“No-fly-zone:” Buhari imposes new measures to keep Nigeria’s Zamfara region safe

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara State be declared a no fly-zone.

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Monguno said the President had also approved a ban on mining activities in Zamfara to stop the rising insecurity.

The NSA, who also revealed that all non-state actors had been placed under surveillance, said the federal government would not hesitate to use kinetic means to restore normalcy in the country.

He said defense and intelligence organisations had been charged not to allow the country slide into anarchy.

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