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NGE expresses worry about nation’s growing insecurity, demands release of Olatunji, FirstNews editor
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has called on all levels of government to do more to address the nation’s increasing security...
Heightened insecurity: DHQ declares 96 people including Simon Ekpa wanted
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has released a list of individuals, numbering 97 and declared them wanted for allegged acts of terrorism, violent...
Insecurity: 16 Nigerian governors endorse state police, constitution review in memos to FG
Amid rising insecurity in the country, the call for state police has continued to gather momentum as 16 state governors endorsed the...
Insecurity: FG, state governors agree to create state police
To tackle headlong insecurity and the ongoing wanton killings across the country, President Bola Tinubu and the 36 state governors on Thursday...
Economic hardship, insecurity: Tinubu in emergency meeting with 36 state governors
President Bola Tinubu held an emergency meeting with the 36 state governors on Thursday at the Council Chambers of the State House,...
Insecurity: FCT Police Adopts New Security Framework
The Police Commissioner, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Mr. Benneth Igweh, has ordered a clampdown on vehicles without number plates or with...
Insecurity: Businesses in FCT record 33% drop in revenues – Report
Revenues of businesses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded a 33 percent decline between January 2023 and January 2024, a report...
Growing helplessness of Nigerians over insecurity by Dakuku Peterside
The impact of insecurity in Nigeria is significant, encompassing substantial losses in terms of lives, economic setbacks, and the emergence of humanitarian...
Insecurity: Plateau Governor declares 24-hour curfew in LGA
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Mangu Local Government Area of the state with immediate effect....
Insecurity in FCT: Wike Summons Emergency Security Meeting
In a bid to tackle the high level of kidnappings and killings in Abuja, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...
Insecurity in Niger Delta, Lake Chad: Matawalle presents two hi-tech unmanned water vessels to Pres. Tinubu
To further strengthen the fight against insecurity on the country’s waterways, the Minister of State for Defence, Mr Bello Matawalle, on Friday...
Plateau massacre: Ex-Senate Pres. Mark wants FG to address insecurity as national emergency
Worried by the Christmas eve killing of an estimated 150 people in Plateau State, a retired Army General and former Senate President,...
Rise in infectious diseases fueled by insecurity, poverty in 2023, WHO reveals
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that the rise of infectious diseases in several countries in 2023 was exacerbated by poverty,...
We will ease the burden of insecurity in Nigeria – Pres. Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu, in Maiduguri on Monday, pledged his administration’s commitment to ending insecurity in Nigeria. The President also commiserated with families,...
Insecurity: Tinubu approves 12 fighter helicopters for Army
Pesident Bola Tinubu has approved the purchase of 12 fighter helicopters for the Nigerian Army. The helicopters which are MD 530F Cayuse...
Food insecurity: FG mobilises $500m to tackle hunger — Shettima
The Federal Government has mobilized half a billion dollars for innovative, profitable, equitable, and sustainable food systems transformation initiatives in Nigeria. This...
