NATIONAL SECURITY

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare rampaging and deadly bandits as terrorists. Bandits have been ravaging the northern part of Nigeria, especially Northwest with thousands of people killed and many kidnapped for ransom. Several school children have been abducted by bandits, holding them hostage for months…

Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill that outlaws open grazing, indiscriminate breeding, rearing and marketing of livestock in the state. The anti-grazing bill was passed following a motion by the Majority Leader of the House, Hon Ferguson Onwo representing Isoko constituency ll and adopted at the…

Presidential aide, Femi Adesina, has said the federal government is not interested in exposing sponsors of terrorism. Adesina stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Monday. Last week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) included six Nigerians on its terror list. But when Adesina was asked if Buhari would comment…

Days after the telecommunication network was cut off, Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle, has revealed that the window of amnesty he gave bandits has expired. Matawalle said the decision became necessary after the bandits failed to embrace the peace initiative earlier extended to them by the state government. The governor who…

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has hit back at Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has hit back at said he’s not a bandit-lover, in an apparent response to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. for calling him a bandit-lover. Adesina, in an article titled, ‘I…

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to assist the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, in dealing with Insecurity in the State. Buhari made this assurance at the Commissioning the Egbeada-Onitsha bypass road in Owerri. He also pledged support in dealing with the infrastructural deficits of the state. The president also…

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Tuesday inaugurated 360 newly-recruited officers into the State Security Network Agency, known as ‘Amotekun Corps’. The inauguration followed the completion of a 23-day intensive training by the personnel for professional savvy and the task ahead. Speaking at the ceremony in Ejigbo, Ejigbo Local…

President Muhammadu Buhari today presided over the National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. The crucial meeting attended by some ministers and operators of the nation’s security architecture was reportedly meant to provide updates on recent security operations in different parts of the nation to the president…

The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has issued a ban on all commercial phone charging points in the state. This according to Masari is part of measures to tackle the scourge of banditry. He issued the ban on Monday at the Katsina Government House while inaugurating the committee charged with…

Governor of Katsina, Aminu Masari, has claimed that “bandits” are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle. He made this claim in an interview on Channels Television on Monday. Masari noted that although his revelation may not sit well with some persons, the majority of the “bandits” are of…