Tag: Security
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Buhari presides over crucial meeting of National Security Council
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a crucial security meeting with all the nation’s security chiefs and relevant cabinet Ministers in attendance. It was gathered that the meeting was summoned to critically analyzed the prevailing challenges of security bedevilling the country with a view to charting the best way forward. The nation security forces…
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Kaduna Security Update: Govt gives details, names of casualties, farms and houses affected by attacks
More facts emerged following yesterday’s update on the attack in Ungwan Magaji, Kishicho, Kigam and Kikoba villages of Kauru LGA, further details have been received by the Kaduna State Government on casualties and properties damaged during the attack. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the details as contained in a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of…
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IPOB: Security alert in Abuja as Nnamdi Kanu faces trial tomorrow
There’s security alert in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT as the leader of IPOB Nnamdi Kanu faces trial on Monday in Abuja. Kanu is being tried by the Federal Government on a charge of treasonable felony. Although he was granted bail on health grounds, Kanu jumped bail and was re-arrested last month by security agents…
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Eid-el-Kabir: I-G orders security beef up nationwide
The Inspector General of Police (I-G) Mr Usman Baba has ordered security beef up across the country ahead of the 2021 Eid el-Kabir celebration. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. The I-G called on Commissioners of Police (CPs) across the country and their…
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Cleric condemns incessant killings, urges FG to step up security
The General Evangelist, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Worldwide, Prophet Hezekiah Oladeji, has condemned the spate of kidnapping and incessant killing of innocent persons in some parts of the country. Oladeji made the condemnation during a press briefing as part of the activities of CAC worldwide annual Power Explosive Conference in Erio-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to…
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Igangan killings: South-West Governors’ Forum calls for joint security network operations
The South-West Governors’ Forum has directed all commanders of South-West Security Network, coded “Amotekun”, to immediately begin joint operations to stem the spate of insecurity in the region. Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who is also the Chairman of the forum, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Akure. Akeredolu, who described…
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Nigeria in safe hands despite security challenges- Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the country is in safe hands notwithstanding the security challenges it is facing. He counseled citizens not to succumb to doomsday predictions about Nigeria because they won’t come to pass. The Minister said this when he received the Oluyin of Iyin-Ekiti, Oba Adeola Adeniyi Ajakaiye…
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Little role for space tech in nation’s security architecture, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe As the security challenges in the country grow more complex, usually some questions come to mind; for instance, what is the role of the National Space and Research Development Agency (NASRDA) and NIGCOMSAT in assisting and strengthening the nation’s security architecture, that is, if you permit the cliché? Why will they never…
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What we are doing to restore peace, security in Nigeria – FG
The Federal Government on Monday said it is concerned about Nigeria’s security challenges and doing all it can to restore peace in every part of the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday when received the President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations NIPR, Muktar Sirajo, and other…
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Buhari approves new security measures to tackle unrest in South-East, South-South
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new security measures to tackle cases of social unrest and violent crimes in the South-East and South-South geo-political zones of the country. The acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the National Security Council,…