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nationwide security emergency, Tinubu orders VIP escorts withdrawal, directing police to focus on core duties and approving 30,000 new recruits to strengthen security across Nigeria.

Tinubu declares nationwide security emergency, backs state police creation

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President Bola Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency and expressed full support for the establishment of state police as part of efforts to curb rising violence across the country. Speaking during a high-level security briefing at the Presidential Villa, Tinubu said recent attacks in several states, especially cases of kidnapping, banditry, and communal clashes, […]

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Why senate wants death penalty for kidnappers after Kwara, Kebbi attacks

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The Senate has explained why it is pushing for the death penalty for convicted kidnappers, following recent violent abductions in Kwara and Kebbi states that resulted in multiple deaths and widespread fear. The lawmakers said the rising brutality of kidnapping across the country, especially the two latest incidents where victims were killed even after ransom

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Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy

Why rescue details of Kwara kidnap victims can’t be disclosed — Presidential aide

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Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, has explained why full details of the rescue of 38 abducted worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, cannot be made public. In a post shared on his X account on Tuesday, Dare said that operations

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Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he can transform Nigeria within four years if elected in the 2027 presidential election.

Nigeria drifting into avoidable disorder — Obi

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Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has warned that Nigeria is slipping into “avoidable disorder” due to escalating insecurity, institutional decay, and what he described as leadership failure.   In a statement on Monday, Obi expressed concern over what he termed “unprecedented negative news” recorded across the country within the last 10

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nationwide security emergency, Tinubu orders VIP escorts withdrawal, directing police to focus on core duties and approving 30,000 new recruits to strengthen security across Nigeria.

Insecurity: Seek for help or resign, PDP tells Tinubu

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to seek urgent assistance in tackling the worsening insecurity across the country or resign from office.   The opposition party said the increasing cases of kidnappings, killings, and criminal activities, including recent incidents in Edo State, demonstrate the Federal Government’s failure to protect Nigerians.

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Kwara church abduction: Tinubu’s swift intervention secured release of 38 kidnap victims – Gov Abdulrazaq

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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON), has announced the release of 38 kidnapped worshippers who were abducted during an attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. Governor AbdulRazaq attributed the successful rescue operation entirely to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s swift and hands-on intervention, describing the President’s role

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Life imprisonment: Kanu verdict was scripted by Tinubu regime — Sowore

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Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has condemned the Federal High Court’s life imprisonment verdict against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), describing it as politically orchestrated rather than a product of justice.   Sowore, speaking after the judgment on Thursday, insisted that the outcome had been

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VIDEO: There’s no genocide in Benue — Gov Alia

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Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has dismissed claims that the security situation in the state amounts to genocide. He gave the clarification at a consultative forum on the rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs), organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Abuja. Governor Alia said recent

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Police seal PDP national secretariat after factional clash

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The Nigeria Police on Wednesday sealed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat at Wadata Plaza, Abuja, following a violent clash between two factions of the opposition party.   The tension began on Tuesday when the Saminu Turaki-led faction confronted members loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, leading to chaos

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#EndTerroristsKillingInNigeria: ‘Resign now’, Falz tells Tinubu

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Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has called on President Bola Tinubu to resign following the bandits’ attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun, Eruku, in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.   In a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Falz accused the President of failing

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