Nigeria, Nov. 20 -- The Federal Government on Wednesday dismissed attempts to portray the country's security crisis as religiously driven, saying terrorists and criminal groups were attacking citizens across all faiths and regions.

Information Minister Mohammed Idris, in a press briefing in Abuja, said President Bola Tinubu had placed the nation's security architecture on its highest alert following recent attacks, including the killing of a senior Army General, the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the assault on a church in Kwara.

The minister said the President had cancelled his scheduled international engagements, including the G20 meeting in South Africa, to concentrate fully on the security situation.

The military and p...