Category: Security
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Buhari planning to overhaul security architecture — NSA
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari, has again expressed his dissatisfaction over the worsening security situation in the country. He said Buhari was, therefore, planning an overhaul of the nation’s security architecture. Monguno disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the meeting…
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Insecurity: Buhari, security chiefs meet
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a meeting of the security council. The meeting, holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also has Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance. All service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police are attending the meeting. Others are the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; heads of the Department of State Services…
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We’re worried over insecurity in Nigeria — NGF, to meet service chiefs
The Nigeria Governors Forum has decried the worsening security situation across the country. Chairman of the forum, Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said this in a statement titled: “NGF Expresses Solidarity with Governor Zullum and Borno State,” which he signed and made available to the media, in Abuja, on Monday. He expressed gratitude to God…
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Police rescue man after failed suicide attempt at Lagos lagoon
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have prevented a businessman, Abiodun Adeyinka, from committing suicide by jumping into the lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge during the Eid-el-Kabir festival on Friday. PUNCH reports that Abiodun had approached a microfinance bank for N390,000 to boost his business but could not repay the loan and the…
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Police kill 3 suspected kidnappers, rescue passengers
The Police in Rivers State said Sunday that the Command killed three kidnappers who hijacked a commercial bus along the Etche-Owerri Road of the state. The kidnappers, said to have been terrorising the axis of the East-West Road, were felled by police bullets during an exchange with operatives of the state Anti-Kidnapping Unit on Sunday…
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No space for Miyetti Allah’s security outfit in Benue — Ortom insists
Benue State Government has said the Miyetti Allah Vigilante group set up by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore won’t operate in Benue. Reacting to media statement credited to a Fulani socio – cultural association called Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, which said it has set a vigilante group nationwide to protect Fulani herdsmen from cattle rustlers, Benue…
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Northern governors fume over attack on Zulum’s convoy
The Northern Governors Forum has condemned the attack on the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, describing it as callous and reprehensible. Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, in a statement on Friday, said the attack on the convoy of Zulum, who was on his way to Baga,…
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Maiduguri explosion kills one, injures 16
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, on Thursday confirmed the death of one person with 16 others injured following three explosions in Maiduguri metropolis. Mr Aliyu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the explosions occurred in Mairi, Custom and Gwange areas of the metropolis. Mr Aliyu said the actual cause of…
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Depressed soldier kills senior officer in Borno
Army Headquarters says a depressed soldier serving in 2 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama, Borno State, went berserk, shot and killed an officer on Wednesday. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Musa said the incident occurred when the depressed soldier approached…
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Four dead as police, hunters clash in Ibadan
Three residents of Okeho town in Kajola Local Government Area Oyo State and a policeman have been reportedly killed in a clash between the police hunters and members of a vigilante group on Thursday. Our correspondent gathered that the fight started following the insistence of the residents to kill the robbery suspect arrested alive while…