President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja said he would make police and judiciary more efficient in his second term. He said this in an NTA special interview. According to the president, such effort is needed to properly reform the sectors to ensure effective administration. “Police and judiciary are to be in
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Boko Haram: Experts list ways of re-integrating repentant insurgents
The West African Network of Peacebuilders (WANEP-Nigeria) and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) have urged the Federal Government to ensure all ratified international and regional legal instruments regarding Countering Violence Extremism (CVE) are incorporated in any Rehabilitation and Reintegration (R&R) framework. They made the call yesterday in Abuja at
Zamfara: How we will end insecurity – Muttawalle
The incoming governor of Zamfara, Hon. Bello Muhammad Mattawalle, of the Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) has assured that security is one of his paramount areas to be tackled by his government to turn the current state of penury into Eldorado, Daily Post reports. In a telephone interview with DAILY POST, Mattawalle
We can’t promise Boko Haram will be eradicated – Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari says he cannot guarantee whether or not the current administration will put an end to Boko Haram insurgency. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, Shehu acknowledged that while the federal government is still cracking
Two dead as violence breaks out in Jos metropolis
ISWAP: Launch global coalition against terrorism in West Africa, Amnesty Watch tells UN, US
London-based group, Global Amnesty Watch, has called on the United Nations as well as United States of America to join forces with Nigeria to confront terrorism in West Africa. According to the group, terrorism is a global threat that needs proactive measures and the best available way is by launching
Do not ignore Obasanjo’s comment on insecurity, Soyinka to FG
Wole Soyinka, nobel laureate, has urged the federal government to consider the comment by Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, on the rising insecurity in the country. The foremost playwright was speaking at an event organised by the United Bank of Africa to mark the 2019 Africa Day, in Lagos, on Wednesday. While delivering
Man allegedly steals 1,000 litres of diesel in Lagos
A 43-year-old petrol attendant, Musbau Hamisu, was arraigned on Thursday in a Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos State for allegedly stealing 1,000 litres of diesel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Hamisu, who works with God’s Decision Petroleum Company, at Joseph Dosu Way, Badagry, Lagos is charged with theft. ASP
Nigerian Navy arrests 22 suspected oil thieves, hands them over to EFCC
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday in Warri, Delta State, handed over 22 suspects and two vessels arrested over alleged unwholesome oil deals to officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Also handed over to the anti-graft agency was a wooden boat containing 240, 000 litres of product suspected to be
Police arrest man for raising false alarm that led to lynching of 3 persons
The Kaduna State Police Command, Tuesday night, said it had arrested the man whose false kidnap alarm led to the killing of three innocent persons at Kawo in Kaduna metropolis on Monday morning. Th Police had earlier in the day explained how the persons met their untimely death. The command said, “Some