{"id":74170,"date":"2025-08-26T06:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74170"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:23:51","slug":"terrorism-threat-cant-be-tackled-in-isolation-says-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/26\/terrorism-threat-cant-be-tackled-in-isolation-says-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism Threat Can\u2019t Be Tackled in Isolation, Says Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has warned that Africa cannot confront the threats of terrorism and insecurity in isolation, urging collective action, intelligence sharing, and coordinated strategies among nations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the maiden African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit, Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima said terrorism, piracy, cybercrime, and transnational crime cut across borders and must be countered through joint efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the deserts where insurgency festers to the high seas where piracy prowls, from the silent corridors of cybercrime to the ruthless networks of transnational criminals, none of these tragedies respects borders, and neither should our response,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President called for a new continental defence doctrine rooted in trust and interoperability, and proposed the creation of a permanent African Chiefs of Defence Staff Forum to provide a platform for dialogue and operational coordination.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu stressed the need for investment in cyber defence, artificial intelligence, indigenous military innovation, and defence-industrial collaboration, describing security as the foundation of development.<\/p>\n<p>He also paid tribute to fallen soldiers, saying their sacrifices must inspire stronger institutions and sustainable partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers included Defence Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, represented by Bello Matawalle; UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; ECOWAS Commission President Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, represented by Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah; and Nigeria\u2019s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith President Bola Tinubu has warned that Africa cannot confront the threats of terrorism and insecurity in isolation, urging collective action, intelligence sharing, and coordinated strategies among nations. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the maiden African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit, Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima said terrorism, piracy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":74174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-74170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74170","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=74170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74175,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74170\/revisions\/74175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}