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November 26, 2021 President Buhari Orders Security Agencies To Chase Bandits From Abuja-Kaduna Road

President Buhari Orders Security Agencies To Chase Bandits From Abuja-Kaduna Road

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s security chiefs to eliminate the threats of bandits and kidnappers along Abuja-Kaduna road in particular and other places across the country.

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said this at the end of the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said the president ordered the armed forces and other security agencies, intelligence organisations, not to rest on their oars, notwithstanding the progress and efforts being made to eliminate insurgency, banditry, kidnapping for ransom, and all the other criminalities.

The council meeting which lasted four hours also discussed the resurgence of criminal activities on the Abuja-Kaduna road.

In an interview with Inspiration FM, security expert, Onyekachi Adekoya said the order from the President was in order but pointed out that it was reactionary.

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November 26, 2021 Military High Command Says Troops Wasted Lives Of 128 Bandits

Military High Command Says Troops Wasted Lives Of 128 Bandits

The Military High Command, has said its troops, both land and air, attached to Operation Hadarin Daji, killed not less than 128 bandits and arrested 64 others across the North West and North Central zones of the country.

Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this at Defence Headquarters, Abuja, while giving updates of military operations.

He said the troops resolved to waste the lives of those bandits because they are hell-bent in destroying the country.

Speaking on how the operation was carried out, Onyeuko said troops executed a series of land and air operations at Runka and Nasarawa villages in Safana Local Government Area and Kaiga Mallammai village, all in Katsina State.

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November 26, 2021 Obasanjo Warns That Boko Haram’s Next Recruits Will Come From Out-Of-School Children

Obasanjo Warns That Boko Haram’s Next Recruits Will Come From Out-Of-School Children

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has bemoaned increasing number of the out-of-school children in Nigeria, describing them as potential Boko Haram recruits.

Obasanjo said this while addressing participants at the presidential youth mentorship retreat held at Youth Development Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

He pointed out that with about 14 million out of school children roaming Nigerian streets; no one needs an oracle to know that those children would turn to Boko Haram recruits in the next ten years.

 Obasanjo said the rate of the dropouts would expand insecurity in Nigeria.

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November 25, 2021 Governor Sanwo-Olu Presents 1.38 Trillion Naira Budget To Lagos Assembly

Governor Sanwo-Olu Presents 1.38 Trillion Naira Budget To Lagos Assembly

Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU has presented a budget proposal of 1.4 trillion Naira for the 2022 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval.

The proposed 2022 budget is 138 billion Naira higher than the 2021 budget, which stood at 1.25 billion Naira.

The proposed 2022 budget size of N1.388,375,930,585, has 564.9 billion Naira for recurrent expenditure and capital expenditure of N823.5 billion.

Speaking at the budget presentation, SANWO-OLU, who tagged the 2022 appropriation as Budget of ‘Consolidation’, told the State lawmakers that the budget was intended to reflect the determination to rise above the challenges that had affected the development indices in the last 10 months, occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic challenges.

He added that the presentation of the 2022 budget was to allow for consolidation of the gains recorded by the government over the years.

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