Declare National Emergency Over Worsening Insecurity Now, Northern Elders Tell FG

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on the Federal Government to immediately declare a National Security Emergency, warning that Nigeria is facing an unprecedented security crisis that threatens national stability, economic growth, and social cohesion.
In a statement yesterday and signed by its spokesperson, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, the Forum expressed deep concern over what it described as the continuous collapse of security across the country, saying millions of Nigerians now live in fear while criminal groups operate with increasing boldness.
The group cited Section 14(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution, which states that the security and welfare of citizens shall be the...