Speaking after reviewing recent terrorism-related events in Algeria and Northern Mali with the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew John Pocock, President Jonathan said that the whole world clearly needed to unite and do much more than is presently being done to contain terrorism with its very negative impact on global peace and security
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Jonathan, who spoke at a New Year Service on Tuesday, said that the country’s security agencies have risen to the challenge posed by terrorists
However, if the need arises to engage in any operation, it will be required to get additional approvals from the US secretary of defence
Speaking during a courtesy visit on Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, the Sultan said terrorism, robbery, kidnapping and other criminal activities are not restricted to a particular religion or region of the country
The gunmen, suspected to be members of dreaded sect, Boko Haram, engaged policemen on duty at the SARS headquarters in a shootout reported to have lasted several hours.
Thus there is virtual and actual commonsense in regional reasoning at taming terrorism, to make our world a safer haven for all to live in and for mankind to progress and develop, undisturbed and unhindered
Speaking on Monday at the opening of the Regional Conference on Counter-Terrorism in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan said a number of measures are being put in place to strengthen the country’s security outfits against terrorism, which is a relatively new phenomenon in the country
Justice Kolawole, at the resumed hearing of the case on Monday, was miffed by the failure of the prosecution to call in any of the listed witnesses to testify against Ndume
These twin challenges, which have resulted unfortunately to loss of lives and property, have also led to loss of telecommunications equipment and an attendant degeneration of quality of service
The position of the Canadian Government was made known by its Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, in a statement on Monday
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the senseless suicide bombing that led to the death of eight persons and left 145 others injured, showed that those perpetrating acts of terror in the country have yet to be curtailed, despite the chest beating by the authorities over their supposed progress in the fight against terror
Sheriff said it was common knowledge that Zanna takes Nigerians for training in terrorism in Afghanistan and Syria
I do not think this nation has ever faced a more fluid, more dynamic or more complex threat situations as what is currently being faced, particularly terrorism