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Nigeria: I Will Not Accept Any Further Escalation of Insecurity, Buhari Warns Service Chiefs
Vanguard, 19 June 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday read the riot act to service chiefs over terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country, saying their efforts were not… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Reprimands Security Chiefs, Says No More Excuses for Insecurity
This Day, 19 June 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday moved to restore public confidence in his administration's capability to protect lives and property, as he pointedly told security chiefs to up… Read more »
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Nigeria: Insecurity - Afenifere Wants Buhari to Sack Service Chiefs
This Day, 19 June 2020
The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to go beyond scolding the security chiefs over their inability to address the security challenges… Read more »
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Nigeria: Stop Politicising Insecurity, Youths Tell Northern Elders
Daily Trust, 19 June 2020
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) under the leadership of Professor Ango Abdullahi has been advised to desist from politicising insecurity in the North. Read more »
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Nigeria: Insecurity Challenges in Nigeria and the 9th Senate
This Day, 19 June 2020
Wale Bakare, Special assistant to the Senate President on Electronic and Broadcast Media commends the efforts of the Dr. Ahmad Lawan-led Senate at tackling the wide range of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Insecurity - Nigerians Have Right to Talk, Sultan Tells Govt
Vanguard, 18 June 2020
The Jama'atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammed Sa'ad Abubakar 111, yesterday told the Federal Government that Nigerians have a right to express their… Read more »
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Nigeria: Amnesty International Knocks Govt for Arresting Man Who Led Katsina Protests
Daily Trust, 18 June 2020
Amnesty International yesterday knocked the Federal Government for arresting Nastura Sharif, who organised protests against the worsening insecurity in Katsina. Read more »
President Takes Service Chiefs to Task for Nigeria's Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari's warning to service chiefs that he would no longer condone the deteriorating security situation in the country, follows calls from various sectors including the National Assembly, that the chiefs be relieved of their positions to allow fresh hands to tackle the degenerating security situation. Beside attacks by Boko Haram and its splinter group ISWAP, banditry and kidnapping has been on the increase.
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Nigeria's battle with the militant group Boko Haram has seen thousands of citizens killed over the years in gun attacks on villages and urban areas and suicide bomb attacks. Borno ... Read more »
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the army with flushing out bandits and kidnappers who are forcing villagers and o Read more »
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The bandits have been reportedly demanding food items and other relief materials delivered to the villagers as part of government's efforts to help locals during the COVID-19 ... Read more »
