President Tinubu Orders Security Chiefs To Step Up Fight Against Insecurity

President Tinubu orders security chiefs to step up fight against insecurity. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede assured Nigerians that security agencies are improving coordination for a peaceful yuletide season.

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, directed service chiefs and intelligence heads to intensify the crackdown on insecurity and deliver more efficient nationwide results.

The president met the security chiefs at the State House in Abuja during a closed-door session lasting more than an hour.

President Tinubu Orders Security Chiefs

After the meeting, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, said the discussions were engaging, with the president issuing fresh directives to strengthen ongoing operations.

M Oluyede assured Nigerians that security agencies were improving coordination to ensure peaceful yuletide celebrations across the country.

Governor Alex Otti Empowers 150 Polytechnic Fraduates With N1 Million Each

Governor Alex Otti empowers 150 polytechnic graduates with N1 million each. Mr Okoro said that the gesture was in fulfilment of the governor’s promise to the institution two years ago.

The Abia government, on Tuesday, disbursed cheques worth N1 million each to the 150 best HND graduates of Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic, Aba, (OOPA), between 2022 and 2024.

The rector of the polytechnic, Christopher Okoro, who handed over the cheques to the students on behalf of the governor, said that the empowerment aimed at turning them into entrepreneurs.

Mr Okoro said that the gesture was in fulfilment of the governor’s promise to the institution two years ago.
He said that the process of qualification involved HND graduates presenting proposals, which were vetted by a consultant, who shortlisted the successful beneficiaries.

He also said that the fund was a grant rather than loan given to ensure the beneficiaries would invest it to become better and also give back to society to improve other lives.

He said that Mr  Otti also directed the management of OOPA to interface with key entrepreneurs, who would assist the beneficiaries gain the capacity to utilise the money efficiently.

Mr Okoro said that although some beneficiaries had gone for national youth service, they should come for their cheques, whenever they returned, so they could utilise it for the purpose it was meant.
Earlier in an interactive session, the rector told journalists that the institution would hold its 22nd convocation ceremony on December 5.

He said that the institution had since Mr Otti’s administration improved in so many areas, including academics, infrastructure, productivity and personnel welfare.

According to him, apart from getting its old 33 courses accredited, OOPA has floated 17 new courses, including Legal Studies and Igbo Language, which had all been accredited to meet the student’s needs.

Governor Otti

He said that the students were solely producing the iron doors used in all primary and secondary schools in Abia and all the refuse buckets Abia needed.
He said that the development had encouraged the students to work harder, while it provided other services and revenue to the state.

He said that the institution would move to its new site at Umuarakpa, Osisioma LGA on January 6, 2026.
Mr Okoro, however, said that the School of Engineering and Skills Acquisition Centre would remain because they had businesses with some citizens.

He thanked Mr Otti for being God-sent and all he had done for the polytechnic, and the media “for helping us to see our challenges and to work on them”.

Amnesty International: Tinubu Government Failing To Protect Nigerians As Bandits Attack, Abduct at Will

Amnesty International: Tinubu government failing to protect Nigerians as bandits attack, abduct at will. The group noted that suspected perpetrators of killings and abductions often escape justice.

Global human rights organisation Amnesty International Nigeria has slammed President Bola Tinubu, accusing his administration of failing in its primary constitutional duty to protect the lives and property of Nigerians amid a renewed wave of bandit attacks and mass abductions in major cities across the country.

In a statement released on its X handle on Monday, the organisation said armed groups continue to operate with stunning boldness and near-total impunity, raiding communities, kidnapping residents, and displacing thousands  while Mr Tinubu’s administration’s approach to security remains grossly inadequate.

“Nigeria, attacks by gunmen and abductions for ransom are increasingly becoming a daily routine. The government of President Bola Tinubu is failing in its constitutional and international human rights obligations to protect lives of all people and to ensure access to justice for victims,” the statement read.
The human rights group said that the frequency and brutality of the attacks by bandits show a catastrophic failure of governance, insisting that Mr Tinubu-led administration has not demonstrated the political will required to halt the bloodshed.

The group noted that suspected perpetrators of killings and abductions often escape justice, leaving victims without any form of redress.

“Suspected perpetrators of the killings and abductions invariably escape justice, while victims are directly and indirectly denied any form of redress. In many rural communities, only the graveyards are expanding daily.”

Amnesty International

The organisation called on Mr Tinubu to urgently address the nation’s escalating security crisis.
It highlighted the recent surge in attacks by Boko Haram, Ansaru, Lakurawa, Mamuda, and other armed groups, warning that current government measures are not working.

“President Tinubu must fulfill his promises to Nigerians and urgently address the resurgence of the nation’s endemic security crisis.

“The recent escalation of attacks by Boko Haram, Ansaru, Lakurawa, Mamuda and other armed groups shows that the security measures implemented by President Tinubu’s government are simply not working,” the group added.