Insecurity: Northern governors okay state police, suspend mining

By Soni Daniel, Editor, Northern Region, KADUNANorthern governors yesterday warned that the region stood on the brink of losing its future to escalating insecurity and deepening poverty, unless leaders took urgent, decisive action.They also called for state police as a way out of the high level insecurity in the north, and asked for a 6-month ban on mining in the region.This is even as Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, urged his colleagues and traditional rulers to close ranks and confro