CLEEN Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), says many residents of the south-east wear face masks to avoid harassment by security agents. In a statement on Sunday, Benson Olugbuo, CLEEN Foundation's executive director, said many of them are nonchalant to the existence of COVID-19. "Several people in the South-East wear face masks because of security agents and not necessarily to prevent coronavirus spread," [...]
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Abubakar Tsav, a former commissioner of police in Lagos state, says politicians are responsible for the activities of bandits in the country. Speaking in Makurdi, Benue state capital, on Tuesday, Tsav said most of the cases of insecurity in the country are created by politicians. He appealed to the political class to have a change of heart and cooperate with law enforcement agencies [...]
The Independent National Electoral Commisslon (INEC) says members of its staff were abducted and raped during Saturday's elections. In a statement on Friday, Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for information and voter education, said while the elections were generally peaceful, there was "high level of violence" in a few places in addition to "the subjugation of some of our electoral officials to [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari had a meeting with the national security council at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday. Dan Ali, minister of defence, said the security situation in the country in relation to the general election was discussed at the meeting. He said security agents would be deployed to states to douse tension created during the primaries held across the country and also [...]
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) says some security agencies are working to provide cover for lawmakers who want a change of leadership at the national assembly. CUPP is the umbrella body of the parties that formed an alliance with the target of defeating Buhari in 2019. In a statement on Tuesday, Ikenga Ugochinyere, CUPP spokesman, said in a bid [...]
Ahmed Makarfi, a former governor of Kaduna state, says Nigeria’s fate hangs on how the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the security agencies conduct the 2019 general election. He said this during an interactive session with reporters in Kaduna on Monday. The PDP presidential aspirant said the interest of the country overrides that of any individual, adding that INEC must conduct [...]
Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says security agencies would be held responsible for any infraction committed during the general election. Monguno said this during a meeting with security chiefs in Abuja on Tuesday. He said forthcoming elections have to be conducted in a way that will portray Nigeria in a positive light, adding that excuses will not be tolerated for misdemeanor in the [...]
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, says Nigerians are “fast losing confidence” in the nation's security system. He said this on Tuesday while reacting to the killings in various parts of the country, the most recent being in Plateau. Hundreds have been killed in crisis situations like clashes between herdsmen and farmers as well as attacks by suspected herders. Delivering a [...]
Amnesty International, an international human rights group, says the Nigerian government is determined to "suffocate freedom of expression" going by the spate of arrests and detention of bloggers and journalists. In a statement on Wednesday, Makmid Kamara, interim country director at Amnesty International Nigeria, called on the authorities to ensure that the rights of Nigerians to freedom of peaceful assembly and [...]
Security has been intensified in the Badagry area of Lagos state over reports that militants fled to the area due to the aerial bombardment of their camps by the air force. Security agencies have also been deployed in strategic areas, even as an Operation Mesa (OP MESA) van with eight soldiers was stationed at the Badagry roundabout carrying out surveillance. One of the [...]
The military and other security agencies will prioritise the growing attacks carried out by Fulani herdsmen and respond to it with a "joint operation" as has happened with insurgency. Rabe Abubakar, the acting director, defence information, said this according to a Punch report on Thursday. “The current resurgence of this issue of herdsmen is something which must be given a priority now that there [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that one of the nation’s security agencies is “plotting to harass and intimidate supposed sponsors of the party, as part of the ongoing efforts of the government to cripple its activities in the run up to the March 28 polls.” In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by Lai Mohammed, its national publicity [...]
Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, has called on the nation’s security agencies to stick to their constitutional roles and avoid being dragged into partisan politics. Buhari, who was speaking against the backdrop of the alleged use of the military in rigging the June 2014 gubernatorial election in Ekiti state at the Yar’ adua Centre in Abuja on [...]
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