The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations that senators were paid $15,000 bribe each to approve the state of emergency declaration in Rivers state. President Bola Tinubu had, on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in Rivers state, citing the prolonged political crisis and vandalisation of oil installations. The Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has said that the Nigerian armed forces would leave no stone unturned to ensure that the devastating attacks on Benue communities are not repeated in the country. He said tewill change its strategy in the war against banditry in parts of the country. Musa stated this on…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has attributed the unending security challenges in the northern part of the country to complex border management. He stated this in a lecture titled “Assessing the present security situation in Northern Nigeria”, presented on Friday evening at the Institute for Development Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University…
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) on Monday resolved to establish a regional Security Trust Fund to tackle the worsening security crises in the North. Each state and its local governments are to contribute a combined monthly sum of N1 billion, to be deducted at source under a framework to be agreed upon. The decision…
The National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop David Bakare, has strongly condemned the killing of 16 travelling hunters intercepted by local vigilantes in Uromi community, Esan North Local Government of Edo state. In an interview with journalists on Sunday in Kaduna, Bakare called for thorough investigations into the ungodly act to…
The Kaduna state police Command said it has successfully apprehended 21 suspects for attempting to disrupt the smooth conduct of the recent local government elections in the state. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, spokesperson of the command, Mansir Hassan, said the arrests were made by police officers from Operation Fushin Kada, who acted…
