President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that those bent on destroying the country will soon have the shock of their lives. In a stern statement issued on Tuesday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari said those promoting insurrection and burning down critical national assets will have themselves to blame….
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) says N8m has been paid for the release of 18 out of the 72 people abducted by bandits in Libere community, Kallah ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Luka Binniyat spokesman of the group disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said on April…
Four people have been killed by bandits in an attack on Goska community, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident was said to have occurred at about 4:30pm on Monday. The Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan confirmed the killings in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. Aruwan…
Nigeria Is a Failed State The first step to restoring stability and security is recognizing that the government has lost control. By Robert I. Rotberg, founding director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and president emeritus of the World Peace Foundation, and John Campbell, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign…
Simply put, a secured society is not necessarily one that has no challenges or problems. Security is not absence of threats. It is the ability of the state to ensure that people within its jurisdiction go about their daily endeavors without any threats to their lives, families and properties; or if such threats or challenges…
By Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum How time flies! So its already three years since Bala John Takaya, President of the Middle Belt Forum died! How nice it would have been to have his perspective of what is happening to our Nigeria! He was introduced to me by my uncle, Yakubu Muri Tuktur, a Deputy Registrar then…
