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...
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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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Umar Farouk Yahaya has charged officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to always discharge their duties and responsibilities with all seriousness, commitment, determination and professionalism in protecting the integrity of the country and ensuring peace...
Terrorists along Birnin-Gwari- Kaduna highway on Tuesday intercepted a convoy of motorists with security escorts between Kuriga and Manini near Udawa and prey on unspecified number of people that were abducted into the bush. In the last four days terrorists had lay siege on motorists on Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway, abducting...
Nigerian military troops have eliminated over 35 armed bandits in Dutsen Argida and Magaman Daji communities in Niger State. The terrorists, who PRNigeria learnt emerged from Birnin Gwari forest, in Kaduna State, were reported to have invaded the two communities located in Rijau Local Government Area, via Kontagora town...
Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday urged the Nigerian military to take the battle against bandits to their enclaves, to end the lingering insurgency in the state. Matawalle made the call in Gusau while receiving a visiting team of members of the Army War College of Nigeria on...
Family members of the Kaduna train attack have raised concern over threats by the terrorists to kill the victims if the Federal Government fails to yield to their demands after seven days. The devastated relatives of the abductees said the terrorists have spoken to them directly, and are demanding...
A community leader in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna state Zubar Abdurra’uf has revealed how Ansaru terrorists have taken over some communities and are protecting the residents from attacks by armed bandits. He made the assertions on Channels Television’s breakfast programme Sunrise Daily while speaking on the security situation...
The presidency says negotiations are ongoing to rescue those abducted on the Kaduna-Abuja rail line earlier in the year. Presidential aide Garba Shehu said this on Friday while reacting to the suspension of the resumption of operations on the rail track. “Of course, we are aware that there has...
Presidential aide Garba Shehu has refuted claims that his principal pays less attention to victims of attacks in the country. He spoke on Friday while responding to the debates generated following President Muhammadu Buhari’s condolence visit to the United Arab Emirates over the death of the country’s president Sheikh...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday suspended the resumption of train services on the Abuja-Kaduna route amid pressure from families of victims abducted by terrorists. Terrorists had on March 28 used explosives to kill nine passengers and injured others while kidnapping about 50 victims, the NRC suspended operations...
Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku, has embarked on an official confidence-building and assessment tour of the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Command’s spokesperson, Mohammed Jalige, in a statement on Monday, said Mr Ayoku assured all road users that the highway was safe for travelling. Mr Jalige said the police commissioner...