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Afe Babalola advocates improved education system to curb insecurity

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 18, 2025

The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, has pinpointed the deteriorating standards in Nigeria’s education sector as a major contributor to the country’s rising crime levels. The respected legal figure made this statement over the weekend during a courtesy visit

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Tinubu Urges Universities to Develop Technology-Based Solutions for Security Challenges

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 31, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerian universities to create technological tools that will improve the detection and monitoring of security threats across the country. Speaking on Saturday at the combined 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st convocation ceremony of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), Tinubu emphasized the need for technology-driven

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NANS Commends South-West Governors for United Effort Against Insecurity

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 18, 2025

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed appreciation for the South-West governors’ decision to establish a joint security network to tackle insecurity and create food hubs to address hunger. In a statement issued by the Chairman of the NANS Ogun Joint Campus Committee, Francis Gabriel, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the student association

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Northern students demand deployment of security to campuses amid insecurity

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 28, 2024

The Coalition of Northern Groups’ Student Wing (CNG-SW) has urged for the deployment of security officers to campuses. At a news conference in Kaduna yesterday, Hassan Adamu, National Coordinator of the CNG-SW, raised worry over increased insecurity on campuses in the North. He complained that banditry attacks and kidnappings were becoming the new normal,

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Insecurity will not deter the government from providing quality education to the younger generation – Oluremi Tinubu

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 4, 2024

Despite the constant threat posed by security difficulties to education, the President’s wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has assured that the federal government will not hesitate to provide the younger generation with a well-deserved excellent education. The First Lady stated yesterday, while hosting the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, and his management

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Insecurity: FG employs hunters, vigilantes, pledges to put an end to school attacks

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 14, 2024

Mrs Halima Iliya, the National Coordinator of the Financing Safe Schools Initiative, said plans are in the works to actively engage hunters and vigilantes in intelligence collection in order to reduce school-related attacks nationwide. The National Coordinator stated this in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja. She stated that aggressive community engagement and […]

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Insecurity: Police orders increased patrols around Kano schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 13, 2024

Hussaini Gumel, the Kano State Police Commissioner, has asked Operational Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to increase patrols around all primary and secondary schools, as well as higher institutions in the state. SP Abdullahi Haruna, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, issued this statement on Wednesday. He stated that the move was in accordance with