The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed that it would conduct elections in all polling units in the state on 11th November governorship election in the state despite rising insecurity. At a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, the INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Sylvia Agu, said that the commission would conduct elections even in …

President Bola Tinubu has called for the collaboration of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region in maintaining enduring peace and security in the area. This, he said, is to ensure maximum oil production and enhancement of the economy. While addressing a forum of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council at the palace of their Chairman, His Majesty, Major-General Felix …

Muslim leaders, under the aegis of the Supreme Council for Shari’a in Nigeria (SCSN), and Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’iqamatus Sunah (JIBWIS), have raised concerns over the suffering of Nigerians. According to the Muslim leaders, the suffering is further compounded by the removal of fuel subsidy and insecurity in the land. Consequently, they asked the Federal Government and the National Assembly …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, said a democratic system bedevelled by insecurity, unemployment and other socio-economic challenges must be ditched. He said any democratic system that failed on the tenets of democracy was not need in any society or country. Obasanjo, who was hosted by the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, at the inauguration of internal roads in …

The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru has called on Nigerians to pray for an end to security challenges plaguing the country. He also urged the citizens to support him and other security heads in the country with prayers to succeed in their efforts to restore peace in many troubled areas. Receiving a delegation from Jigawa State in Abuja on …

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya (rtd.) and other high-ranking military officials have stressed the need for capacity building of commanders and subordinates to overcome myriad of security challenges facing the nation. At the unveiling of a book in honour of the former Commandant of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), Major General Ibrahim Manu Yusuf (rtd.), Yahaya …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has said that the 10th National Assembly is taking measures to check the recent spate of attacks in some parts of the country. Abbas stated this on Friday during a condolence visit to the Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, over the collapse of parts of the Zaria Central …

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 …