Families of the kidnapped victims of Abuja-Kaduna train have begged the House of Representatives for intervention on the release of the remaining 51 in the kidnappers den. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 10 members of the families of the kidnapped victims visited the lawmakers who...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped the Medical Director of Dansadau General Hospital, Dr Mansur Muhammad in Dansadau LGA of Zamfara State. Dr Mansur Muhammad, The Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Zamfara State confirmed the incident in a statement issued on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have arrested four kidnappers, killed three bandits and rescued a kidnapped victim in recent operations in parts of Benue. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the...
The Olubaka of Oka-Akoko, Oba Yusuf Adeleye(OON), has raised the alarm that bandits have taken over roads and forests in the area. Oba Adeleye stated this during Oka Security Summit, organised by the community in Oka Akoko, in Akoko South-West Local Government of Ondo State on Saturday. The traditional...
A Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Kaduna, Reverend Father Vitus Borogo, has been killed by bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The victim until his murder was the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Catholic...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has charged security agencies in the state to be just and fair to everyone and respond immediately to emergency calls of residents when bandits attack them. The governor stated this on Saturday at Sabon Gida Jada in Alkaleri Local...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State said on Saturday that the state would not be a safe haven for bandits. Mohammed said this when he paid a condolence visit to the people of Sabon Gari, Jada community in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency...
The Niger Police Command on Saturday confirmed the abduction of two residents of Doma village by gunmen in Lapai Local Government Area of the state. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, Command Public Relations Officer, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna on Saturday. Abiodun said on...
The $1bn AH-1Z cobra attack helicopters, 12 of them, being procured from the United States by the Federal Government will reduce response time and significantly help the Nigerian Armed Forces to defeat terrorist forces in the country, an official of the US Department of State, Andrew Strike, has said....
The Senate has asked the military to carry out a comprehensive onslaught on bandits and criminal elements within Kainji Lake National Park and other identified terrorists’ enclaves in communities within three local government areas of Kwara and Niger States. This call was part of the Upper Chamber’s resolve reached...
The Zamfara State Government on Tuesday said it has secured the released of over 3,000 kidnapped victims from their abductors from 2019 to date. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, stated this in Gusau while reviewing progress of security operations in the state. He said the victims regained...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to intensify their efforts in ensuring that the remaining kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train passengers are brought home alive The president gave the directive in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja....
The Kaduna State Government (KDSG), on Sunday confirmed that bandits attacked worshippers, killing three persons and injuring two others in Kajuru Local Government Area in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Kaduna. Aruwan said,...
Dr Gabriel Nyitse, Chief of Staff to Benue’s Gov. Samuel Ortom says 1.5 million persons are in various Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) camps in the state. Nytise made the declaration at the 70th anniversary celebration Thanksgiving Mass of The Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria, at the St. Leo Catholic...
Defence Headquarters says its troops in various theatres of operations in the North West have eliminated scores of bandits and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition in two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly briefing on Thursday in...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Leading aspirant on the ticket of the APC for the 2023 governorship of Benue State Prof. Terhemba Shija has raised his voice against the spate of attacks being unleashed by armed bandits and other criminal elements on settlements in Benue State. Prof. Shija spoke...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – A joint security operatives including the police and military have foiled a mission by bandits on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway on Monday. The Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said The team killed one of the...
Bandits have abducted no fewer than 50 wedding guests travelling along the Sokoto-Zamfara road. Those abducted include Telephone Marketers at the popular Bebeji Plaza in Gusau. They were returning to Gusau after attending a wedding of their colleague in Sokoto State when the incident happened between Tureta-Bakura road around...
Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has urged Christians to get their Permanent voters card while reacting to the killing of 32 persons by bandits who allegedly used helicopter. The tragic killing happened in Southern Kaduna. Suleman said the alleged use of helicopters by terrorists in Southern Kaduna shows that...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Spiritual Father and Chairman, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide Ayo ni o, Prophet Samuel Adefila Abidoye has condemned the attack on worshippers of Owo Catholic Church where about 40 people were killed while several others sustained various degrees of injuries. He said Nigerians...