{"id":65774,"date":"2025-05-15T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65774"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:48:33","slug":"tinubu-unleashes-forest-guards-to-reclaim-nigerias-wild-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/15\/tinubu-unleashes-forest-guards-to-reclaim-nigerias-wild-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Unleashes Forest Guards to Reclaim Nigeria\u2019s Wild Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the creation of a special armed Forest Guard Corps to flush out criminals from Nigeria\u2019s forests and restore order in areas long dominated by non-state actors.<\/p>\n<p>Over one thousand forest locations have become safe havens for terrorists, kidnappers and bandits.<\/p>\n<p>The newly approved corps will counter these threats with full force, according to a statement issued Wednesday night by the President\u2019s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare.<\/p>\n<p>Dare noted that the corps will be well equipped and thoroughly trained.<\/p>\n<p>Recruitment will involve both federal and state governments, allowing local knowledge to guide deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The joint effort, to be coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the Ministry of Environment, blends environmental strategy with security planning.<\/p>\n<p>The move is seen as one of Tinubu\u2019s most aggressive actions yet against rural banditry and insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo part of Nigeria will be left in the hands of criminals,\u201d Tinubu declared.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative also aims to create jobs for young Nigerians, adding a layer of socio-economic impact to the national security drive.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say this marks a significant shift in how Nigeria addresses threats hidden deep within its forests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the creation of a special armed Forest Guard Corps to flush out criminals from Nigeria\u2019s forests and restore order in areas long dominated by non-state actors. Over one thousand forest locations have become safe havens for terrorists, kidnappers and bandits. The newly approved corps will counter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65776,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65774\/revisions\/65776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}