Nigeria Watchman

News and commentaries on developments across Nigeria

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#AirportSecurity: Flew #Maiduguri to Abuja recently with no pre-boarding check of passengers’ IDs. And #Nigeria is fighting terrorism!

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#AirportSecurity: Flew #Maiduguri to Abuja recently with bags not scanned: one scanner not working, second had no electricity to power it!

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#AirportSecurity: Dead stowaway found in wheel well of Arik’s Lagos to Jo’burg flight again highlights security gap in Nigeria’s airports.

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Shiites: Islamic Movement in Nigeria was mobilizing for Iranian-type Islamic revolution, tending to insurgency - Kaduna Gov, N. El-Rufai.

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#BokoHaram: Almost 240,000 Nigerians still refugees in neighbouring countries: 138,321 in Niger; 80,709 in Cameroon; 20,804 in Chad – NEMA

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Nigeria Army starts new security operation in 5 SE states; says Exercise Python Dance, 27 Nov – 27 Dec, will curb violent crime, agitation.

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#BokoHaram: 5 Nigerian troops wounded this morning, as their patrol vehicle ran into IED between Banki and Bama, Borno state - Premium Times

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Kaduna State govt to deploy surveillance drones against security threats; procurement provisions already in 2017 budget -Dep Gov, B. Bantex

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Kidnapping: 6 people abducted at Lere village, #Bauchi State, 19 Nov, have been freed by soldiers. Captors had demanded N10 million ransom.

[Nigeria Watchman @NigeriaInsight]

#Biafra: SE Senators claim to represent their people. But they don’t see 150 agitators killed until an NGO @AmnestyNigeria says so. SHAME!!!

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Sad! https://t.co/wXobHz2Qpf

[Premium Times @PremiumTimesng]

Human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje, dies in London https://t.co/ycYm6JjEJv

[Goodluck E. Jonathan @GEJonathan]

Fidel Castro was a friend of Africa and great revolutionary who put his ideas to practice for the betterment of his people. May his soul RIP

[Nigeria Watchman @NigeriaInsight]

#Biafra: S/East senators seeking probe of massacre of agitators should hide their heads in SHAME! What if @AmnestyNigeria did not report it?

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Castro: His place in history is assured, given his sustained commitment and towering role in the liberation struggles in Africa - Buhari

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Castro: He was “a great friend to Africa, the Global South and the Non-Aligned Movement” - President #Buhari

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Kaduna: Four persons killed, several houses burnt, as unknown gunmen attacked village in Tafan District, Kaduna State, yesterday 25 Nov.

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#IDPs: The camps are now pregnant with challenges of child marriage, prostitution, drug abuse, gangsterism - #Borno Gov Kashim #Shettima

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#IDPs: All IDP camps in #Borno state will be closed by 29 May 2017; they are becoming a huge problem on their own. – Gov Kassim #Shettima

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#Kidnapping: Abducted ex-Minister Bagudu #Hirse regained freedom today, family says. He was seized in Kaduna 20 Nov; no word on ransom.

[Nnamdi Obasi @NnamdiObasi]

#BokoHaram: 5 people killed as insurgents raided 3 villages, burnt homes and fields, displaced hundreds, near Askira, Borno State, 23 Nov.