The Oyo state governor, Mr Seyi Makinde says his administration will continue to support and give necessary assistance to the Nigerian Army and other security agencies. Makinde made the pledge on Monday, while hosting the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, in his office at the state Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan. The governor used the opportunity to thank the General Officer Commanding (GOC), officers and men of the 2 Division, Nigerian Army, for the support they had been given to the state security wise. He acknowledged the support of the army and other security agencies operating in the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad on Monday, presided over an emergency security meeting that lasted seven hours. The closed door emergency meeting, called at the instance of the governor, was attended by stakeholders who looked at the security challenges facing the Northwest state. Those who attended the meeting which held at the Government House, Gusau, included traditional rulers from 17 emirate councils, heads of security agencies operating in the state and members of the Council of Ulama. Speaking to newsmen at the end of the meeting, the Director-General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communication to the governor, Yusuf Idris said that…
Gunmen on Tuesday morning, attacked Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA, killing two army personnel and abducted one other. The spokesperson of the Academy, Major Bashir Jajira in a statement confirmed the attack, saying that men of 1Division Nigerian Army and Air Training Command as well as other security agencies in the state were in pursuit of the gunmen. “The security architecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy was compromised early this morning by unknown gunmen who gained access into the residential area within the Academy in Afaka. During the unfortunate incident, we lost two personnel and one was abducted. “The Academy in…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described as false the 10 million dollars bribe allegedly offered to members of the two chambers of the National Assembly to pass three per cent host community development fund. Lawan stated this while briefing State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. The senate president frowned at the way and manner that some citizens had been spreading fake news and misinformation against the NASS and the government. Sahara Reporters had reported that the leadership of NASS had been allegedly accused of taking bribe to…
By Abujah Racheal Nigeria on Monday recorded 565 new COVD-19 cases and eight deaths, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC stated this on Tuesday. The centre said that this brings the total infections, since the index case in 2020, to 187, 588. The NCDC attributed the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country. The centre also said that eight COVID-19 related deaths were reported on Monday, bringing the total fatality figure to 2,276. The NCDC stated that the new cases were reported in 13 states and the FCT.…
The Atayero of Aramoko Ekiti in Ekiti State, His Royal Majesty Oba Dr. Olusegun Aderemi, JP, has congratulated Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar as he turns 65. In a congratulatory message he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday, Aderemi described the Sultan as a “quintessential multifaceted leader” whose leadership qualities shine across regions and kingdoms. While noting that the Sultan does not celebrate birthdays, the Ekiti monarch said there could be no better time to appreciate the globally rated leader of Muslim faithful and one of four most powerful monarchs in Africa, including the King of Morocco, than doing…
It is with utmost pleasure that I stand before you in honour of one of Nigeria’s leading intellectuals, Journalist, author, Legal Practitioner and civil society Icon, Richard Akinnola, who turns 63 today. I have been asked to present a paper of my choice, and following the mood of the nation, the near collapse of civil authority in the country, the recurring issue of national security is still in the front burner of national discourse. Consequently, my presentation is on “Security Challenges in Nigeria and its Implications for Sustainable Development”. THE CONCEPT OF SECURITY AND INSECURITY Security envisages a situation where…
The Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA), Mr Ojo Amos, has stated that inadequate funding was inhibiting legislators from performing their oversight functions. He made the remark at at a three-day capacity building workshop for directorate cadre staff of the Senate, in Abuja on Monday. “It is regrettable that funding has been inhibiting the activities of our committees, especially, in the area of effective oversight functions. “In comparison to what is available as global best practice; committees should have vehicles, fully equipped secretariat and funds to conduct their activities. “There must be diligent record keeping, for easy and quick referencing…
Developing countries are expected to receive $275 billion out of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $650 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to be distributed among member countries based on their quota shares in the IMF. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s Managing Director, said this in a statement on Monday, in Washington DC, while announcing the commencement of the distribution of the SDRs. According to her, of the $275 billion, low-income countries will receive about $21 billion, which is equivalent to as much as six per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in some cases. She described the SDR allocation as a…
Nigeria’s Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has said the federal government has no control over land outside the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in Nigeria, under the 1978 Land Use Act. He spoke on ChannelsTV’s programme, Politics Today while reacting to president Buhari’s committee approved to review 368 grazing routes across 25 states in Nigeria. “As far as the law is concerned, the President cannot, with profound respect, be looking for grazing routes in 2021 Nigeria. The Northern Governors’ Forum, Southern Governors’ Forum, Miyetti Allah and other stakeholders have come to the conclusion that open grazing is obsolete and no…