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Nigeria is in a state of emergency – Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has expressed shock over the deployment of military personnel in over 28 states in the country. Dogara spoke in Abuja at a “Capacity/Interactive Needs Assessment Workshop of Security Sector Related Committees in the House of Representatives” on Monday. He said the development showed that Nigeria was already... Read More

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August 4, 2016

Insecurity: Soldiers doing the job of the police in 30 states – Report

SBM Intelligence, a strategic intelligence analysis firm on Wednesday released a report stating that military personnel can be found on active deployment in no fewer than 30 states of the federation, tackling internal security threats that ordinarily should have been left to the police and paramilitary agencies to contain. According to the report, this situation... Read More

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