Tag: Insecurity
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Despite insecurity, Zamfara fixes November 16 for LG election
Despite insecurity the Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC) has fixed November 16, 2024, for the Local Government Election in the State. The new Chairman of the Commission, Bala Aliyu Gusau, who was earlier today sworn in by the state chief Judge, Justice Kulu Aliyu represented by Mukhtar Yusha’u of the Zamfara State High Court…
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INSECURITY! Bandits shoot retired General leading Zamfara community guards
Director General of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guards (CPG), General Lawal B. Muhammad (rtd), was on Sunday shot by bandits. The CPG DG was said to have been shot by bandits who waylaid motorists at Kucheri village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. During the operation, the bandits blocked the busy Funtua-Tsafe…
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Thoughts on Nigeria’s food insecurity – By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria is grappling with a multitude of significant challenges, each akin to a ‘ticking time bomb’ that threatens national stability. Among these, the most pressing yet underappreciated is food insecurity. Despite its critical nature and its direct link to national security, food insecurity has not received the urgent attention it requires from the federal and…
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Obi, in Athens, says insecurity in Africa is linked to poverty, unemployment, inequality, and corruption
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has said that the security challenges bedeviling Africa are directly linked to poverty, with over 50% of the population multi-dimensionally poor. Speaking at the weekend in Athens, Greece’s capital, at an international dialogue of global leaders that includes former Presidents and…
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Insecurity will end soon – NSA
The National Security Adviser, Mr Nuhu Ribado, has reassured Nigerians that insecurity will soon come to an end in the country. Ribado stated this on Friday in Damaturu while commiserating with the people of Yobe on the recent insurgency attack in a community in the state.
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Insecurity: Stop hiding behind opposition – APC urges Zamfara Govt
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state to stop hiding behind opposition. The State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, stated this in a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday.
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MANI IMARU: Okpebheolo and Oshiomhole: The Truth about providing insecurity comes out
By Mani Imaru Senator Monday Okpebhelo is being hailed in some sections of the polity for being truthful in opening up on his plans or even lack of it for the citizenry in Edo State. His truthful gesture came out after he boldly told supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC while campaigning in Ovia…
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Deepening thick skin on kidnap epidemic – By Pius Mordi
If there was an organisation keeping track of the ballooning count on kidnap in Nigeria, perhaps it would have dawned on the federal government that it has gone beyond the epidemic level. From targeting individuals, abducting families, groups, students and even whole villages have become a past time. Nobody, not government or security agencies, is…
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ICYMI: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calls out political actors weaponising insecurity
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accused politicians in Nigeria of weaponising insecurity in the country for political purposes, stressing that this has partly resulted in the difficult situation “we have now”.
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Why Nigerians should assist us in fight against insecurity – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has said security is everybody’s business, urging Nigerians to provide the necessary information that would aid security officials’ operations. Musa said this on Saturday in Abuja while delivering his address at the 48th Annual National Conference of the Muslim Elders Association of Nigeria.