News
BREAKING: Declare State Of Emergency On Insecurity, Senate Tells Buhari

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation, The Nation reports.
This call follows the kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning.
Furthermore, he lawmakers called on the President Buhari led administration to implement the various recommendations of the Senate on ways to tackle insecurity.
These resolutions of the Senate followed a motion on a matter of urgent public importance on the incident by Senator representing Niger East, Mohammed Sani Musa.
ALSO READ: Niger: Gunmen Storm School, Abduct Students
Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the frequent incidents of kidnapping of students would reverse the gains made in school enrollment over the years in the North.
He said parents would no longer yield to persuasion to enroll their wards in school with the level of insecurity plaguing the area especially the kidnap of school children.
In his contribution, Senator Mohammed Birma Enagi (Niger South) described the Federal Government as “incompetent” in dealing with the rising insecurity in the country.
-
News14 hours ago
Senator Ned Nwoko Says ‘Long-Overdue’ Oko–Patani Road Captured In NDDC Budget
-
News13 hours ago
Omo-Agege Eulogises Buhari As Mentor, Father-Figure In Tribute
-
News21 hours ago
Public Affairs Analyst To Tinubu: Inscribe Your Name In History By Supporting Creation Of Anioma State
-
News12 hours ago
Commissioner For Housing In Delta Promises To Partner Newspaper Publishers
-
News8 hours ago
NURTW Ughelli North Branch B Crisis: Taskforce Head Faults Chairman’s Expulsion, Says Due Process Ignored