Bandits have killed 19 persons and injured several others at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi on Thursday. A community member alleged that a running battle between militia groups in parts of Benue and some bandits led to the onslaught on the sleepy towns of...
bandits
Kaduna State Police Command on Friday said its operatives have rescued a kidnapped victim in the state. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan confirmed the rescued in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Hassan said the Command, under the leadership of Commissioner of Police...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the level of distress created by the abducted Kuriga school children provided sufficient grounds for the troops to exploit and rescue them. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on the operations...
The Police Command in Benue has neutralised two notorious bandits in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area (LGA) of the State and recovered arms. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday in Makurdi, by the State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene. Anene said in the statement...
Police in Katsina State have rescued five persons suspected to have been kidnapped while travelling from Abuja to Zamfara. Police spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, confirmed the rescue when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Tuesday. He said a police patrol team rescued...
For a while now, there has been a heated debate in Nigeria regarding the creation of state police. The majority of Nigerians think state police is a good idea whose time has come, but they are extremely concerned that the avaricious and power-hungry state governors, who have a...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has said the Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, was not involved in the safe return of abducted Kuriga pupils, though the cleric had offered to negotiate with bandits for the release of the pupils. The governor, who stated this on Channels...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a notorious kidnapping gang leader who masterminded the Fadan Kamantan inferno where a Seminarian and a Church were burnt into ashes in 2023. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the abducted Kuriga students were rescued through coordinated search and rescue operation conducted by the military in collaboration with local authorities and government agencies. The primary and secondary school students abducted on March 7, were rescued in the early hour of Sunday. The...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Saturday declared Finland-based Simon Ekpa, a self-styled Biafra agitator wanted. Also declared wanted alongside Ekpa was Chika Edoziem, another Biafra agitator, both of them disciples of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. They are among the 21 violent criminals declared...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto – The Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser has successfully rescued the 17 Tsangaya pupils, abducted by bandits in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State two weeks ago. Presenting the rescued victims to Sokoto State Government...
Police operatives in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on Buruku-Kaduna highway on Thursday. Police spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan said in a statement on Friday in Kaduna, that the bandits were forced to retreat by the firepower of the personnel. He said: “On March 21, at 1300hrs,...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the military is working tirelessly to free the students abducted in Kuriga, Kaduna State, and other victims across the country. The CDS assured Nigerians that the security forces would expose those behind the evil machinations and bring them...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding, (GOC) of 8 Division, Nigeria Army and Commander Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji, Major General Godwin Mutkut, has urged troops of the Division to sustain the tempo in ensuring that bad elements terrorising innocent Nigerians are eliminated. General Mutkut,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued five women and two babies in Zamfara after spending two months in captivity. The Information Officer to the Operation, Lt. Suleiman Omale, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Gusau....
The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 15 Islamic education pupils and a woman in Gidan Bakuso, a village in Gada Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, the spokesperson of the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the heinous incidents of abduction involving very vulnerable victims, internally-displaced persons in Borno State, and students in Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale on Friday in Abuja The...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has pledged to get back all the students abducted by bandits in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. The governor made the pledge when he visited the community to commiserate with them over the incident. He however said that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji have nuetralised a bandit and rescued 15 abducted victims in Zamfara. The Information Officer to Operation Hadarin Daji, Lt. Sulaiman Omale, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Tuesday. “In a swift response...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Katsina State Police Command has promised a N50 million reward to anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of two notorious bandits – Modi Modi and Jan Kare. The Police, in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Aliyu,...