December 15, 2021 The Federal Government says without the President Muhammadu Buhari presidency, insecurity could have worsened, stressing that Buhari since 2015 recovered many territories lost to Boko Haram terrorists. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the observation on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference to address some topical national issues; ...

December 12, 2021 Ahead of the 2023 elections and in view of worsening insecurity in Nigeria, the United States is ramping up its foreign policy to be more Nigeria, indeed, Africa-focused. Nigeria-US relationship took a dip during the Donald Trump presidency and this is said to have worried the Joe Biden presidency as it considers ...

November 25, 2021 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has narrated how out of fear of insecurity, the commission had to escort 22 electoral officers from University of Calabar from Asaba airport to Anambra with 30 police personnel. The INEC chairman who recounted the moments before, during and after ...

November 23, 2021 Two Former Heads of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, have expressed confidence in the Nigerian Army’s effort in tackling the insecurity confronting the nation. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement, said the former leaders stated this when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. ...

Editors Conference Says Insecurity Posting Negative Development Indices Security agencies need collaboration in fighting insecurity Calls on government to support survival of media in building democracy The 17the All Nigeria Editors’ Conference, ANEC, has called for healthy and harmonious collaboration between the media and the security agencies in the fight against insecurity across the country. ...

September 29, 2021 The Kaduna State government has served notice that the state will shut down telecommunication services in some parts due to insecurity. The shutdown was based on advisory from security agencies. Governor Nasir El-Rufai,  who made the announcement during a media chat with some local radio stations in the state, said the planned ...

September 5, 2021 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecoms service providers to shut down services in Zamfara State for two weeks. This was disclosed in a memo signed on Friday by the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, and addressed to Globacom, one of the telecoms providers. According to the ...

August 11, 2021 Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Wednesday in Benin, said that the security situation in the state was relatively calm, adding that efforts were ongoing to sustain it. Obaseki stated this while reviewing the state security situation for the month of July, after a joint security meeting with all heads of various ...

June 23, 2021 We have installed CCTV all over the metropolitan city, and now laying optic fibre to complement the satellite services. We also have trackers, and at the major entrance of Kano metropolis, we built security dometories where we have a number of security agents manning the major entrances Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano ...