Tunde Omolehin, THEWILL

The group urged MURIC and other stakeholders to avoid reducing Nigeria’s complex national security architecture to the office of one individual, stressing that tackling terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of violent crime requires coordinated efforts by multiple institutions.

The allegations, reportedly circulated by blogger @radical.okoja.bia and others, claimed that the Board had prohibited mixed gatherings of men and women in churches and directed that church services be conducted separately.

According to Usman, the establishment of the committee demonstrated the commitment of the Zamfara State Government to complement ongoing military and other security operations with structured peacebuilding, rehabilitation and reintegration measures.

The Special Adviser on Security Matters to Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu, Col. Ahmed Usman (retd.), has appealed to political leaders, traditional institutions, religious leaders and residents to close ranks in the fight against banditry, insisting that insecurity should not be reduced to partisan politics.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has called on Nigerians to reject division, intolerance and violence as the country approaches another electoral season. Yilwatda made the call in a message commemorating Eid-ul-Mawlid, the annual celebration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, in his goodwill message to Muslims across Nigeria.

The union also said all academic activities had been suspended, including lectures and tutorials, examinations and continuous assessments, supervision of projects and theses, as well as Senate and Faculty Board meetings and other academic-related activities. The union called...

As part of the process, the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, and his delegation recently undertook a two-day inspection tour of factories and military production facilities in Cairo, Egypt. The Nigerian Army has already...

Alhaji served as Minister of State, Budget and Planning in 1988. He later served as Minister of Finance between 1990 and 1991 during the administration of former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. The family said funeral arrangements will...

The Kebbi State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged that the ongoing investigation and prosecution of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, is politically motivated. The party alleged that the...

The Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to officially declare banditry a humanitarian emergency to mobilise a more effective, coordinated response. Caritas representatives warned that current informal IDP settlements in the North-West lack...