News Nigeria Security: Islamist Militants Kidnap at Least One NGO Worker in Nigeria, Sources Say
Six people are missing following an attack on an aid convoy in northeast Nigeria, an international aid organization said on Friday with sources stating that it was carried out by Islamist insurgents who abducted survivors.
News Nigeria Security: Nigeria: Dancing on the precipice
Consequently, the ungovernable space in Nigeria is lengthening at a great pace with tempus fugit. Instead of tackling the vexed security challenges, which have the potential of causing the ...
News Nigeria Security: British Foreign, Commonwealth Office condemn persecution of Christians in Nigeria
to “do all it takes to… confront these security challenges [and] not allow merchants of death and evil to overwhelm the nation.” The killing of two priests and 17 others during a church service in ...
News Nigeria Security: Cameroon and Nigeria Pledge to Combat Terrorism
Nigeria has promised to assist Cameroon in combating the separatist crisis rocking the central African country's English speaking region. The pledge, made during a security meeting, has been described by Cameroon authorities as reassuring, following accusations that separatist fighters in Cameroon were being trained in Nigeria, and that weapons they use are brought in through the neighboring country.
News Nigeria Security: Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: May 25 - 31, 2019
Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from May 25 to 31, 2019. This update also represents violence related to Boko ...
News Nigeria Security: Population: Nigeria sitting on keg of gun powder – Governor Okowa
“The situation is that Nigeria’s population is increasing while the economy ... The increasing population is negatively affecting our development and security.” Okowa, speaking on his administration’s ...
News Nigeria Security: Nigeria's Kano governor scraps Emir's royal parade
The governor of Nigeria's Kano state has cancelled an annual city parade by the powerful traditional emir, officials said Thursday, a sign of the frosty relationship between the two leaders. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje scrapped the horseback procession by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II
News Nigeria Security: Nigeria: What Buhari Must Do Differently Now - Lawyers
A second term for President Buhari offers a great opportunity for him to write his name down in history as the leader that changed Nigeria positively. I dream of a Buhari regime that will tackle headlong the issue of security which has become the most challenging subject of governance.
News Nigeria Security: Nigeria Arrests Maritime Security Team Over Firearms Possession – Update
The Nigerian Navy has arrested nine people including one American for possession of firearms in what the Navy claimed was Nigerian waters. The suspects were part of a maritime security team ...
News Nigeria Security: NLC says Nigeria’s security structure has collapsed, demands new approach from Buhari
- Federal government has been urged by the NLC to urgently rejig the security architecture, structure, and management in the country - According to Comrade Ayuba Wabba, none payment of salaries by ...
News Nigeria Security: Nigeria: We Are Not Giving Up On Chibok Girls - Buhari
Addressing top government and security officials, as well as a cross-section of Borno monarchs, the president said the government's commitment to resuscitating learning in the state was legendary.