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Forest Guards: Why Scheme Is Yet To Take Off

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 05:25:05 +0000

Forest Guards: Why Scheme Is Yet To Take Off Bureaucratic hurdles and inter-agency disagreements may be slowing down the recruitment of forest guards approved by President Bola Tinubu. Reliable sources said that the delay was causing serious concern for stakeholders especially as insecurity had continued to worsen. President Tinubu in May 2025 approved the recruitment […]

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Insecurity: Tinubu Approves Firearms For Forest Guards

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:13:35 +0000

Insecurity: Tinubu Approves Firearms For Forest Guards President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has authorised the arming of forest guards nationwide as part of a renewed strategy to confront rising insecurity, particularly in rural communities affected by banditry, kidnapping and illegal mining. The decision was announced during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State […]

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Bandits Kill 11 Forest Guards, One Community Head In Kwara

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:31:17 +0000

Bandits Kill 11 Forest Guards, One Community Head In Kwara Eleven Forest Guards and a community head were shot dead in Okeode Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state by rampaging bandits who took the community by storm on Sunday. The deceased Forest Guards and vigilantes have been positioned to provide security for the […]

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Bauchi Approves Recruitment Of 2,000 Forest Security Guards

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 11:47:47 +0000

Bauchi Approves Recruitment Of 2,000 Forest Security Guards The Commander-General of the Nigeria Forest Security Service, Joshua Osatimehin, has praised Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed for approving the recruitment of 2,000 operatives for the Nigeria Forest Security Service. Osatimehin gave the commendation while speaking to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja following his recent operational visit […]

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Insecurity: FG, Govs To Deploy 130,000 New Forest Guards Nationwide

Kazeem Tunde — Thu, 15 May 2025 05:39:01 +0000

Insecurity: FG, Govs To Deploy 130,000 New Forest Guards Nationwide To curb escalating insecurity across Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a national forest guard system and ordered the recruitment of over 130,000 armed operatives to secure the country’s 1,129 forest reserves. The initiative, approved during Monday’s expanded Federal Executive Council […]

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Recruit Forest Guards To Tackle Bandits, Northern Youths Tell Tinubu

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 21:17:23 +0000

Recruit Forest Guards To Tackle Bandits, Northern Youths Tell Tinubu The Northern Christian Youth Professionals on Wednesday renewed its agitation for the recruitment of forest guards, saying it is a viable option to checkmate random attacks on villages if President Bola Tinubu is serious about solving the insecurity challenges in the North. The appeal […]

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