Report by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) indicated that Nigeria lose over N1.4 trillion every year to violence against children.
According to a consultant with Bauchi Field Office of the UNICEF, Mrs Rita Pele, who made it known on Wednesday, 17th July 2019 during the inauguration of the reports on Financial Benchmark and Economic Burden of Violence Against Children in Nigeria in Jos, Plateau state.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday revealed why killings, kidnapping, armed robbery, and other criminalities have spread to other parts of the country. He said criminal elements were taking advantage of the focus on the North East to commit crimes in other parts of the country.

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on the executive to urgently convoke a national security summit to address prevailing insecurity in the country. The call followed a point of order raised by Sen. Ayo Akinyelure (APC-Ondo), over the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin.

The continuous acrimony between Rajab Tayyib Erdogan, the President of the Republic of Turkey and a Turkish business mogul, Fat-hullah Gulan has taken a new twist following the designation of the group as a terrorist organization by the Turkish authorities.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday morning paid a visit to the leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State, to console him over the killing of his second daughter, Funke Olakunrin by suspected bandits.

The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Abdullahi Muhammad has disclosed that his organisation will deploy not less than 1,500 personnel under the Agro-Ranger operation in this year’s farming season to give security to farmers in the crime-prone areas of the country.