 President Mohamed Buhari on Friday instructed the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, to quickly tackle the menace of insecurity in the country and reduce it to a minimal level. This came after the police council, made up of the president, vice president, governors, ministers of police affairs, interior and federal capital territory, confirmed unanimously Baba as the substantive police boss. Recall that President Buhari had on April 6th this year announced Usman Baba as the acting Inspector General of Police. Baba was a deputy Inspector General of Police before the council confirmed his new appointment. And Mr. President used that opportunity to congratulate him for this appointment and to call on him to ensure that the confidence that Nigerians have to pose in him is not left to waste that he should work up to the challenge and ensure that the security lunges that this country is facing are brought to the barest minimum. Like the government minister said, I had briefed the council on the state of security in the nation and I started by saying what is actually threat to national security as it is now. Ranging from or coming from all the six geopolitical zones, there are peculiarities. Like I said, what we have in the southeast and the part of the south-south is the issue of successionist agenda championed by I-POP. I also talk about the issue of terrorism and religious bigotry in the north-east particularly. I've also been able to brief council on recovery, rescue of victims or kidnapped victims and what we are doing to secure the school children that are being kidnapped and how to go about securing those that are still going to the school. News updates