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On Tuesday, 2nd of March, 2021, after a meeting of the National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, retired Major General Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser (NSA) addressed State House correspondents, telling the nation about the outcome of the security council meeting.
Apart from dwelling particularly on the situation in Zamfara State, where 279 students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata Malafa Local Government Area of the state were just released in the early hours of that Tuesday morning, the President, according to Monguno, also made far reaching proclamations and gave sweeping orders as regards the nation’s security situation.
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Canada has issued a holiday security alert to its citizens planning to travel to Nigeria.
The north-American country in the new security alert posted on its website warned its citizens that security is unpredictable in the country.
It urged them to exercise a ‘high degree of caution” in Abuja, Calabar and Lagos State.
The alert stated that, ”Avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria due to the unpredictable security situation throughout the country and the significant risk of terrorism, crime, inter-communal clashes, armed attacks and kidnappings.
”Regional risk level – Avoid all travel
”Avoid all travel to the following regions due to the risk of terrorism, armed attacks, kidnapping, intercommunal and sectarian violence:
“In line with the Federal Government desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise of September 2019, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to embark on another audit of the Subscriber Registration Database again.
“The objective of the audit exercise is to verify and ensure compliance by Mobile Network Operators with the set quality standards and requirements of SIM Card Registration as issued by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Commission.
“Accordingly, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are hereby directed to immediately suspend the sale, registration and activation of new SIM Cards until the audit exercise is concluded, and Government has conveyed the new direction.