1.You are welcome to the Summit on National Security, a 2-Day dialogue convened as a matter of national urgency. We are here because, in the face of escalating threats to the peace and security of our dear country, it becomes necessary to put heads together, share ideas and map out strategies to see us out of the current predicament.

You see, we are a set of people that seem not to even understand ourselves

FEW days ago, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, Senior officials of the  Ministry, Director General, Nigeria Textile Manufacturers Association, Managing Director, BOI and other stakeholders, were guests of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, at the Union’s national secretariat, Kaduna.

A rights activist and lawyer, Mr Francis Moneke of Human Rights and Empowerment Project Ltd/Gte, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, challenging the non recourse to federal character principle in the appointment of key and strategic security, intelligence and law enforcement chiefs by the current administration.

Following a report of possible herdsmen attack in Lagos and Ogun states, the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, Adamu Ibrahim, has ordered that security be beefed up in both states to prevent such attack.