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•Order enhanced security at the borders AS bandits from the North push farther toward the fringes of the South, security anxieties have deepened across the southern corridor, stretching from the thick forests of Oke-Ogun in Oyo to the oil-rich creeks of the Niger Delta.  The bandits movement now touches strategic boundary points in Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Niger states and parts of Edo State, stirring unprecedented fear among southern communities. From Oyo’s decision to deploy traditional hunters into deep forest belts to Enugu’s adoption of drone surveillance, and from Rivers’ fortified marine security units to Ondo’s reactivation of Amotekun strike operations, southern states are no longer treating the threat as distant.  They are responding with a mix of technology, community policing, legislative reforms, inter-agency operations and, where necessary, traditional security structures that draw from native knowledge of the terrain.  Urgency  Recognising the urgency of th...

THE Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, has disclosed that the ‘Eyo Festival’ will be held in Lagos on Saturday, December 27, 2025. The event is being organised in honour of former governors of the state, Messrs Lateef Jakande and Michael Otedola, as we as late  Abibatu Mogaji. Akiolu, who spoke at a media briefing held at the Palace, Iga Iduganran, had in attendance the White Cap Chiefs. The monarch said: “Eyo is not an avenue to make money for any chief. It is our sacred heritage and must be treated with dignity, not an avenue for personal profit.” According to him, the festival, which will be held at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, will be restricted to Lagos Island, with plans to deploy 100 buses to transport people from different parts of the state to the venue.

FOLLOWING the rising wave of kidnapping in Kwara and Kogi states, Agbekoya warriors have moved to some villages in Oyo State to flush out terrorists hibernating there. Similarly, the South West Amotekun commander, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, yesterday, promised to strengthen security across the zone and its forests. Speaking after its meeting in Ibadan, the Agbekoya Farmers Association also expressed deep concern over the spate of insecurity challenges in Nigeria, particularly the recent incidents in Kwara, Kogi, Kebbi and Borno states. Agbekoya, in a statement by its State Governor and National Public Relations Officer,  Olatunji Bandele and  Olatunde Ashagidigbi respectively, denounced the series of abductions, kidnappings and killings of innocent citizens in some parts of the country. The statement reads: “To prevent the occurrence of these kinds of tragedies in Oyo State, we decided to mobilise some of our security men to some villages and communities considered as flash poi...

Badaru Abubakar THE Minister of Defence, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar has resigned his appointment with immediate effect. Abubakar, in a letter dated December 1, sent to President Bola Tinubu, said he was quitting on health grounds. A statement by the Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, last night said: “Tinubu has accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his services to the nation. “President Tinubu will likely inform the Senate of Badaru’s successor later this week.” Badaru Abubakar, 63, was a two-term governor of Jigawa state from 2015 to 2023. He was appointed as a minister on August 21,  2023, by President Tinubu.   His resignation comes amid President Tinubu’s declaration of a national security emergency, with plans to elaborate on its scope in due course.   Badaru’s last public comments were in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, where he highlighted the risks of bombing bandit hideouts. He had said that some of them are located in forests that ...

Group of Norther governors *Warn region will collapse if... *Terrorists abduct nursing mother, 10 others in Kano *Panic at Abuja school as students mistake soldiers for kidnappers *Police foil planned mass kidnap attack in Abuja, kill 3 bandits *Abducted Niger schoolchildren are doing fine, will return soon - Ribadu *Tinubu must enforce emergency declaration on security — Experts Northern governors havewarned that the region on the brink of losing its future to insecurity and deepening poverty, unless leaders took urgent, decisive action. They also called for state police as a way out of the high level insecurity in the north, and asked for a 6-month ban on mining in the region. This is even as Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, urged his peers and traditional rulers to close ranks and confront the region’s growing security threats with honesty and unity. The governors spoke at a time residents of Tsamiya village in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State weekend came under a...

*State policing, panacea to insecurity in Nigeria - Reps member THE Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has urged President Bola Tinubu to seek local and foreign help in addressing the country's insecurity challenges. It also noted that the sovereignty and corporate existence of the country is being threatened, adding that the Federal Government appears helpless about it. In a communique by its Leader and National Publicity Secretary, Oba Oladipo Olaitan and Prince Justice Faloye, the Yoruba body expressed worry over the worsening state of insecurity in the country, urging the Federal Government to decisively put an end to the killings of Nigerians. The communique reads: "Afenifere notes with particular concern that the state of insecurity is such that the sovereignty and corporate existence of the country is being threatened while the Federal Government appears helpless about it. "Afenifere insists that the unsavoury situation is the consequence of the c...