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Governors in the Southern part of the country under the aegis of Southern Nigeria Governors Forum will meet today in Asaba, Delta State, with insecurity and secession among issues forming the focal points. It is described as an emergency make or mar meeting for the future of the region and Nigeria at large. The governors had last week met virtually at the behest of Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, as chairmen of the governors forum in the Southwest, South-South and Southeast respectively. Until now, many have wondered that…

Southeast Nigeria has seen a surge in attacks by unknown gunmen targeting police and other security forces in the past few months in a region where separatist tensions are on the rise. Suspected gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday, May 11, 2021, attacked the Ohafia office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, located at Amaekpu, in Ohafia local government area of Abia state, setting the building ablaze. The attack is coming barely 24 hours after The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Amaekpu, Ohafia was set ablaze. Southeast Nigeria has seen a surge in attacks by…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new security measures for the Southeast and South-South regions of the country. This was one of the outcomes of the series of security meetings held in the last eleven days and concluded on Tuesday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the meeting. The president also approved a memo presented by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), on the control of drugs, which he said are enablers of Insecurity, but did not also elaborate. The NSA said the…

Fifteen Southern governors have arrived in Asaba, Delta State for a meeting to address the growing issues of insecurity and other matters affecting the regions and Nigeria. Some of the governors who are already in Asaba as of 1:30 pm for the crucial meeting are the host governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Chairmen, South-West Governors Forum, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun). According to a statement by Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile,…

The package distributed by the insurgents included rice, beans, millet, maize, sugar, spageheti and cash gifts. Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād is distributing Ramadan welfare packages to some residents of Borno and Yobe states. According to SaharaReporters, the package distributed by the insurgents included rice, beans, millet, maize, sugar, spageheti and cash gifts. A security source said the gesture was to induce the villagers to join the group’s ranks as militants. “Imagine, they (insurgents) claimed that the gesture was aimed at…

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over another Security Council Meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is the third of such meeting in less than two weeks as a result. In attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; and Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari. Also present are the Minister of Defence, retired Major-General Bashir Magashi; the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Major-General Babagana Monguno; Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff; Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu; Chief…

Unknown gunmen have attacked a Deeper Life Church in Irese, Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state. According to SaharaReporters, the pastor of the church, Pastor Otamayomi Ogedengbe was also abducted by the gunmen who invaded the church around 9pm. The wife of the Pastor confirmed the incident. She said they went to the church together for a programme when the gunmen stormed the church and abducted her husband.

Amid a raging storm on the attempt to rob Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, deleted a tweet on the details of the move to burgle the residence of another Aso Rock official. About an hour after he commented on what he described as a “foolish attempt” to burgle Gambari’s residence, Shehu tweeted on a similar incident on the residence of Abdullahi Maikano, an official at the presidency. According to the report, which has been trending online, armed robbers invaded Aso Rock and emptied the residences of Gambari and Maikano. But…

There was an attempt to burgle the residence of Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the presidency. An online platform had reported that both Gambari and an administrative officer at the presidency simply identified as Maikano, were robbed. According to the report, which has been trending online, armed robbers invaded Aso Rock and emptied the residences of Gambari and Maikano. Responding in some tweets on Monday night, Malam Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said, “There was a foolish attempt to burgle his (Gambari’s) residence at 3:00am this morning but it turned out to be unsuccessful.”…

Armed men suspected to be robbers invaded the residences of two senior aides to President Muhammadu Buhari inside the precinct of the Presidential Villa, administration officials and security sources have told Peoples Gazette, raising fears that the rising insecurity across the country was drawing closer to the elite than previously estimated. The incident on May 9 (yesterday) prompted Ibrahim Gambari and Abubakar Maikano, the chief of staff and admin officer, respectively, to abandon their residences, sources said. “Their houses were robbed and the robbers packed money and other valuable assets from both houses,” an aide to the informed about the…