In his new book, Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum, Irabor argued that the absence of political will had hindered Nigeria’s response to the insurgency. He said a state of emergency backed by the National Assembly would mobilise all elements of national power, economic, political, social, diplomatic, and military, to end the war. […]
Obasanjo disclosed this at the public presentation of Scars, Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum, a book authored by former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor (retd.). Obasanjo said, “Boko Haram is now virtually becoming part of our life. Should we accept that? If we should not accept it, what should we do? […]
In a statement released to journalists, security chiefs in Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states confirmed this to journalists, saying that they had activated various containment plans to prevent the infiltration of their states by bandits fleeing the ongoing military operations in Kwara. This came as the Federal Government uncovered the movement of the bandits […]
Gazal disclosed the incident in a telephone interview with journalists. “The three armed men broke into my residence at Ijebu-Ode GRA at about 2 a.m. They collected all the cash with me after which they forced me to open my bank apps on my phone and transfer everything there to an account they provided. They […]
The operation comes barely a week after suspected armed herders and local bandits, numbering about a thousand, ambushed and killed 11 security personnel drawn from the police and the Civil Protection Guards, known by the code name Anyam Nyom, within Katsina-Ala LGA. In a statement issued in Makurdi, the Acting Media Information Officer of OPWS, […]
In a statement by Governor Monday Okpebholo’s Chief Press Secretary, Monday Itua, the operation carried out was coordinated by the Governor’s Principal Security Officer in collaboration with the Nigerian Army, local vigilantes, and other security agencies. Operatives reportedly trekked nearly five kilometres deep into the forest between Afuze and Ora, where the camps were uncovered […]
Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Development, Caroline Dafur, disclosed this in Jos, saying the children, aged between four and nine, were trafficked from Plateau to Anambra State. She added that the suspect behind the act has been arrested. Dafur described the rescue as a significant step in the fight against child trafficking, stressing that […]
The state’s commissioner of police gave the warning while addressing Deputy Commissioners in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital, saying that the directive aligns with the instructions of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. He stated that any officer found violating human rights or engaging in misconduct would face the most severe disciplinary sanctions. “Officers who interfere […]
The deputy governor of the state, Aminu Gumel, speaking on behalf of the members of the Governor, Umar Namadi, has assured members of the National Youth Service Corps deployed to the state of their safety and welfare throughout their service year. The governor, Umar Namadi, represented by his deputy, Aminu Gumel, after the swearing-in of […]