Tuesday 30 October 2012

National Security


National Security Challenges: The Panacea in Youth Empowerment


By Oluwatoba Oguntuase
AT no time in the history of the Nigerian nation is the issue of unemployment and its attendant consequence of insecurity more of concern than today. About 22 months after the British Council published its Demographic Report on Nigeria (Next Generation Nigeria, September 30, 2010) and three years to the deadline of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), socio-economic outlook in the world’s most populous black nation has remained notoriously gloomy. Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012



Nation’s Insecurity Ends Soon – Chief of Defence Staff


The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim, has said that the insecurity confronting the country would soon become a thing of the past as the government is set to tackle the menace. The CDS spoke at the weekend in Ilorin, his country home, where a special prayer was organised for him by the Emir, Alhaji Sulu Gambari. He said the development of any countrydepends on peace which he said the government would not compromise.Admiral Ibrahim said with peace in the country, the armed forces would devote their energies and expertise to other challenges. Full story...
Source:http://www.osundefender.org/?p=46363
Posted by Amaka, 22 October 2012




Nigeria at 52 - Tackling the Security Challenge


By most accounts, the current security challenges facing the country make this period one of the most critical periods which Nigeria has passed through as a sovereign nation.Observers maintain that the period is somewhat akin to the 30-month old Nigerian civil war, adding, however, that the marked point of departure is that the war was a conventional war, with known and identifiable enemies.In the recent armed struggle in the Niger Delta area, the dramatis personae were known and this made it possible for the Federal Government to introduce the Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta militants and other programmes to boost the area's development. Full story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 28 September 2012




Nigeria: Mark Urges Nigerians to Unite Against Insecurity


By Isiaka Wakli
The nation's security challenge will end if all Nigerians come together to tackle it, Senate President David Mark has said. Mark said this Saturday in Kaduna after receiving an honorary doctorate degree of Political Science from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).Mark, who graduated from the NDA in 1969/70, belonged to the 3rd Regular Course. "The nation is passing through security challenges, but these challenges are indeed not insurmountable if we collectively come together to confront it. It could be seen as a passing phase in the nation's tortuous journey to achieving an enduring democracy," a statement yesterday by Mark's media aide, Paul Mumeh, quoted him as saying. Full story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 10 September 2012




Abuja to Get Security Trust Fund


By Bukola Amusan
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is working on the legal and administrative framework for the establishment of the FCT Security Trust Fund.FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, who spoke yesterday when he received five security vehicles donated by the MTN Nigeria to the Federal Capital Territory, said the security trust fund would be run by a constituted Board of Trustees comprising people of impeccable character. Full story...
Source:http://www.thenationonlineng.net
Posted by Amaka, 7 September 2012




Ohanaeze Urges FG to Disband Kano Hisbah


By Murtala Muhammed
PAN-Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked the Federal Government to abolish the Kano State Hisbah Board, which it claimed is already assuming the status of state police in disguise.Ohanaeze Ndigbo contends that despite the position of the Northern governors over the establishment of state police, non-indigenes are no longer safe in the hands of the government agent in Kano.In a statement issued at the weekend, President Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Kano State Chapter, Chief Tobias Michael Idika lamented the pains and devastation suffered by many Igbo business moguls whose goods and property worth billions of naira have been confiscated by the Hisbah guards.Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 3 September 2012



State Police And Security Challenges


By M.A. Akinola
Sir: The call for the creation of state police is not about North or South. It is in response to security challenges our country is facing. The report of the panel headed by Parry Osayande, the chairman of the police reform panel is suspicious and questionable because for the first time in Nigeria’s history, a man (Mallam Nuhu Ribadu) who refused to accept a whooping $15million cash bribe was recommended for dismissal from EFCC on frivolous charges. The same $15million dollars bribe the fifth columnists claimed only existed in our imagination is now a subject of litigation between federal and  Delta State Government. Either way the judgment goes, someone within the ranks will hold this cash in trust for the real looter- Ibori. This is Nigeria! Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 27 August 2012

Same Shirts, Different Suspects


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SSS spokesperson Ms. Maryln Ogar said the SSS bought the shirts from a vendor who supplies them in dozens at regular intervals. Neither of the parties took the pain to know whether the materials are similar either in colours or design.The SSS displayed some of the clothes in stock, apparently waiting for the next set of suspects. Ms. Ogar explained that it is the tradition of the SSS not to parade suspects in dirty or soiled clothes in which they are arrested during operations, hence the need to clean and kit them up. 
Source:http://www.thenationonlineng.net
Posted by Amaka, 24 August 2012


There’s Peace in Plateau, Army Tells Community


Operation Safe Haven, the Special Task Force that is overseeing internal operation of peace keeping in Plateau State, has assured residents of villages where several people were killed recently by suspected herdsmen of adequate security with continuous patrol of the areas by the military.
The Commander of the Task Force, Major General Henry Ayoola while reassuring members of the community of Bachit in Riyom local government area said the task force is determined to chase out attackers from the areas as directed by the federal government.
Source:http://www.channelstv.com
Posted by Amaka, 6th August 2012


Draft Security Policy Out


By Madu Onuorah
A DRAFT national security policy that will guide the implementation of all security issues has been drafted by the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja. Commandant of NDC, Rear Admiral Thomas Lokoson, told journalists in Abuja that the policy has been sent to all security stakeholders for their input before onward transmission to the National Security Adviser. Full story...
Source: www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Ufuoma, 26 July 2012



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