The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Sunday blamed international politics for the inability of the Nigerian military and other security outfits to effectively tackle the nation’s security...
Nigeria’s service chiefs have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the rising and worrisome insecurity situation in the country. The lawmakers want them to...
A total number of 8,000 Nigerians have lost their lives and another 260,000 other victims displaced within 10 years due to the rising spate of insecurity...
The government of Kaduna State has frowned at the development in the state where citizens now opt to deal with criminals themselves rather than allow the...
Recent spate of insecurity in Lagos has drawn the attention of lawyers in the State. This is as branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Bayo...
The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Security Challenges has called for a decentralisation of the Nigeria Police Force. It suggested this as a way of improving efficiency...
The Kaduna State Government on Friday met with the Fulani leaders and other stakeholders from the southern part of the state over growing insecurity in the...
The efforts by the Federal Government, led by President Muhammadu Buhari to find a sustainable solution to the growing spate of insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in...
Catholic faithful in Imo State, Wednesday wore black attires to Church to protest the rising insecurity in the country. The day is “Ash Wednesday” a period...
For the Nigeria Police Force to be able to perform at its optimum, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has demanded for 1000 Armoured Personnel...
Unhappy with the level of insecurity in the North-East, a House of Representatives member from Borno State, Ahmadu Jaha has threatened to resign as a lawmaker....
The Federal Government on Thursday reacted calls for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office in the face of the worsening security situation in the country,...
The Senator representing Gombe South Senatorial district, Amos Bulus, has stated that insecurity in Nigeria cannot be nipped in the bud without checkmating the cartels involved...
The Presidentof the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Monday raised concerns about the rising rate of insecurity in the country, declaring that the country is at...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency on the security situation in the country. The state...
The Niger State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the state government to declare a state of emergency on insecurity following bandit attacks in some local...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Sunday vowed to use everything available to defend Igbos with the current spate of insecurity in the country....
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday blamed the federal and state governments for the rising cases of kidnapping, banditry and other criminalities. The...
The presidency on Friday described critics claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari has not done much to tackle insecurity in the country as people with short memories....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday implored President Muhammadu Buhari to stop living in denial, self-praise and making jokes out of the country’s security challenges....
The Speaker of the Nigeria House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has called on service chiefs to redouble their efforts and to take the battle to the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s remark that the majority of Boko Haram victims are Muslims, as a divisive statement capable...
Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA) on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on insecurity. The Council, under the leadership...
The Presidency has reacted to the protests organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over the killing of Pastor Lawan Andimi, the chairman of the...
The police in Zamfara State alleges that some highly placed persons are sponsoring thugs to cause disorder in the state. The command said it notified the...
The Kogi State Government has blamed rising wave of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state on some criminal elements who infiltrated the state. In a...
Governors in the southwest part of Nigeria should be held liable for the high rate of poverty and insecurity in the region, the chieftain of a...
Two policemen have been killed and seven other persons abducted in Mubi south local government area of Adamawa state. Ahmadu Dahiru, chairman of the local government,...
The Divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa state, Ahijo Mujeli has been kidnapped. The DPO was reportedly kidnapped...
No fewer than 14 persons have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured in a renewed attack by suspected bandits in some villages in Gummi local...
After spending two weeks in captivity, a kidnapped judge of the Court of Appeal, Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme has regained her freedom. Some gunmen had on October...
Worried by the growing menace of kidnappers and criminal bandits in various parts of the country, the Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to purchase...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, said on Wednesday the Federal Government is seeking a result- oriented approach to fight the country’s security challenges. Lawan, who revealed...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Monday stated that it was impossible to end the menace of kidnapping in the country. Wike, who who was speaking during...
The Nigerian Army has revealed that troops in the North East cleared more Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on some routes...
The Nigerian Army has dissociated itself from the infamous exercise code-named ‘Operation Positive Identification’. The purported exercise, which would require Nigerians to show proof of their...
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said that border closure, if sustained for the next two years, was capable of tackling...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has ordered the immediate amendment of the penal code to death penalty for kidnappers in the state. The governor gave...
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says a wrong perception about the security situation in Nigeria is stalling the country from getting external support....
Fulani Socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has condemned herdsmen attacks and killings in Benue State. The body apologized to the state Governor, Samuel Ortom and...
Nigeria is set to purchase weapons, including fighter helicopters, from Russia to enhance the ongoing fight against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes across the country....
The Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mele Kyari, on Friday said staff of the national oil company have become targets of kidnappings...
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina has implored the military to prove its might by intervening and dealing decisively with bandits who have been disrupting peace in...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has promised to investigate the case of nine children who were kidnapped and trafficked from Kano to Anambra State. The...
The Katsina State Police command has discovered and shut down another Islamic home, where they rescued some children and youths who were reportedly subjected to abuse,...
A 12-member ministerial interim Committee on the Nigeria Police Trust Fund has been inaugurated by the Minister for Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi. A statement by...
A staff of Auchi Polytechnic, Samuel Okolie, who was reported to have been kidnapped on October 9 has been found dead. The body of the deceased...
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has kicked against Operation Python Dance 4 planned by the Nigerian Army in the Southeast geopolitical zone, insisting that...
The Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in Plateau State Thursday revealed that it arrested six suspects who allegedly killed five soldiers in the...
Reacting to the reported killing of nine soldiers by suspected armed bandits in Zamfara State, the civil rights group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA)...
