A 16-year-old abducted female student of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, has given birth to a child in captivity, PRNigeria can authoritatively report. The young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released after gunmen had abducted over 100 students and eight teachers...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled terrorists attack, killed two and cleared their camps in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement issued...
The Zamfara Government’s Anti-Thuggery Standing Committee said it has arrested three suspects for allegedly supplying Sim Packs, drugs, illegal substances and sexual enhancers to bandits. The committee has also arrested three other suspects for alleged phone snatching. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Zamfara Government had...
Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, a former Minister of Defence, on Saturday restated his call on Nigerians to defend themselves against armed bandits terrorising the country. Danjuma made the call at the official presentation of Staff of Office to the new Aku Uka of Wukari, Manu Ali, in Wukari. Ali was...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Zamfara, says it has adopted proactive security strategies to curtail thuggery and criminal activities in Gusau and environs. The newly posted Commandant of the Corps in the state, Mr Mohammad Muazu gave the indication while addressing personnel of the Corps...
Katsina State Government is taking census of communities ravaged by bandits to provide psychosocial and economic support to them, an official said on Friday. Ibrahim Ahmad-Katsina, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Security Matters, told newsmen in Katsina that the aim was also to address the trauma...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again summoned security chiefs to deliberate on successes being recorded from ongoing onslaught against terrorists and other criminals across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security chiefs would be updating the president on various military operations against criminals in the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – A suspected bandit and two gunrunners have been arrested by operatives from the Kaduna State Police Command. The command spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Katsina, said that the suspected bandit was arrested on Oct. 2,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have raided a bandits’ den around Chikun-Birnin Gwari boundary and rescued three kidnapped victims in Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of “Operation Forest Sanity’’ rescued seven abducted persons during a fighting patrol between Birnin Gwari and Chikun LGAs of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the rescue in a statement he issued on...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The Edo State Government has debunked some reports alleging the presence of members of the terrorist group, Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP), in any part of the state. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, debunked the report in...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has given reason for Saturday’s security raid at Eke-Ututu Market in Orsu Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that security operatives raided and burnt some shops in the market after materials for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were allegedly uncovered in...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has said armed bandits and hoodlums would have overrun his state if not for the prompt intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari. Governor Uzodimma stated this on Tuesday during the President’s visit to Owerri, the state capital. He said: “Your prompt intervention helped to restore...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of “Operation Forest Sanity’’ have neutralised many bandits and dislodged many others from their camps Chikun and Igabi LGAs of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Kaduna...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has alleged that its preliminary investigation established the offences of logistic supplier, aiding and abetting acts of terrorism against Tukur Mamu. The DSS, in an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 filed before Justice Nkeonye Maha of a Federal High...
The Kaduna State Government, says Troops of Nigerian Army have gunned down several bandits at Tollgate general area of Chikun Local Government in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan also disclosed...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has hailed the bravery of Zuggu residents in Maiyama Local Government Area, for routing some bandits who attacked the community. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi by Bagudu’s Special Adviser on Media, Malam Yahaya Sarki. The governor who...
The Department of State Services (DSS) recovered incriminating materials when it searched the residence of Mr Tukur Mamu. Mamu is the negotiator between the Nigerian government and terrorists who abducted passengers from the Abuja-Kaduna train service of March 28. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya said appropriate security agencies executed...
One of the leading negotiators for the release of victims of the train attack in Kaduna State, Tukur Mamu, has been reportedly arrested by security operatives in Egypt. Mamu, who is also the spokesman for Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, was said to have been arrested on Tuesday...