{"id":73935,"date":"2025-08-22T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73935"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:00:23","slug":"nigeria-safer-now-than-two-years-ago-defence-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/22\/nigeria-safer-now-than-two-years-ago-defence-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Safer Now Than Two Years Ago -Defence Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, says Nigeria is considerably safer today than it was two years ago, citing a marked decline in violent incidents and a gradual return to normalcy in many communities.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, Musa said sustained military operations have restored confidence across several regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know we\u2019re doing better. I\u2019ve travelled around this country, and everywhere I\u2019ve been to, people commend us for the effort,\u201d he noted when asked if security had improved compared to previous years.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Chief admitted that attacks still occur but insisted their frequency has dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, attacks were rampant. Now, they are slowing down. Markets are back, schools are opening, people go to church. No country has 100 per cent security, but we\u2019re making progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Musa reaffirmed government\u2019s commitment to securing the nation and praised the sacrifices of the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Nigerians to unite, support security efforts, and show solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is working hard, the armed forces are working hard, and if Nigerians come together, love one another, and protect ourselves, we will succeed,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, says Nigeria is considerably safer today than it was two years ago, citing a marked decline in violent incidents and a gradual return to normalcy in many communities. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, Musa said sustained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73935","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73938,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73935\/revisions\/73938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}