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Insecurity: state policing, best strategy to arrest challenge, Ogunsakin, ex-AIG tells FG

…as he celebrates traditional festival with Ogoga of Ikere, in his hometown From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti Former Assistant Inspector General of Police, (AIG, rtd), and security intelligence specialist, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin has urged the Federal Government to urgently consider state policing alongside community policing to combat the security challenge the nation is facing, saying…

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Court declares Shi’ites as terrorist group, as spokesperson says declaration is a proscription by fiat

The Federal Government has obtained a court order to proscribe the Shiites’ organisation formally referred to as the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the proscription of the Shiites’ movement as protests by the Islamic organisation rock Abuja. Saturday PUNCH reports that Justice Nkeonye Maha issued the order…

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Leah Sharibu is dead, says abducted aid worker (watch video)

Abducted aid worker in Borno state, Grace Taku, has revealed that Leah Sharibu has been killed, Just News reported. Grace Taku in a recent video reveals that Leah Sharibu and Alice Loksha who were abducted by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) are now dead as the terrorist group killed them due to non intervention…

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Insecurity: Presidency set to proscribe Shi’ites

The Federal Government is considering the proscription of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). This resolution was reached at a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari had with security operatives in the country. It would be recalled that President Buhari met with security chiefs at the presidential villa, Abujaon Monday after the group’s attack. At the emergency…

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Why we disobey court order on El-Zakzakky’s release– Presidency

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Tuesday said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government refused to obey Justice Gabriel Kolawole’s order on the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzakky, because it appealed the ruling. Adesina said this during an interview on…

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Alaafin writes Buhari says anarchy may loom as Yoruba will mobilise OPC, Agbekoya to face killer herdsmen

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has written an epistle to President Muhammadu Buhari of Yoruba’s readiness to mobilise Agbekoya, Oodua Peoples Congress and others to defend the race against the incessant killings and insecurity in the Southwest zone. The monarch has therefore warned Buhari of looming anarchy in the country generally if the…

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Fulani Herdsmen to Southerners: we have no plan to relocate and we’ll defend “ourselves”* if attacked

Herdsmen under the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has said they have no plan to relocate to Northern Nigeria from the Southern part of the country. The herders also vowed to remain where ever they are nationwide and defend themselves if attacked. This is in reaction to the call for them to…

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Funke Olakunri’s Killing: NBA proposes community policing as best panacea

From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti The Nigeria Bar Association(NBA), has told the Federal government to quickly concede to the agitation for community policing as a way to rescue the nation out of the wanton killings being experienced across the nation. The body insisted that it will be difficult for the NBA proposes community policing to…

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2 senior army officers, 4 soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush in Yobe

No fewer than two senior army officers and four soldiers killed in an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe. The troops said to be ambushed on their way from Borogozo where the headquarters of the army’s 29 task force brigade is to Benisheikh where they have a forward operating base (FOB). LiveTimesng.com gathered from…

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Gov. Makinde promises to turn around Oyo’s security architecture to boost FDI

…Says I am in a hurry to bring investors to Oyo Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday that his government intends to quickly turn around the security architecture of Oyo State in order to open up the state for foreign investors. Governor Makinde, according to a statement made public by his Chief…

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