……Governor LAMENTS WORSENED INSECURITY • Panel Received And Heard 14 criminal and 63 civil matters/petitions • Recommends Over N700M Monetary Compensation Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Aketi , SAN, on Wednesday said the insecurity situation in the country has worsened despite the last year #EndSars protest. The Governor lamented that the issues of banditry and kidnapping have snowballed into a worrisome situation. Arakunrin Akeredolu spoke in his office, Alagbaka, Akure, while receiving the State’s Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Other Related Matters. The 9-member panel was inaugurated by the Governor on October 20, 2020 to receive…
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Ondo State Youths Representative, Oluyemi Fasipe has condemned the act of vandalism carried out by the operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Owo on Tuesday. Yemie Fash, as he is popularly known, however said that EFCC operatives were undoubtedly backed by the law of the land to carry out their statutory duties of fighting economic and financial crimes. He added however, that the prescribed duties of EFCC did not include vandalism of the properties of Nigerian youths. Speaking in the early hours of Wednesday on the reported vandalization of the properties of RUGIPO students, Yemie Fash…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants, organised by the state chapter of APC Patriots in Abuja. “The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing countries, is that it is usually a war without end. “Everyone who thinks he has some monies stored up somewhere will eventually run out of money. “Everyone who think he can go and hide somewhere, won`t even find a place to…
The Nigerian Army has condemned in the strongest term possible, the indiscriminate sharing on social media of graphic pictures of personnel who paid the supreme price in the cause of defending and protecting the country from its adversaries. A statement by Brig General Mohammed Yerima, Director Army Public Relations said, “This act is not only unpatriotic but very insensitive and utterly reprehensible. “Officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army deployed to various theatres of internal security operations are on legitimate duties and are in the harm’s way to defend and protect the country from those who are intent on destroying…
Chairman, South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has cried out that the nation’s current security architecture cannot guarantee effective policing and address the array of security challenges confronting the country. Akeredolu said that having a single command in Abuja to oversee the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory cannot ensure effective tackling of the issues affecting policing in Nigeria. He spoke during a virtual panel discussion on the #EndSARS protest that occurred last year. The panel discussion, which was hosted by the University of Notre Dame, is part of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies lecture…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday said Channels Television has apologised over its infraction of the broadcasting code. NBC’s Director of Public Affairs Mrs. Franca Aiyetan said this yesterday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Aiyetan explained that the commission’s letter to the TV station was a regulatory instrument to check the excesses of the station. She said the intent of the letter was neither to close down nor sanction the station, rather it was meant to draw the station’s attention to its breach of the broadcasting code, adding that “the station has accordingly apologised’’. According to…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sought the assistance of the international community to curb insecurity in West African nations, especially Nigeria. Specifically, Buhari requested the United States (U.S) to relocate its Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters from Stuttgart in Germany to its theatre of operation, which is Africa. The President made the plea during a virtual meeting with U.S Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. Also on Tuesday, the United Kingdom (UK) had assured that it would remain a strong ally of Nigeria in its efforts to contain terrorism. Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum also restated his call on the Federal Government to seek external support…
Senators and three governors on Tuesday expressed concern about the nationwide ceaseless killings and kidnappings in the country, urging the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd,), to seek foreign help. The lawmakers, while debating a motion on activities of Boko Haram in Niger State, described insecurity in the country as not only terrible, but also shameful. The motion was sponsored by Senator Sani Musa (All Progressives Congress, Niger East). The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum; his Niger State counterpart, Sani Bello and Samuel Ortom of Benue State, in separate interviews warned that insecurity in the country was getting out of…
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has expressed strong support for the party’s “progressive agenda” in Nigeria, promising to sustain it beyond 2023. Abdulrazak Danjuma, the spokesperson for the video conference engagements, said in a statement on Tuesday that Mr Tinubu made the promise at a virtual conference. The conference with the theme, ‘Sustaining The Progressive Agenda For A Better Nigeria,’ was hosted by Ade Omole, leader of the UK Chapter of the APC. At the virtual conference, Mr Tinubu, represented by Dele Alake, said sustaining the progressive agenda would ensure a better Nigeria in the interest…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Otunba Olusegun Agbalajobi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently declare a state of emergency on security in the country. This, he said has become a child of necessity following the rising waves of kidnappings, killings, banditry, insurgency and other manifestations of insecurity bedeviling the country. Agbalajobi, in a statement titled, ‘Nigeria and its preponderance of insecurity’ issued in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, said declaring emergency on security would help to stem the rising waves of security challenges that are fast pushing Nigeria to precipice. He stressed that the…