Tag: Security
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Insecurity: Reps make grand move to move power, security to Concurrent List
Apparently disturbed by incessant killing of Nigerians across the country, some members of the House of Representatives are in a move to make sure power and security are moved into the Concurrent List. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the move is to ensure that the heavy burden of securing and providing electricity by the centre is…
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Former AIG wants slash in politicians’ salaries, increase in security spending
A former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr Felix Ogbaudu, has called for reduction in politicians’ salaries and allowances. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, Ogbaudu said money consequently saved should be used to address security threats like kidnapping and banditry. He stressed that there was the need to cut…
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Buhari reconvenes security council meeting at Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari has reconvened the meeting of the National Security Council, which started on May 30, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was called by President Buhari to continue deliberations on issues of national security concern. Those in attendance at today’s meeting include Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation,…
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BREAKING: Tinubu drops message on security situation in Nigeria
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday commented on the security situation of the country. In a statement, Tinubu expressed anger over the terror and cruelty being visited upon the people of Borno, Yobe, Benue, Niger, Imo and other parts of Nigeria. The statement reads: “Like all decent…
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Obasanjo: Security situation in Nigeria threatening but we won’t be consumed by it
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed hope that though the nation is in a threatening state of insecurity, it won’t be consumed by the situation. Obasanjo expressed this optimism in his remarks at the 108th Annual Convention in Session of the Nigerian Baptist Convention held at Baptist International Conference Centre, KM 54 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Using…
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JUST IN: Declare state of emergency on security now, Reps tell Buhari
Worried about the spate of attacks across the country, members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security. The House held three-hour executive (closed-door) session that lasted three hours on Tuesday, from where the lawmakers unanimously adopted a series of resolutions. Emerging…
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Insecurity worsening, Nigeria is in trouble – Okowa
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday, lamented that Nigeria is in trouble as a result of the dwindling economy, worsening insecurity and hunger across the nation. Okowa who made the remarks at the funeral service of late Mrs. Comfort Nwagimeje at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Agbor, told Nigerians to ask God in prayer to…
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Photos: Buhari meets Northern governors in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with Northern governors behind closed door’ at the State House, Abuja. The governors were led by the Northern Governors’ Forum Chairman, Simon Lalong. Some of the governors at the meeting were Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi); Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna); Mai Mala Buni(Yobe); Abubakar Bello(Niger) and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa). The meeting might…
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Buhari assesses security situation, speaks on choice of Baba as acting IGP
President Muhammadu Buhari has again challenged the new service chiefs and the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to work diligently towards meeting the expectations of Nigerians TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the president gave the charge while assessing the performances of the new service chiefs as well as the tasks before them and that…
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A sense of where we are – Hope Eghagha
By Hope Eghagha So it is that we are now miserably confused andbewildered. Tears cry to heaven. Eyes look up to heaven. Heaven looks the other way, except for occasional rains. Each day death strikes with insane violence, sometimes masqueraded as a religious obligation to cut off infidels, kill the enemies, throw the land into…