Young Progressive Party’s presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, says Nigerians are witnesses to the “failure” of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to protect lives and property. The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said this in reaction to the killing of over 80 people in Plateau state during the weekend. Fifty houses
Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), has deployed special teams comprising of intelligence response team (IRT), the special tactical squad (STS), five armored personnel carriers (APCs), and three police mobile force units (PMF) to Plateau state. This is in response to an attack on Gashish district of Barkin Ladi local government area of the state.
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has described the attacks on some communities in Plateau state as an act of retaliation. Suspected herdsmen attacked Riyom, Barakin Ladi and Jos south local government areas of the state on Saturday night. Residents said over 1oo persons were killed in the incident while the police
Youth in their numbers trooped to streets across Plateau state on Sunday to protest the mass killing which occurred in the state on Saturday. Over 100 people lost their lives in the incident blamed on suspected herdsmen. The attackers burnt buildings, including churches, destroyed vehicles and property worth millions of naira. The tragic incident occurred
The Federal Government is beefing up security at the landside and airside of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, following the threat by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to attack commercial airplanes in the country. The latest step by the government is the deployment of an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of
Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo state, has been declared chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa and chairman of the convention committee, announced that he emerged unopposed. Clement Ebri, an aspirant for the position, withdrew from the race less than 72 hours to the convention. The convention chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the federal government not to sack civil servants ahead of the 2019 general elections “as planned.” The party in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu disclosed “the plan”last Saturday,
A non-governmental organisation, primarily committed to positive change in Nigeria, the National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency restructure the Nigerian Police in order to really check crime and provide actual security in the country. NMPC,made this known in a statement issued an signed
The Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), on Thursday said the banking industry lost the sum of N12.30 billion to various frauds between 2014 and 2017. Mr Adebisi Shonubi, Managing Director, NIBBS, disclosed this at the third Annual Banking Security Summit organised by MAXUT Consulting in partnership with OneSpan, a global data security company in Lagos.
THE Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Dr Maikanti Baru, said the corporation had signed over three billion dollars oil and gas development deal to ensure development in the sector. Baru said this while speaking on investment in the Oil and Gas Industry at the ongoing 7th OPEC International Seminar on Thursday in Vienna,