This formed part of the resolutions reached after the lawmakers had a debate on the nation’s security during Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja. A member of the House, Abubakar Fulata, had informed his colleagues in the chamber that the service chiefs had outlived their usefulness. According to him, it will be to the detriment of the…
The victory party for the declared winner of the rerun election in Okigwe/Onuimo/Isiala Mbano federal constituency of Imo state ended tragically when a security aide attached to the senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 election, Ndubuisi Emenike mistakenly shot himThe security aide, a staff of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence…
Christian teenager Leah Sharibu who was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgents, gave birth to a baby boy early Saturday, a source has revealed. On February 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm, 110 schoolgirls aged 11–19 years old were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’…
The Presidency on Friday descended heavily on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), stating it has been acting and reacting more like an Opposition Party on national issues. CAN, in reaction to the beheading of its chairman in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa, Rev Lawan Andimi on Tuesday by Boko Haram insurgents, lampooned the…
The National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has expressed shock over the killing of the Christian Association of Nigeria chairman in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Pastor Lawan Andimi, by Boko Haram. The council described the murder as barbaric and provocative, adding that it was a ploy by the insurgents to incite Christians…
After ample pressure, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, finally broke his silence on the establishment of the South-West regional security outfit, Amotekun, calling for dialogue in resolving the controversy over the initiative.Amotekun was launched by six governors of the south-west under the Western Nigeria Governors’ Forum (WNGF) penultimate week to…
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said the South West will not succumb to federal government’s decision to stop the region from operating a security outfit, called Amotekun to guarantee the security of lives and property in the Yoruba land.Chief Fani-Kayode who spoke with newsmen Sunday, in Abuja, said Amotekun was a regional…
Attorbey General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN has pronounced ‘Amotekun’, the security outfit newly inaugurated by governments of states in the south west as illegal. “The setting up of the paramilitary organization called “Amotekun” is illegal and runs contrary to the provisions of the Nigerian law. The Constitution of the…
President Muhammadu Buhari cannot exonerate himself from the current upsurge in the activities of Boko Haram, by promoting policies that suggests special treatment for Muslims in Nigeria, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto State, Matthew Hassan Kukah has said. Speaking to Aid to Church in Need, a UK non-profit organisation, the cleric accused the President of discriminatory…
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, other top officials of the electoral body, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, stressing that he is determined to give Nigeria an electoral system that meets with best practices anywhere in the world. Accordingly,…
