Former Minister of Defence, Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd.) has blamed banditry and insecurity bedeviling the country on the Federal Government, accusing it of complacency and complicity. The former Chief of Army Staff recalled that few years ago he was vilified for calling on hapless Nigerians to rise up and take up arms to defend themselves, since the armed …

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has described the handling of security situation in Nigeria by the Federal Government as tantamount to ceding the country to terrorists. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Comrade Jare Ajayi described the confession by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu that terrorists ‘deceived’ the government into releasing his wife and children …