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Monday, 02 July 2018 04:53

Herdsmen, Boko Haram threaten Nigeria’s future - UK Parliament

Killings, suspected to have been carried out in some parts of Nigeria by herdsmen alleged to be of Fulani extraction, and Boko Haram echoed in United Kingdom (UK) as the country’s House of Lords debated the issue last week. The debate came on the heels of the massacre of more than 100 persons in three local government areas of Plateau State last weekend. Before the Plateau incident, killings in some states in the country, including but not limited to Benue, Adamawa and Taraba had been linked to herdsmen. In the debate in UK House of Lords on Thursday, several members…

Monday, 02 July 2018 04:52

Killings: Without state police, we risk more attacks - Ekweremadu

Deputy President of Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, has taken the campaign for restructuring to United States of America. To give fillip to this, Ekweremadu is set to sponsor a bill to decentralise Nigeria’s policing system. This, he said, was in response to the rising insecurity in the country, particularly the killing of over 100 people in 11 villages in Plateau State by armed Fulani herders. This has led to a public outcry with prominent Nigerians including Senate President, Bukola Satraki calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all security chiefs for their alleged inability to secure the country and arrest…

Monday, 02 July 2018 04:51

Buhari’s body language shows unwillingness to punish killer Herdsmen - ASUU

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, Mr Deji Omole, says the Federal Government has lost the capacity to enforce laws and protect Nigeria and Nigerians with uncontrolled killings in farming communities in North Central part of the country. Omole who said this over the weekend, in a statement issued in Ibadan, while noting the increase in the spate of kidnapping, armed robbery and violence nationwide, stated that the body language of the President and the police has shown unwillingness to arrest, and prosecute killer herdsmen. While maintaining that 80 per cent of…

Sunday, 01 July 2018 04:28

Killings: State police is the answer, say Osinbajo, Tambuwal

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says state police remains the surest way of tackling current security challenges such as herdsmen and farmers’ clashes in parts of the country. He said it was no longer practicable to police a country as big as Nigeria from Abuja. Also, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said state governors must be empowered to exercise control on security agencies in their domains and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to look for more competent hands as security chiefs. Osinbajo stated this in a keynote address he delivered at the third anniversary of the 8th Assembly of the…

Saturday, 30 June 2018 04:22

Governors to security chiefs: Brace up or face sack

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday in Jos, Plateau State, warned Nigerian security chiefs to rise up to the responsibilities of protecting Nigerians or lose their jobs, noting that if the widespread killings across the nation persist, they would have no option than to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to replace them. On the same day dominated by fear of an attack in Jos, Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Mr Tukur Buratai, assured the nation that the Army was on top of all security challenges, while urging Nigerians not to celebrate insecurity. NGF was in Jos on a condolence visit to…

Friday, 29 June 2018 05:06

Plateau Killings: Buhari approves N10 billion for affected communities

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said N10 billion would be made available for the rehabilitation of affected communities in Plateau State which recently witnessed attacks by suspected herdsmen that claimed over 86 lives. The victims were hacked to death while they were reportedly returning from a funeral ceremony. President Buhari on Monday condemned the killings and pledged to ensure prosecution of the perpetrators. He also visited the embattled state to commiserate with the residents Presidency, on its Twitter handle, @NGRPresident, listed seven things Mr Buhari had done to forestall re-occurrence on the killings which rocked Barkin-Ladi and Riyom local government…

Friday, 29 June 2018 05:04

FG encouraging killers – Amnesty International

Rights group, Amnesty International, says the failure of federal government to hold murderers to account is encouraging them and fueling rising insecurity across the country. The group made the observation on Thursday through a statement signed by its media officer, Mr Isa Sanusi. It said independently verified estimated figures showed at least 1,813 people have been murdered in 17 states in the country this year, double the 894 people killed in 2017. According to the group, the death tolls reflect killings as a result of farmers-herders conflict, communal clashes, Boko Haram attacks and banditry. “We are gravely concerned about the…

Friday, 29 June 2018 05:03

United Nations condemns Plateau killings

Secretary-General of United Nations, Mr António Guterres, on Thursday expressed concern over violent conflicts between farmers and herders in countries across West and Central Africa, particularly the Plateau attacks that claimed the lives of over 86 villagers on Saturday. The UN chief, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, on Thursday, called on all concerned governments, regional organisations, civil society and other relevant actors to work together to find acceptable and lasting solutions to the conflicts. He spoke a few days after attacks by suspected herdsmen left scores of people dead in Plateau State. Guterres described the trend…

Friday, 29 June 2018 05:00

NNPC underpayment: Adeosun asks Buhari, govs to act

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday said she had briefed President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and state governors on the monthly meeting of Federation Account Allocation Committee that ended in a deadlock on Wednesday. Adeosun said this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of National Economic Council presided over by Mr Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. All state governors, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and some relevant ministers are members of the council chaired by the Vice President. Adeosun said Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was operating as a business,…

Friday, 29 June 2018 04:56

Nine dead, four injured in Lagos tanker accident

Nine people have been confirmed dead after a tanker conveying petrol went up in flames on Otedola Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday evening, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said. Mr Adesina Tiamiyu, the agency’s general manager, said 54 vehicles were razed by the inferno. “On getting to the scene of the incident it was discovered that a Mack tanker truck loaded with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) moving inward Berger at about 5:23 pm, fell and spilled its content on the road resulting into fire outbreak,” Tiamiyu said in a statement. “Unfortunately, nine bodies…

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Friday, 29 June 2018 04:53

First Trump-Putin summit has Cold War backdrop, U.S. allies nervous

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for their first summit on July 16 in Helsinki, a venue famed for its Cold War diplomacy. Kremlin and White House simultaneously announced the place and date a day after reaching agreement for the two leaders to meet following a visit to Moscow by U.S. national security adviser John Bolton. Trump will meet Putin after attending a July 11-12 summit of NATO leaders and a visit to Britain. The date will give Putin a chance to attend the July 15 closing ceremony of the soccer World Cup hosted by…

Friday, 29 June 2018 04:49

Ajimobi to establish welfare centre for street children, orphans

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Thursday, disclosed his intention to establish a child welfare centre to cater for street children and orphans. He made the disclosure while receiving members of the new governing board of University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, led by its Chairman, Mr Bagudu Shettima, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office. He said the centre would also help in addressing health and social needs of other vulnerable people in the state. He said, “The general wellbeing of the people of Oyo State is one of the top priorities of our…

Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:12

Plateau killings: Protesters chase officials, stone vehicles, offices in Govt House

Violent protest rocked Jos, capital of Plateau State, on Wednesday, as residents protesting the killings in three local government areas of the state by herdsmen invaded the state secretariat destroying vehicles and buildings. The protest, which started peacefully, turned violent when youths and women damaged some cars parked at New Government House in Jos and other offices. During the fracas, vehicles belonging to Peter Amine of the News Agency of Nigeria and Douglas Francis of Core TV, were damaged. The protesters, who had converged on Old Airport Junction and marched to the Government House, were initially repelled from getting access…

Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:11

Plateau Killings: Saraki, Dogara hold meeting with Buhari

President of Senate, Mr Bukola Saraki, and speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, have given insights into what they discussed with President Muhammadu Buhari over the violence in Plateau State. The two principal officers of the National Assembly met with Mr Buhari on Wednesday at his official residence before the president went to attend Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Speaking with journalists after they emerged from the meeting, Saraki said they commiserated with the president and then got a briefing from him. “Part of the briefing is that he explained how steps are being taken to forestall re-occurrence…

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