Category: Security

By Advocatenewsng.com. THE President Muhammadu Buhari-led regime has coughed up N718.19million in contracts to private security firms for the protection of the 45-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna railway and stations. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved it on Wednesday, according to Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mohammed Bello. This was made in response to the attack on the rail line between Abuja and Kaduna, which forced the suspension of service. Terrorists had used explosives placed along the tracks to derail a passenger train…

It is illegal, unconstitutional to extend expired tenure of IGP Adamu, says Adegboruwa

February 4, 2021

IGP, Adamu. By Editor. A Lagos-based human rights lawyer and a senior advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has outrightly countered the purported decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the expired tenure of the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, against the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Nigeria Police Council (NPC) Act, as well as the Police Service Commission (PSC), Act. Adamu clocked the mandatory retirement age to quit the service on…

Two South Eastern states up in arms against each other over boundary dispute

June 1, 2020

Gov Umahi of Ebonyi State. By our Correspondent. Gov Ikpeazu of Abia State. Two South Eastern states of Abia and Ebonyi have taken up arms against each other to forcefully claim a disputed farm land at the border separating the two states. On Saturday, May 30, 2020 war broke out between the communities of both states that inhabit the border areas of the states in which so many people allegedly sustained gunshot wounds while others were abducted as hostages…

How to shield police from abuse- security expert

December 8, 2019

IGP Adamu. By our Correspondent. A security expert and founder of GPIL Security Solution Ltd, Peter Okewu on Thursday advocated the amendment of the Police Act to boost the police’s independence. He said this will stimulate greater efficiency and protect the police from political abuse. Okewu told journalists that one of the reasons why the police appear incompetent is because of interference by politicians. According to him, when the police get to the scene of an incident and begin…

US groups task Trump to tell Buhari to confront insecurity back home

May 1, 2018

President Buhari and President Trump addressing the media at the White House. Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing visit to the United States, some groups in the country have told their policy makers to inform US President, Mr. Donald Trump, to tell his Nigerian counterpart to confront the ethno-religious killings that have made Nigeria a killing field in Africa. In a 24 April memo to US policy makers exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the groups noted that Nigeria is…

Boko Haram administers, imposes taxes in occupied territories of Yobe, Borno

May 1, 2018

President Buhari. A map produced by a U.S. development agency in February shows that a Boko Haram splinter group, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) continues to occupy large swathes of Borno and Yobe States, stretching into the Lake Chad Basin. Reuters in a report noted that the map again proved that the Buhari administration’s claim that it has “technically defeated” the terrorists and they no longer occupy any territory in the country is false. The news…

Killing spree: 22 more people cut down Wednesday in Benue

April 25, 2018

In continuation by the herdsmen to reduce the population of Benue people to the barest minimum, at least 22 more persons have been reportedly killed again by suspected herdsmen on Wednesday. The attackers were said to have struck a community in Guma around 6am today. Dickson Taki, a member of the house of representatives from Benue State, disclosed this while speaking on the floor of the House. He said many were injured in the attack which happened barely 24 hours…

Dino Melaye stopped at Abuja airport from travelling to Morocco

April 23, 2018