Tag: Security Agencies
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Anambra: Do all you can to ensure a peaceful election – Buhari tells security agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies to ensure that no group or individual is allowed
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#EndSARS: FG directs heads of Nigerian security agencies to conduct periodic psychiatric evaluations, drug tests on officers
The Federal Government has directed the leadership of all security agencies in the country to conduct periodic psychiatric evaluations and drug tests
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Only security agencies can access people’s phone data –Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has averred that only security institutions in the country can gain access to people’s personal phone information. The minister made this revelation on Tuesday while unveiling the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Strategic Vision Plan (2021-2025), NCC Global Connect Podcast and a Compendium of speeches by the…
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Buhari expresses satisfaction, showers praises on security agencies for arresting Nnamdi Kanu, raiding Igboho’s home
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commended the nation’s security and intelligence agencies for their work in arresting secessionist Nnamdi Kanu and raiding the home of ‘Yoruba Nation’ activist Sunday Igboho. The President’s praise was contained in a statement signed by his spokesperson Garba Shehu. According to the statement, President Buhari said the security agencies demonstrated…
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Gulak: Allow security agencies do their work, Wike tackles Uzodinma over ‘political assassination’ comment
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that his Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodinma was hasty in pronouncing that the death of APC chieftain, Ahmed Gulak was a political assassination. In a broadcast on Monday, Governor Uzodinma expressed shock over the killing of the APC stalwart, describing the incident as an unfortunate clear case…
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Buhari has ordered security agencies to shoot anybody seen with AK-47 – Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agency to enter in the bushes, search for bandits and other criminal elements and shoot them on sight.Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu disclosed this in an interview with Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Hausa). According to Shehu, the presidency has received reports that indicates that not just…
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#EndSARS violence: Senate suspends budget defence of security agencies till further notice
The Senate Committee on Interior has deferred the budget defence of security agencies till further notice. It excused the Federal Fire Service (FFS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) from the 2021 budget defence due to the fallout of the #EndSARS protests that has led to violence in some parts of the…
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COVID-19 lockdown: Presidency warns security agencies against further attacks, killing of innocent Nigerians
The Presidential Task Force on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has appealed to security agencies to handle the task of enforcing the movement restrictions with tact and caution. Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who made the appeal during the daily press briefing in…
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End bandits’ attacks or they kill us all – Buhari’s wife tells security agencies
Wife of Nigeria’s President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has challenged security agencies to quickly end banditry and other insecurity challenges in parts of the country. Mrs Buhari who made the call on Saturday in Katsina while distributing relief materials to over 25,000 victims of bandits attacks, said it was necessary to degrade the criminals before they…
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Security agencies probe alleged plans by Atiku to stop Buhari’s second term inauguration
Security agencies are probing alleged plot by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to prevail on the United States to recognise him as the ‘authentic President’ of Nigeria. The agencies are already on the trail of members of the Atiku Deservation Group behind the printing and distribution of the defeated…