challenges of insecurity including, banditry, Boko Haram, kidnapping among other crimes and criminalities, a long gestation period of training and educating all Nigerian…
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Good things still come from Nazareth, nay Nigeria – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido In 2015, a young Nigerian girl, Oghenekevwe (Surname withheld) landed in the US on scholarship for post-graduate studies, after an exceptional undergraduate performance in a Nigerian university. In the US she continued from where she stopped in Nigeria, smashing records and putting in one exceptional performance after the other. She got her…
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I joined APC to help Buhari fight insecurity, reduce tension in Nigeria – Ayade
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has shield more light on his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor explained that his desire to assist President Muhammadu Buhari deal with the challenges facing the country contributed to his defection to the party. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports…
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Insecurity: Adamawa, Gombe ban hunters, militia groups
Following the frequent communal conflict between Lunguda and Waja tribes, Adamawa and Gombe States Government on Wednesday banned all activities of hunters and militia groups in two affected communities. Lunguda and Waja are tribes both found in Adamawa and Gombe states. The development is contained in a communique issued at the end of the first…
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Insecurity: Nigeria’s 36 governors to meet Wednesday
Governors of the 36 states of Nigeria are to meet on May 19, to address matters arising from a variety of challenges facing the country. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) disclosed this in a statement issued by the Head, Media and Public Affairs of its Secretariat, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo in Abuja on Monday. Bello-Barkindo said…
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Nigeria needs $2bn annually to combat insecurity – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said the country would need a minimum amount of $2 billion annually for an initial period of three years to combat its security challenges. DHQ also said the proposed N100billion provision in the Armed Forces Support Trust Fund Bill would be inadequate to combat the protracted security challenges facing the…
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Insecurity: Emulate Southern Govs, Hon Teejay Yusuf tells Northern Governors
…condemns over-dependence on federal statutory allocations A member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Teejay Yusuf has said Southern governors’ non-partisan objectivity deserves applause. According to Yusuf (PDP, Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency) those with conscience among Northern Governors should follow suit by supporting the objective recommendations of their southern counterparts, without political, ethnic or religious sentiments.…