{
  "id": 4715109,
  "title": "Plateau gov seeks end to insecurity in North Central",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/plateau-gov-seeks-end-to-insecurity-in-north-central-4715109",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T21:20:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/plateau-gov-seeks-end-to-insecurity-in-north-central/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called for a regional security strategy to tackle the rising wave of insecurity across the North-Central geopolitical zone. He made the call while speaking as a panellist at the 2026 North-Central Security Summit in Makurdi, Benue State.\n\nThe summit, organised by the Ministry of Defence, brought together governors, security chiefs, community leaders and other stakeholders from across the North Central geopolitical zone to discuss measures to address insecurity in the region. Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, also spoke at the summit, calling for a community-centred approach to tackling insecurity.\n\nAlia said traditional rulers, border communities and grassroots intelligence networks must be incorporated into security strategies to effectively confront emerging threats. According to Daily Post Nigeria, Alia stressed that collaboration should go beyond rhetoric and translate into practical measures involving people at the grassroots.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Insecurity: Alia calls for community-centred approach at North Central security summit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/insecurity-alia-calls-for-community-centred-approach-at-north-central",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:11:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Plateau gov seeks end to insecurity in North Central",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/plateau-gov-seeks-end-to-insecurity-in-north-central",
        "published": "2026-08-31T21:16:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}