{"id":74482,"date":"2025-08-29T05:46:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74482"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:46:03","slug":"wike-urges-modern-security-strategies-at-abuja-g-7-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/29\/wike-urges-modern-security-strategies-at-abuja-g-7-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Urges Modern Security Strategies at Abuja G-7 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on security agencies to adopt modern strategies in tackling insecurity across Abuja and neighboring states.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening of the 10th G-7 Security Summit in Abuja on Thursday, Wike said traditional policing methods were no longer sufficient to confront contemporary threats such as banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the need for intelligence-driven approaches, advanced technology, and stronger inter-agency collaboration to safeguard lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>The minister assured residents of the FCT that his administration would continue to provide security agencies with logistics and resources to enhance their operations.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the importance of community involvement, urging residents to share timely information that could aid security responses.<\/p>\n<p>The summit brought together security chiefs and representatives from the FCT and six neighboring states, with discussions focusing on joint operations, intelligence sharing, and progress in the ongoing fight against crime.<\/p>\n<p>Wike\u2019s call comes amid rising concerns over criminal activities in Abuja and its environs, heightening demands for innovative and coordinated security measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on security agencies to adopt modern strategies in tackling insecurity across Abuja and neighboring states. Speaking at the opening of the 10th G-7 Security Summit in Abuja on Thursday, Wike said traditional policing methods were no longer sufficient to confront [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":74483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-74482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74482","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=74482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74485,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74482\/revisions\/74485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}