IG’s son decries security situation, terrorism

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Jamil, son of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has decried the security situation in the country.

Jamil, who is a commercial pilot with IRS airline, stated that is heart was troubled each time he thought of the security challenges facing the country.

Writing on his Twitter page, the Computing Information Systems and Multi-media graduate of Kingston University, London, United Kingdom wondered why peace has continued to elude many communities and states in the country.
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Photo Post: Situation in Donetsk

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Agagu's Son, Feyi Agagu Flown Abroad As Situation Worsen

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Inspite of the claims by aero medical experts last Friday that Feyi Agagu, a survivor of the October 3, Lagos plane crash and son of the late governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was responding well to treatment, new reports say he was yesterday flown abroad for better medical attention.

Besides Feyi, another survivor of the air crash, simply identified as Akin, has already been transferred abroad for medical attention.

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Why Security Situation Was Better During Our Time – Atiku

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described the current wave of insecurity in Nigeria as worse than the Nigeria Civil War, which lasted for three years.

The former Vice-President said on Friday that the situation was made worse due to President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration’s lack of attention to security of lives and property.

Atiku made this known on Friday in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation monitored in Kaduna.

He said, “All you see today are security men with guns, which should not be the case.”

He said the dimension of today’s security challenges makes it hard to tackle because the money meant for the purpose had been allegedly stolen.

Terrorism and The Nigerian Situation

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How Did We Get Here?Before the infamous failed bid of the “Underwear Bomber”, Farouk Abdulmutallab, terrorism seemed to be alien to Nigeria. Terrorism was only heard of in the news and read about in the newspapers. Even after the failed attempt to blow up the Detroit bound flight on December 25, 2009, Nigerians were quick to denounce the act and deny the bomber. Nigerians were quick to claim that the young man schooled abroad and was initiated and indoctrinated into the ways of the sinister world of terrorism outside the shores of Nigeria. 

Not very long after, Nigeria found its way to the terror watch list. Nigeria was listed as a “country of interest”. The Nigerian government even went as far as giving the US an ultimatum to delist the country from the countries on the terror watch list. The Government even stated then that Abdulmutallab could not be used as a yardstick for the over 150 million people in Nigeria.

The 'Goldie Situation', By Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri

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By Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri, Benin City

About ten years ago I lost a friend in an armed robbery incident. Obviously, the armed robbers were not satisfied with robbing. They needed to make a point by harming someone in the house and my friend's mother was their target. As they swung the axe, my friend, who was the scholar of our class in secondary school, protected his mother with his head… He died. No national award, no postmortem speech from the Governor and, of course, no celebrity burial; he was just another guy, the fact that he took a battle axe to his head for his mother was irrelevant.

Heavy Criticism From OBJ: Nigeria In A Toxic Situation

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised an alarm over the insecurity in the country and called on the present leaders to tackle it seriously.

Obasanjo who shared his thoughts on the state of the nation in an interview with Y! Magazine described the current situation in the country as toxic and called for a concerted effort to address it.

“We are in a situation in this country now, or if you like, in a state of insecurity. It’s a toxic situation. It does not matter how much blame on the leadership is unfair or unwarranted, the public won’t support the leader,” Obasanjo noted. He likened the situation in the country to a state of war, adding that there are many things wrong with the country.