Insecurity

Tinubu Orders Security Chiefs to Intensify Fight Against Insecurity

President Bola Tinubu has directed Nigeria’s security chiefs to step up efforts to combat insecurity across the country. The president gave the order...

Southwest Stakeholders Unite to Demand State Police as Insecurity Worsens

The Senate-organized Southwest Zonal Security Summit in Lagos, ended with renewed calls from stakeholders for local security solutions, better policing technology, and the...

Exclusive: Insecurity in FCT: Experts, Residents Advocate Buffer Zone, Inter-Agency Collaboration

...lack of a consolidated database hampers investigations – security expert The nation’s capital, Abuja, has recently become a hotbed of insecurity, with residents...

US advisory to citizens: Abuja is safe, says FG

Following advisory to US citizens to steer clear of military sites or other government facilities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the...

Insecurity in Northwest region compounded by banditry, illegal mining – Lagbaja

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the insecurity plaguing the Northwest region of the country is exacerbated by the nefarious...

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 by...

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. The...

Insecurity: Over 6,000 Nigerians killed from January to June 2022 – Security expert

Amid rising scourging insecurity in the country, a security expert and Managing Director of Beacon Consulting Nigeria, Dr. Kabir Adamu, has disclosed that...

Prolonged ASUU strike: NLC mobilizes for national warning strike

After about five months of federal government’s inability to resolve the dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the...

2021 in review: the good, the ugly, the tragedies

  Like every other year in Nigeria, the year 2021 was not turmoil-free; it has its ups and downs. As Nigerians put the...

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. The...

2023 polls,insecurity: Restructure Nigeria now, zone Presidency to South, Southern and Middle Belt Leaders tell Buhari

Ahead of the 2023 polls and the worsening security situation in the country, the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has demanded...

Coup alert: Presidency fingers religious, past political leaders

  “Championed by some disgruntled religious and past political leaders, the intention is to eventually throw the country into a tailspin which would...

Ex-House of Representatives Speaker, Masari, faults state of emergency call in the nation's security system

Ex-House of Representatives Speaker, Masari, faults state of emergency call in the nation’s security system

….such step would not solve the nation’s security problems Former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Gov. Aminu Masari, has kicked against the...

Poor intelligence gathering, non-sharing of intelligence, buster of nation, personnel’s security – CISLAC

Poor intelligence gathering, non-sharing of intelligence, buster of nation, personnel’s security – CISLAC

  “The continued raids on police stations and apparent anonymity of the gunmen is a test of the efficacy of Nigeria’s security intelligence...

Buhari’s empty rhetoric, security of people and human rights

By Kolawole Olaniyan President Muhammadu Buhari in his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015 promised expectant citizens that he would: “tackle head on...