The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja has said that the insecurity currently bedeviling the South East region will end soon. The Army and other security agencies, he said, are working round the clock to address the insecurity in the region. Lagbaja, represented by the Deputy Director Operations Army Headquarters, Brigadier General Gabriel Olufemi Esho, stated this on Thursday …

No fewer than 800,000 children lack access to routine immunisation in six northern states, the Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shauib has said. He named the six northern states as Kaduna, Niger, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, and Sokoto, saying they lack access to or were never reached for any routine immunisation due to banditry and …

A civil rights advocacy group, The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), and various critical stakeholders have expressed fears that incessant killings, destructions of property and sacking of communities have caused devastating impact on socio-economic and political development, as well as livelihoods and civic freedoms in the South East. Addressing participants, victims and stakeholders during a two-day summit …

The Federal Government on Thursday sought the support of the British government in the fight against terrorism, banditry and other violent crimes and conflicts. While receiving the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Montgomery, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume also called for support in agriculture and infrastructural development. He said: “We want …

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has said that Nigeria requires an all-of-society approach to curtail the various forms of insecurity facing it. At the opening of a two-day workshop on “Use of Broadcasting in Complementing the Military in Conflict Mitigation and Management” on Thursday in Abuja, General Irabor, who was represented by the Director of Training …

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, warned that bandits could take advantage of the transition period to launch bloody attacks in the country. He, therefore, advised that security operations against bandits should be increased in the remaining days of the current administration and beyond. El-Rufai spoke during the presentation of a security report by the Commissioner of Internal …

A former spokesman for the Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche (rtd.) has stressed that security must be strengthened at collation centres nationwide to forestall more cases of snatching of ballot boxes and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Citing cases of political thuggery and disruption of polls recorded during the presidential and National Assembly polls on Saturday in …

The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) on Tuesday condemned the killing of a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Achi in Niger State and the abduction of 25 other Christian worshippers in Katsina State by terrorists last Sunday. NOSCEF also expressed concern over the rising wave of insecurity in some parts of the region ahead of the general elections across the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of advanced surveillance technology to address insecurity and crime in Imo and other South Eastern states. Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma told to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday that the President’s approval would usher in the use of advanced surveillance …