Illegal gold mining is a growing problem in Nigeria that is benefiting terrorist groups, causing violence and increasing pollution. Residents of mining areas blame Chinese nationals who set up and oversee mining and refining operations.
Browsing: Insecurity
A group, Arewa Initiative for Peaceful Coexistence in Southern Nigeria, on Sunday expressed concern over rising insecurity in the Northern region in spite of efforts by security forces to contain the situation.
A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has said he used to discourage families of those who were kidnapped from paying ransom until he became a victim of kidnapping.
The President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar has condemned the recent murder of two Ekiti traditional rulers, saying if found, the perpetrators of such act are unfit to remain amidst human community.
The Kwara state Police Command has confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler in the state, Oba Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area.
The Senate has invited Service Chiefs for an interaction over increasing security challenge in the country.
Former Vice president Atiku Abubakar has chided President Bola Tinubu for enabrking on private visit to France while kidnappers kill a nursing mother and grandmother in Abuja for failing to pay N90 million ransom and two monarchs in Ekiti.
The Nigerian Air force’s component of the Operation Whirl Punch, has eliminated 30 terrorists in an air strike along the Kuriiga-Kampanin Doka axis in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state.
The Womanifesto, a group of over 500 women organizations , activists, advocates and practitioners, has called on the National Assembly (NASS) members to resume from their extended recess to tackle insecurity in the country.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the “Pulaaku Initiative”, and allocated the sum of N50 billion to the initiative, in its first instance, as non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the Northern parts of Nigeria.