By Elempe Dele, Edo. Last week, I wrote an instructive article on ‘Nigerian Security: the Gun Control Debate’ which was published in some daily newspapers. However, in retrospection, I know the federal government that is luckwarm in the matter of security and other challenges will not pay attention to making available firemans to the…
Part of ongoing efforts to console and alleviate suffering of the 48 bereaved families of Zabarmari farmers killed last Saturday, on Thursday received N600,000 each and bags of food items from a committee assigned by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to transparently convey external donations to the victims. The fund came from combined support of…
Further effort to ensure security of lives and properties, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday received a Cameroonian military delegation led by the 4th region joint military commander, General Saly Mohammadou at the Government House, Maiduguri. He was accompanied by General Bouba Dobekreo, Commander Sector 1 Multinational Joint Task Force; Brigadier General…
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Tuesday, revealed that the group killed 78 farmers and not 43. Boko Haram attacked the farmers who were harvesting rice at Zabarmari community, in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State at the weekend. Over 40 deaths were earlier reported and Governor Babagana…
The Nigerian Governor’s Forum Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi disclosed that the security challenges are beyond the Nigerian military, He said, they are overwhelmed and cannot tackle the security situation affecting many parts of the country, that includes, Insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery. “We are here your Excellency, first to…
With deteriorating security challenge in the country Senate on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to begin the replacement of service chiefs following the killing of 43 farmers. President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan said Buhari must immediately restructure the country’s security architecture in order to fight against insurgents and secure lives of citizens….
Governor Samuel Ortom urges the Benue State Police Command and other security agencies to ensure that killers of Dr Karl Kwaghger, an Associate Professor of Engineering are apprehended for prosecution. The Governor in a statement by through Terver Akase, Chief Press Secretary, condemns the gruesome murder which occurred in Makurdi on Saturday evening and…
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed had in a statement through Mukhtar Gidado, Senior Special Assistant on Media described the killing of about 43 innocent farmers harvesting their crops as unfortunate, barbaric and wickedness that must be condemned by well meaning Nigerians home and abroad. According to the Governor, Once again, the nation is…
Following the killing of some rice farmers numbering about 43 on Saturday by Boko-Haram insurgents in Koshebe community, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State were buried on Sunday amid tears by residents of the community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farmers were killed at about 11 a.m. as they…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peace and stability. Buhari made the call in his address at the 70th anniversary of the Qaddriyya on Saturday in Kano, NAN reports. Represented by Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture, Buhari said prayers would foster unity and help crush security challenges. The Nigerian…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said the rejig of the nation’s security architecture by President Muhammadu Buhari is long overdue following slaughtering of 43 farmers by Boko Haram in Borno on Saturday. The farmers on rice fields at Zabarmari, in Jere Local Government area of Borno were on Saturday slaughtered by the insurgents….
By Elempe Dele Today, in Nigeria, there are some elements that do not subscribe to the entity; they are laws onto themselves. They have a boundariless Quasi State within this country and their activities are basically illegal. These individuals and groups fall into different categories: terrorists, bandits, armed robbers, kidnappers…their activities have been busy…
By Abba Dukawa, Kano. Nigerians in 2015 voted president Buhari to power in anticipation that as (a) former military head of state and a retired General, he was positioned to deal decisively with all forms of threats to security of the people. Out of 15,424,921 casts during 2015 elections General Muhammadu Buhari gained more than 12…
Gunmen have assassinated the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Isreal Adeusi, in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. Globaltimesnigeria.com learned through a relative of the monarch who confirmed that Adeusi was killed on Thursday, on his way from a meeting in Akure in his official car around 4 pm when he was accosted…
By Yahaya Idris, Abuja. The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has says both the Nigerian and state governments must wake up to their responsibilities of protecting the lives and property of Nigerians. He condemned the incessant killings by bandits in the Northern part of…
—–Nasarawa To Strengthen Security Agencies For Rapid Response. Nasarawa State Government has resolved to strengthen security agencies working in the state, through the provision of vehicles and logistics, to enable them respond rapidly to distressed calls. This was part of the resolutions arrived at during the emergency security meeting convened at the instance of…
The Chairman of Esan Central Local Government Council of Edo State, in Edo Central Senatorial District, Prof. Waziri Edokpa, was on Friday kidnapped along the Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi Road in Edo. Gunmen, also Friday, shot dead the driver of a bus in the fleet of a popular transport company and seized fourteen Abuja-bound passengers on Benin-Auchi…
Idris Ahmed, Lokoja. A first class traditional ruler in Kogi state, the Ohi of Adavi, H.R.H, Alhaji Muhammad Ireyi Bello, narrowly escaped death when the vehicle in which he was traveling ran into an ambush laid by dare devil armed robbers. The attackers who struck on Tuesday afternoon at Magajiya village, near Banda in…
In the face of apparently soaring of mounting security threats, especially violent crimes in almost parts of the country, Barr. Ken Immasuagbon, popularly known as Rice Man, is advocating again the need for Community Policing. While speaking to pressmen recently from his base in Abuja, he said, “Community Policing is the way to go…
Idris Ahmed, Lokoja. While the nation is faced with protests demanding “End SARS”, Kogi based Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Thursday staged a protest demanding end to insecurity across the country. The protesters who marched through the streets of Lokoja, the state capital , also addressed pressmen at the NUJ . Coordinator and…
