Tag: Insecurity

Lawmakers demanded the immediate identification and prosecution of terrorism and banditry sponsors, warning that shielding financiers undermines national security efforts.

Mr Akpabio referenced pressure from U.S. President, Donald Trump, over alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria, stressing that the Senate must ...

The president met with heads of intelligence agencies and service chiefs at the State House, Abuja.

Northern leaders are pressing for state policing and a mining ban, but the region remains split between calls for a ...

Nigeria is facing severe security challenges, with terrorists and bandits kidnapping citizens, including students, and launching deadly attacks on communities ...

The government said the state remains the safest in the country based on the various measures it has put in ...

More boots on the ground may quieten violence in the short term. But the peace Nigerians long for will only ...

Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State says the north is confronted with the grim reality of insecurity and poverty that ...

Far more lasting, though, is all that has to be done to remove the motive for citizens joining or tolerating ...

Organisers say recommendations from the Kaduna summit will feed into the National Security Summit scheduled for 1 December in Abuja

The programme was introduced in the wake of the Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction and was designed to operate at different levels, ...

The police have confirmed the development.

The government maxe the call during a Senate Public Hearing held on Thursday in Jos.

The Anti-Terrorism amendment bill passed its first reading just a day after lawmakers resolved to classify kidnapping as terrorism.

Mr Bamidele described the proposal as an abdication of constitutional duties, emphasising that lawmakers are part of the government and ...

The Senate said the committees had failed to provide the chamber with timely and relevant security information despite rising cases ...

Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Act prescribes a death penalty for kidnapping when the offence results in the death of a victim. Where ...

A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria showed that the price of rice has dropped significantly, while the price ...

Mrs Tinubu urged Nigerians to exercise caution and verify before sharing any information on social media.

The minister urged parents, students, and school authorities to dismiss the rumour, stressing that the approved academic calendar remained unchanged.

"Mr. Speaker, we can even declare legislative emergency, close the House, shut it up. Who are you legislating for? What ...

"In the last one week, we've visited so many of the schools, we've mounted surveillance on all those schools with ...

Mr Chinda called on lawmakers to set aside religion and party politics, unify, and urgently implement measures such as state ...

The Speaker noted that the chain of violent incidents recorded in recent weeks in Nigeria had shaken citizens’ confidence and ...

Mr Akpabio said insecurity has weakened economic growth, forced schools and farms to shut down, and eroded youth confidence.