A Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Mahmud Gumi says the crises he saw in the Zamfara forest were beyond banditry but better described as an insurgency. Sheikh Gumi made this known at the Zamfara state Government house when he met with, Governor Matawalle of Zamfara state, in Gusau, Zamfara state capital on Thursday.
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu for three months. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi revealed this on Thursday, February 4, while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm that some interest groups is planning to launch ethno-religious violence in the country. The secret police issued the warning today through its Public Relation Officer (PRO), Dr. Peter Afunaya. According to the statement, states like Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Rivers, Plateau, Oyo, and some part of the South Eastern states of the country are amongst the places pencilled to witness violence if issues are not managed.
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde says he would not sit down and watch enemies of peace ignite an ethnic war under his watch as the chief security officer of the state. This was made known through the Chief Press Secretary of the governor, Taiwo Adisa, yesterday shortly after the governor finished having a security meeting with security agencies in the Ibarapa area of the state.
The Federal Government has today extended the National Identity Number, NIN, registration deadline for another 8 weeks to accommodate more Nigerian subscribers. This was made known through a statement signed by, Mr. Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate, National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, and was made available to newsmen.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has gone against the ridiculous claim by some Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari is a clone and that Nigeria has “a new Buhari from Sudan” in Aso Rock. Mr. Obasanjo made the above statement while answering questions in a virtual interview with historian, Toyin Falola, on Sunday. He also expressed concern over the incessant attacks on innocent and insecurity in the North West of the country, where President Muhammadu Buhari is from.
