A group of northern leaders has expressed dissatisfaction with the way the insecurity challenges bedeviling the country has been allowed to degenerate into a worrisome and unpleasant situation. They described as disappointing, the President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to acknowledge the severity of the threats, which the protests posed to national security, stability and unity. The … Read more
By Ify Davies As the nation is still overwhelmed by the ongoing #EndSARS protest, the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, in Abuja, has postponed its proposed protest scheduled for Thursday (today). CNG’s protest coordinator in the nation’s capital, Haruna Adamu, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday morning. Recall that the body had threatened … Read more
Speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the perennial insecurity challenges that bedevil Nigeria is threatening its oneness. Gbajabiamila said this at a two-day retreat in Abuja on Thursday. Gbajabiamila said the insecurity challenge has instilled mistrust in the people and weakens their in the government’s ability to protect lives and property. The … Read more
Mob Lynches Suspected Armed Robber In Calabar Ekohotblog, September 22, 2020… A suspected armed robber fleeing a robbery scene has been killed by an angry mob around the Rabana roundabout axis of Marian road in Calabar, the Cross River state capital. The victim was said to be a member of a 3 men robbery gang … Read more
Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not being sincere in addressing the rising insecurity in Nigeria. Pa Adebanjo spoke on Thursday while reacting to comments made by spokesperson for President Buhari, Garba Shehu, stating that the South-West security network, Amotekun, would be placed under the control … Read more
Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI) on Monday says bandits have killed at least 1,126 villagers across Nigeria in 2020. This revelation was contained in a new report released by the think-tank. Amnesty said the killings were carried out from January to June 2020. It added that about 380 people were also abducted by the … Read more
As part of his commitment towards seeing the perennial violence and other security challenges bedeviling the northern part of the country become a thing of the past, Senator Shehu Sani, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to organise a conference to be led by former Heads of States, Generals Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalam Abubakar. He … Read more
Days after raising alarm on what he felt was a sabotage by the military in the terrorism war, governor of Borno state might become the target of public scrutiny in the coming days after latest information disclosed that the governor signed a pact with Boko Haram hierarchy and its sponsors. A group known as North … Read more
The Nigerian Army Authorities has fixed January 3, 2021 as exit date for 386 soldiers who applied to disengage from the military amid the battle against bandits, terrorists and kidnappers in parts of the country. But they will proceed on terminal leave on December 3, 2020, Sunday Vanguard reports. The affected soldiers include those who … Read more
The Special Forces approved by the Defence Headquarters to stop the incessant killings and restore peace in Southern Kaduna have arrived Kafanchan ahead of their deployment to the various flashpoints in the area later today, Friday, August 14. The Special Forces were drawn from the Nigerian Army. They were received at Sector 7, the headquarters … Read more
Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said he would not recant his comment on Boko Haram and insecurity in the country as what he said were based on confidential information he was privy to. Mailafia was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over a claim he made that … Read more
Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle, says some politicians are using the insecurity in the country to feather their nests. Matawalle said this when he visited the Special Army Super Camp 4 in Faskari town in Katsina state. There has been pervasive insecurity in the country and all efforts to find lasting solution to the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, August 11, clarified that terrorists are not better equipped than the military. Also, the President and some state governors at the end of meeting today, August 11 at the Presidential Villa agreed that poverty and youth unemployment are the major causes of nationwide security challenges. This was contained in a statement … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting some representatives of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and security chiefs inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is in continuation of efforts aimed at tackling the deteriorating security situation in parts of the country. Buhari is joined at the Council Chamber venue of the meeting by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned the effects of COVID-19 on the economy, saying the finances of the country took a serious hit from the pandemic. Buhari disclosed this when he hosted governors from the north-east on Monday. He described the pandemic as fantastic phenomenal which has no respect for status and colour. Governors from the … Read more
Residents of New Era Estate in Ajah, Lagos State, have called on the Lagos State Government to rescue them from invasion by hoodlums and armed robbers Some of the residents told Eko Hot Blog in Lagos on Sunday that the security challenges were becoming more severe and frightening. Mr. Bukola Onifade, a hotelier, and resident … Read more
Some aggrieved residents of Katsina State, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office amid worsening insecurity in the country. President Buhari hails from Kastina. The residents made call while protesting against banditry and widespread killings in the state. The residents from Turare and Dogon Ruwa communities in Dustin-ma Local Government Area … Read more
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), said President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed his dissatisfaction over the worsening security situation in the country. According to him, Buhari was, therefore, planning an overhaul of the nation’s security architecture, The Punch reports. Monguno disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of … Read more
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said the effort of President Muhammadu Buhari to terrorism in the country is being undermined by mole in the military set up. The Governor made this known on Sunday when he played host to his counterparts from Kebbi and Jigawa States, Atiku Bagudu and Badaru Abubakar, respectively who … Read more
By Emma Agu Uneasy, so goes a popular saying, lies the head that wears the crown. Never has this saying been more apt than in the case of the current Service Chiefs of the various Services of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. More than ever before, there have been calls for … Read more