Abductions and armed attacks intensified across several states yesterday as President Bola Tinubu approved the Nigerian contingent for the new US–Nigeria Joint Working Group, a move aimed at boosting security cooperation even as concerns persist over corruption, underfunding and failures weakening frontline operations. The establishment of the...
•Tinubu and ADC The African Democratic ConÂgress (ADC) has criticised the comments credited to the SecÂretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, suggesting that a remark by the United States (US) President, Donald Trump, somehow triggered recent attacks in Kebbi and Kwara states. Rather than dwell on exÂternal influences,...
•Governor Zulum and terrorists Governor Babagana Zulum has broken his silence, insisting that the renewed Boko Haram attacks and kidnappings in many communities almost on a daily basis without confrontation signalled that Borno State is losing ground. The governor stated this today at a Special Expanded Security Meeting (ESM) attended by the G...
•Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf The Kano State Government has accused the police of attempting to disrupt an annual religious event. Addressing journalists at the Emir’s Palace yesterday evening, Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, dismissed the alarm earlier raised by the police, reports Daily Tr...

