Insecurity: Declare bandits terrorists, end Nigeria – Sheikh Gumi warns Buhari FG

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against declaring bandits terrorists. Gumi warned that Nigeria would stop existing as a sovereign and united entity if the Federal Government declared bandits as terrorists. The Islamic cleric disclosed this in a Facebook post, on Sunday night. He, however, admitted that the devastation caused by bandits …

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Colombia’s priority to extradite drug lord Otoniel to US

Colombia’s priority is to extradite the captured drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, to the United States, government and security sources said on Sunday. Otoniel, 50, was caught by Colombia’s armed forces during an operation in a rural area of Colombia’s Uraba region, Antioquia province, officials said on Saturday.  Otoniel faces extradition orders from the United States. Colombia …

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CDHR Holds Annual General Conference, Elects New Executives

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), on Saturday, 23 October, rounded off its Annual General Conference which held at the national headquarters of the global civil society in Ikeja, Lagos. The 33rd annual conference themed: ‘A Call To Service In A Troubled Nigeria’, held between 22nd and 23rd, October, 2021.  Speaking at the conference, Comrade Osagie Obayuwana …

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Aregbesola Gives Update On Attack On Oyo Custodial Centre, Says Situation Under Control; Warns Escaped Prisoners

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, assured Nigerians that the attack on Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo, Oyo State has been brought under control, telling members of the public to go about their businesses.  The Minister who was reacting to the incident via a statement by his Media Aide, Sola Fasure, stated that he has been briefed by the …

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Obasa: A Fresh Honour For Lagos Speaker

By Eromosele Ebhomele The Oranmiyan Hall of the Lagos Airport Hotel was filled by colourful, beautifully dressed journalists in the cool evening of Friday, 22 October. It was the end of a weeklong celebration tagged Lagos Press Week organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos branch, and meant to celebrate men of the pen profession. Dr. Mudashiru Ajayi …

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Nigeria Needs Military And Non-Military Solutions To End Conflicts —Ambassador Buratai

Grand Patron of the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, and Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, His Excellency, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has advocated the adoption of civil and military strategies to end the numerous conflicts in Nigeria. The former Chief of Army Staff stated this on Friday in Adamawa State at the 24th, 25th and …

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FG links Sunday Igboho to Boko Haram sponsor

The Federal Government says it has established a link between Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, and a Boko Haram sponsor, Surajo Muhammad, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates on charges of financing terrorism. The government also alleged that between 2013 and 2020, Igboho received N127m from several financiers including a federal lawmaker. …

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2023: Arewa youths endorse Tinubu

A Northern group, Arewa Youth Alliance for 2023, has thrown its weight behind the presidential aspiration of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The youths noted that Tinubu was the best presidential material in 2023. The group’s coordinator, Hon Lawan Bello, said the managerial skill, technical know-how, and national appeal of Tinubu put him in the …

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El-Rufai to FG: Declare bandits as terrorists to allow military kill them within international laws

By Ibrahim Hassan, Kaduna  Governor  Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has urged the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists so as to allow the Nigerian military deal with them without any major consequences in international law. The governor spoke at the presentation of the Kaduna State Security Incidents Report for the Third Quarter of 2021 in Kaduna on Wednesday, saying …

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