Governorship candidates of the African democratic Congress (ADC) and their running mates from the Northwest are meeting at the Yaradua Centre in Abuja to address the rising cases of insecurity in the region. The meeting is holding under the banner of the Northwest Governorship Strategy Group. The candidates in attendance are drawn from the sev...
•MOPOL The police will intensify its role in curbing kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities with the revival of its somewhat moribund Police Mobile Force (PMF), otherwise known as MOPOL. “The fighting arm of the police is back,” the Inspector-General said at the weekend. Tunji Disu, who toured police barracks in Lagos, spoke exclus...
•APM logo and Tinubu The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has faulted the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening security situation in the country, alleging that more than 600,000 Nigerians have been killed since the administration assumed office in May, 2023. The party also challenged President Tinubu and the Minister o...
The controversy over alleged links between influential Nigerians and armed groups in the North took a fresh turn as a man identified as Hassan explained how his childhood relationship with notorious bandit leader, Dogo Gide, allegedly gave him unusual access to people within Gide’s circle. Hassan, whose allegations against a Senator (name with...
Nigeria’s worsening security challenges are putting fresh pressure on the country’s policing system. This came as the federal government yesterday announced the appointment of Professor Emmanuel Olukemi Rotimi of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, to the Policy Advisory Committee of the Presidential Working Group on the National Polici...
Challenges facing the economy and insecurity, especially associated with elections in a developing economy like Nigeria, will be the focus of discussion at the seventh yearly lecture of Freedom Online (www.freedomonline.com.ng) on September 3 in Lagos. Freedom Online, according to a statement by its Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Gabriel A...
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Nigeria, Bengt van Loosdrecht, today, said that unemployment is a greater push factor for young Nigerians seeking to migrate abroad than insecurity. The ambassador said findings from the Youth Pulse Survey, conducted among more than 100 young Nigerians, showed that young people were primarily...
•The protesters carrying placards The #TakeItBack Movement today staged protests in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country over worsening economic hardship, insecurity, inflation and what the organisers described as political repression under the Bola Tinubu administration. The protests, held under the banner of the “Festival of the Oppre...
•Dr. Chike Okogwu The National Leader of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr. Chike Okogwu, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to place governance above politics by confronting the economic hardship and security challenges confronting Nigerians. Responding to the president’s recent remarks on politi...
•The two aircraft The Oyo State government has taken delivery of the two long-awaited security surveillance aircraft. The two aircraft, which arrived at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, today, are expected to support aerial surveillance, intelligence collection and rapid security response across Oyo State and adjoining areas, report...
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