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Why Banditry, Kidnappings Increase In Abuja – Wike The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that inadequate equipment and operational vehicles were hampering the ongoing war against banditry and kidnappings in Abuja metropolis. Wike disclosed this on Monday during a media chat with journalists in Abuja, adding that there is an inadequacy of equipment to track criminals at some border communities of the FCT leading to a surge in kidnappings. He, however, assured residents that the security challenges would soon be addressed following the approval for emergency procurement by President Bola Tinubu. He said that…

TINUBU'S MINISTERS HAVE SO FAR BEEN ABSENT: Ineffectual?Incompetent?Mis-assigned?Confused? I don't know. All I know is that they have, so far, been absent. And given where Nigeria was when Tinubu took over, we cannot afford to have absentee ministers.We cannot afford absentee ministers because the president cannot micromanage 32 ministries even if he is Superman. He needs at least 37 self-starting, go-getting men and women. Right now, if you count the ministers of state, we have 45. Let's not talk about the junior ministers in the list below. Apart from Olubunmi Ojo (Interior), who has become the superstar self-starter here(but is…