Former Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan has stated that insecurity was his biggest problem during his time in office between 2010 and 2015. Jonathan made the disclosure this weekend during the commissioning of a 22-kilometre road project, the Yola-Wukari roadin Taraba State. The dualised Yola-Wukari road encompasses six pedestrian bridges and a flyover bridge. Jonathan then revealed that his worst nightmare as president of the country was insecurity. He said; “When I was the president of Nigeria, the …
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The Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has replied Nigerians who say the Buhari-led administration has failed due to the alarming rate of insecurity in the country, In an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday evening July 27, Adesina said no government solves all the problems in the country. According to him, it has never happened and it will never happen. He said; ”Yes the party (APC) promised that it will secure the country and …
President Buhari is currently meeting with service chiefs, the Inspector General of police, and some ministers in the council chambers of the presidential villa. The meeting comes one week after the national council of state advised the president to convey a security meeting to deliberate on issues of national security that now threaten the safety of lives and property across the country. In attendance at today’s security meeting are Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the …
A popular singer in Northern Nigeria, Haruna Abdullahi Aliyu, has said that he regrets supporting Muhammadu Buhari to emerge as the President of Nigeria. Aliyu sang the President’s praises during the 2015 and 2019 general elections. In a now-viral video, Aliyu said he regrets campaigning for the President as he has ”failed Nigerians.” He decried the handling of the country’s security challenges amid high cost of living, particularly for the ordinary citizens. Speaking in Hausa, Aliyu said …
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to step up efforts to address insecurity saying Nigerians are “under siege” and if urgent steps are not taken, “terrorists would overrun the country in no distant time”. The governor, while speaking with journalists on Tuesday, November 16, in Abuja, said over 1,700 persons have been killed in Benue since Buhari became president. He said about 1.5 million persons are still in camps for internally displaced person …
Former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi has alleged that the Nigerian government knows those behind the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Olawunmi in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday August 25, noted that this adminstration announced that it has arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDCs)-related people that were sponsoring Boko Haram, but now shielding them. Also referencing his time as a member of the military intelligence team in 2017, he disclosed that some of the insurgents mentioned politicians …