Banditry & Terrorism
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Senate has passed for second reading a bill proposing to allocate one per cent of total revenue accruals in the Federation Account to fund the operations of the Nigeria Police Force. The bill, an executive proposal, also lists four other funding sources for the police as part of measures to address the funding […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The mouthpiece of the North, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said that Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has escalated to what could be described as a “state of war”. To this end, it urged the federal government to adopt extraordinary measures to address the crisis. This position was contained in a communiqué issued […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas THE media team of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has issued a rebuttal to what it described as “baseless and misleading” allegations circulating in a viral video attributed to one Mike Arnold, believed to be an American. In a statement released on Thursday, the media office said its attention […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A member of the Florida House of Representatives, Kimberly Daniels, has released a comprehensive assessment raising concerns over Nigeria’s worsening security situation, particularly attacks targeting Christian communities in parts of the country. Daniels, who also serves as Chairwoman of the United World Congress of Diplomats, issued the report on Tuesday, citing recent […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has ordered security agencies to immediately launch coordinated operations to flush out suspected armed herdsmen camps in forests across the state following renewed deadly attacks on rural communities. The directive affects forested areas in Apa, Otukpo, Gwer-West Local Government Areas, LGAs, and other identified […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In recent years, banditry has emerged as one of the most pressing security challenges in Northern Nigeria, blurring the lines between organised crime and terrorism. What initially appeared as isolated incidents of cattle rustling and rural violence has evolved into a widespread crisis affecting millions of people across several states. From mass […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed deep concern over the killing of army personnel during an attack on the military base in Benisheikh, Borno State, the attack on a poultry farm in Ondo State and killings and abductions in Plateau, Kwara, Niger and Kaduna states, among others. This was contained in […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Mr Gebi, a lawmaker in the 7th House of Representatives, was arrested by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) on Friday, 03 April, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Aliyu Gebi, a Nigerian politician and security consultant was arrested last week and subsequently granted bail over allegations that […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “In every community, there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean the criminals. For them we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably, the most dangerous people seek power” – Saul Bellow, 1915-2005, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 124. Newspapers headlines were grim a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening security cooperation with neighbouring Chad and has pledged renewed joint action to combat terrorism and banditry across the Lake Chad region. President Tinubu made the pledge on Thursday while receiving the President of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Both […] Read more
