Why grains importation won’t happen soon – Stakeholders
There may be delay in implementation of the zero-tariff grains importation policy of the federal government as Financial Vanguard reliably learnt at the weekend that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to receive a comprehensive list of the firms to select for participation in the intervention programme.
Extra-judicial killings: Police opt for stun guns
Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, yesterday in Lagos, said that henceforth, the nation’s policemen will start using stun guns for routine patrols because the Police under the current leadership can no longer tolerate abuses associated with the Police. He spoke on the heels of killings by some policemen in Lagos and other parts of the country, recently.
North now land of bandits, says Northern Elders Forum
As insecurity worsens across the country, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday, accused the Federal Government of not showing enough political will to address the situation in the North, saying it has been turned to a land of bandits.
Insecurity : Buhari launches offensive; orders ruthless action
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered security operatives to deal decisively with insecurity across the country.
Senate condemns killings; insists on State Police
WORRIED by the increasing insecurity in the country, the Senate yesterday, reiterated its call for the establishment of state police if the problem must be nipped in the bud, just as it condemned in very strong terms, the killings nationwide.
I N S E C U R I T Y: Keep off Igboland, Ohanaeze warns killer herdsmen
Minister of Defence, Major-General Mansur Dan Ali has accused politicians and traditional rulers in the northern part of the country of being behind the current wave of insecurity, just as President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, condemned the resurgence of killings by cult groups in Rivers State and ordered increased community and law enforcement action against its escalation.
