{"id":78987,"date":"2025-11-19T15:46:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78987"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:46:58","slug":"falz-calls-out-tinubu-demands-action-on-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/19\/falz-calls-out-tinubu-demands-action-on-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Falz Calls Out Tinubu, Demands Action on Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian rapper and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over worsening insecurity and urged him to resign if he cannot address the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In a post shared on Wednesday, Falz faulted the government\u2019s handling of rising kidnappings and killings nationwide, recalling Tinubu\u2019s past statement that any leader who fails to protect citizens does not deserve to remain in office.<\/p>\n<p>He said the surge in attacks across the North-West, North-Central and parts of the South contradicts the President\u2019s campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>Falz referenced recent incidents in Kaduna, Plateau and Benue, where several residents were abducted or killed between Saturday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the government of \u201csilence and insensitivity,\u201d saying Nigerians can no longer wait for decisive action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same words you spoke years ago now apply to you,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Falz\u2019s post has since sparked nationwide reactions, especially in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna. The Presidency has yet to respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Nigerian rapper and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over worsening insecurity and urged him to resign if he cannot address the crisis. In a post shared on Wednesday, Falz faulted the government\u2019s handling of rising kidnappings and killings nationwide, recalling Tinubu\u2019s past statement that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":78988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-78987","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\/78987","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=78987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78989,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78987\/revisions\/78989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}