{"id":24773,"date":"2025-04-18T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24773"},"modified":"2025-04-18T16:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:49:06","slug":"tinubu-directs-security-forces-to-end-insecurity-decisively-amid-rising-bloodshed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24773","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Directs Security Forces to End Insecurity &#8220;Decisively&#8221; Amid Rising Bloodshed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Mustapha Muhammad <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Bola Tinubu has ordered Nigeria\u2019s armed forces and security agencies to decisively tackle the worsening insecurity across the country, following a surge in attacks by terrorists and armed herdsmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his Easter message on Friday, Tinubu, who is currently in France, expressed sadness over recent killings and vowed to restore peace.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe tragic incidents and loss of lives in some parts of our country deeply sadden me, I understand the pain and fear these have caused,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reaffirming his administration\u2019s commitment, he stated: \u201cMy resolve to restore peace and security remains unshakable. Forces of evil will never prevail.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinubu asserted that progress was being made, saying, \u201cWith the courage of our security forces, we are reclaiming peace and stability.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also addressed economic challenges, promising efforts to stabilise the economy and foster growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are working tirelessly to restore investor confidence and build an inclusive economy,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite difficulties, Tinubu urged unity, saying: \u201cTogether, with faith and determination, there is no obstacle we cannot overcome.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The directive comes amid escalating violence in Plateau, Borno, Benue, Enugu, and other states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mustapha Muhammad President Bola Tinubu has ordered Nigeria\u2019s armed forces and security agencies to decisively tackle the worsening insecurity across the country, following a surge in attacks by terrorists and armed herdsmen. In his Easter message on Friday, Tinubu, who is currently in France, expressed sadness over recent killings and vowed to restore peace. \u201cThe tragic incidents and loss of lives in some parts of our country deeply sadden me, I understand the pain and fear these have caused,&#8221; he said. Reaffirming his administration\u2019s commitment, he stated: \u201cMy resolve to restore peace and security remains unshakable. Forces of evil will never prevail.\u201d Tinubu asserted that progress was being made, saying, \u201cWith the courage of our security forces, we are reclaiming peace and stability.\u201d He also addressed economic challenges, promising efforts to stabilise the economy and foster growth. \u201cWe are working tirelessly to restore investor confidence and build an inclusive economy,\u201d he said. Despite difficulties, Tinubu urged unity, saying: \u201cTogether, with faith and determination, there is no obstacle we cannot overcome.\u201d The directive comes amid escalating violence in Plateau, Borno, Benue, Enugu, and other states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24775,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24773\/revisions\/24775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}