Vice President Kahsim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu has approved the “Pulaaku Initiative”, a non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the North, and has equally allocated the sum of N50 billion to the initiative, in its first instance. “Pulaaku” is a Fulani word that loosely means “to be shy”. The Vice President had in July 2023, during …

Governors of the 36 states of the federation are to meet on Tuesday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on how to manage their states’ security votes. Attempts to get governors to react to the implication of the meeting for their states last night proved abortive, as …