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Insecurity: Bandits attack Abuja estate at night, abduct several residents

  Bandits appear to have invaded the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as they have launched a ghastly attack on Genuine Estate, Gwarinpa,...

Malnutrition looms as acute food insecurity hits 14.5 million Nigerians

Due to the rising food prices as a result of insecurity and other factors, 14.5 million Nigerians currently suffer from acute food...

Worsening insecurity: Nigeria loses army couple to gunmen, Army mourns

The Nigerian army has confirmed that Sergeant A. M. Linus and his soldier-wife were killed and beheaded by gunmen in Imo State...

Tony Elumelu at an American entrepreneurship forum, links youth unemployment to extremism, insecurity in Africa

Africa’s leading philanthropist, investor and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has identified youth unemployment as one of the...

Insecurity: Serving NYSC member, Stephanie Terungwa, murdered in cold blood in Abuja, body dismembered

Bandits appear to be on the loose in the Federal Capital Territory as another hapless Nigerian, this time, a female Youth Service...

Nigeria’s N39.55trn debt, heightened insecurity, crude oil theft in Niger Delta: Adeboye expresses palpable fears

"Don’t say that Pastor Adeboye said there would be no election next year, that is not what I said. Adeboye does not...

Insecurity: UK pledges to train Nigerian police, improve community policing

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     The United Kingdom has expressed its readiness to provide more training for men and...

Insecurity: Use fighter jets to crush terrorists, Senate tells FG

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     Worried by the spate of kidnappings and killings in some part of the country, the...

Insecurity: Nothing like repentant terrorists — El-Rufai

  Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai says there is nothing like repentant bandits as the only repentant ones have been killed.   According...

Minister blames insecurity on Nigeria’s drop-down from top 10 African countries of preferred investment destinations

  The Federal Government has attributed lingering insecurity in some parts of the country to the country’s drop down from the top...

FG to provide incentives for investors willing to invest in insecurity prone areas — Minister

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Federal Government has expressed readiness to provide incentives for investors willing to invest in parts of...

Insecurity: APC chieftain wants citizens licensed to carry guns

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a bid to fight terrorism and other forms of criminalities in the country, a Chieftain of...

Insecurity, gangrape: Sex workers in Benue device new strategies of protecting themselves — PSN exclusive

  Following the state of insecurity in Benue State and across the country, Markurdi sex workers have devised means of safeguarding themselves....

Insecurity: Ahead of Nov. 6 polls, FG threatens to impose state of emergency in Anambra

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In its bid to ensure maximum security for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state,...

Verdict on Buhari’s insecurity war: Nigerians are ungrateful, unthankful and ungracious, says media aide, Adesina

  Nigerians have been branded as “ungrateful” for berating President Muhammadu Buhari over the parlous and life-claiming security situation in the country....

Insecurity: Zamfara Governor to Buhari: Declare  state of emergency now in the North

Overwhelmed by the intractable security challenges in the Northern part of the country, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle, has called on the Buhari...