•Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced that starting January 2025, all commercial buses in Abuja will be profiled by the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS). Wike, made the announcement during the FCT Renewed Hope Youth Empowerment Programme in Garki, recently, where he...
•Northern governors meeting in Kaduna today The governors of the 19 Northern States today met with traditional rulers from the region in Kaduna State to discuss critical issues affecting the region. The meeting was part of the Northern States Governors’ Forum’s efforts to engage with key stakeholders and address pressing concerns, especially t...
•Mohammed Badaru Abubakar The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has charged the Nigerian Air Force to intensify efforts to dominate the airspace and end insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the North-West region, saying, “Please, end insecurity now.” During a visit to the Headquarters 213 NAF Forward Operating Base in Katsina St...
•Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike The House of Representatives has resolved to summon the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Director General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, along with the FCT Commissioner of Police, Peter Opara, and other security stakeholders, to addre...
•Police operatives The Nigerian Police Force has launched a School Protection Squad to protect schools, students, pupils, and teachers in the Ekiti state from kidnapping and other security threats. Speaking during the opening of the Strategic Stakeholders Forum on School Security and training of the Schools Protection Squad in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti...
•Ndume Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has said the activities of insurgents and bandits could be tackled effectively in one year if the federal government was determined to restore the security of lives and property. He made the declaration with journalists in Abuja shortly after the Senate Committee on Constitution Review retrea...
•Ali Pantami Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, has revealed that despite the federal government’s substantial security funding, only a small percentage reaches soldiers on the battlefield. Pantami made this known recently while answering questions on NIN-SIM linkage and factors contributing to insecu...
•Emmanuel Ajah The chairman of Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Chief Emmanuel Ajah, today, banned media coverage, cultural display, musical entertainment, and all forms of public gatherings in Ihie Autonomous Community for five days. According to a statement he signed and made available to the press, the restrictions, which will aff...
•Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday identified inadequate funding and manpower as well as lack of a viable industrial base as some of the challenges hampering the contribution by the Nigerian Army to address the nation’s security challenges. He spoke in Ilọ...
•Peter Obi Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on African leaders to prioritise investment in agriculture as a sure way of tackling hunger and insecurity in Africa. The former Governor of Anambra was speaking as a panellist at an international conference on food security in Kigali, ...

