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President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday threw his weight behind state and community policing in the country if the present security challenge across the country must be addressed in all its ramifications. Declaring open a two- day Summit on National Security Organised by the Senate in Abuja, President Buhari said that every Nigerian deserves the protection of his life and property. Represented …

Osinbajo speaking at the senate, security summit on Thursday said: “For a country our size, to meet the one policeman to 400 persons according to the UN prescribed ratio, we would require almost triple the number of our current police force. Far more funding for the military and security agencies is required,” he said. “We cannot police a country the …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said it was dishonest to continue to create the impression that he is enjoying himself at home without doing anything about the recent killings in Benue, Adamawa, Taraba, and Zamfara states. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving a delegation of the …

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on Thursday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the enormous goodwill with which he assumed office in 2015 is being fast depleted by some “glaring failures” of his government. The bishops said this when they paid the President a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Their address at the visit, copies of which were …

Senate leaders on Wednesday announced a far-reaching agreement that would set federal spending levels for the next two years, a major victory for both parties after years of lamenting Congress’s reliance on short-term solutions to avert financial crises. The bipartisan plan would raise defense and non-defense spending by $300bn and provide billions of additional dollars in disaster relief funding for …

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it will begin Exercise Ayem Akpatuma covering Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states in order to tackle the cases of kidnappings, herdsmen/farmers’ clashes among others. The Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen David Ahmadu, who announced this in Abuja on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur …

Kassim Afegbua, the media aide to former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, has been released by the police after a short interrogation at the force headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday. Afegbua, who was accompanied by his wife and his lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, told journalists that the police said he was not under arrest. He explained that the police simply informed him that …

Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to plan a military parade that would see soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the streets of Washington, it was reported on Tuesday. The move was instantly criticised, with one veterans’ group comparing the president to “a wannabe banana republic strongman”. Trump is seeking a grand parade similar to the Bastille Day celebration in …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has directed that an investigative panel be set-up to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the fracas between men of the Nigeria Police and youths in Upper Igun area, in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Rt. Hon. Paul Ohonbamu, disclosed this while briefing …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON BENIN CITY – Public outrage that lasted several hours resulting in the setting ablaze of five police vehicles and destruction of property worth millions of naira greeted the alleged killing of two persons who were among those protesting the killing of a taxi driver by a Police officer in Benin City on Tuesday morning. Four other persons …