Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has described bandits terrorising people in parts of the country as enemies of humanity who should be treated as such. Governor Tambuwal made the remark on Tuesday when he received a delegation of Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), led by its Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi...
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The Presidency has said that tackling the scourge of banditry and terrorism remains Federal Government’s first priority, as President Muhammadu Buhari holds the victims and their families in his thoughts and prayers. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have demanded over N1 million as levies from different communities in the Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local Government areas of Zamfara State. The communities are Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki A resident in the affected area, Aliyu Abdul...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Security operatives have repelled an attack by armed bandits in Sabon Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 11. The state police spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, revealed this in a statement issued on Saturday...
Bandits have killed one Pastor Dauda Bature who was in charge of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) parish in the Narayi area of Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Bature, who was initially abducted by the armed men, was killed despite the payment of an unspecified...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in bandit activities. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed nine worshipers and injured six others in an attack on a mosque at Tungan Ba’are village in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that the incident occured in the early hours of Thursday,...
The Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Rabe Nasir, has been killed by gunmen. A top government official who craved anonymity confirmed the incident to newsmen in Katsina on Thursday. According to the source, the commissioner was assassinated on Wednesday night in his residence located at GRA...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies across the country have continued to pay-off, with the neutralization of 158 terrorist elements, armed bandits, kidnappers and criminals, as well as the arrest of 100 others in the past two weeks....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Former Governor of Sokoto and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Wamakko has expressed shock over the gruesome killing of innocent passengers by bandits in Sokoto State. Wamakko, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, noted that the perpetrators must be brought...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Suspected terrorists otherwise called bandits has burnt scores of passengers traveling from Sabon Birni Local Government Area to Sokoto Town. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the incident occured in the early hours of Tuesday around Gidan Bawa village, where the bandits blocked the road and set the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- Following credible intelligence, fighter jets from the Nigerian Airforce ( NAF) have bombed key enclaves of kidnapping and banditry in Rijana, Kaduna State. It was gathered that the airstrikes also destroyed an armoury and a building occupied by a kidnapping kingpin, Ali Kwaja, and eliminated...
An unspecified number of armed bandits on Saturday blocked the Kontagora-Minna Road in Niger State, causing gridlock in the area. This left many vehicles and travellers stranded around the Yakila and Garun Gabas areas near Kundu in Rafi Local Government Area of the state. Sources told Channels TV that...
No fewer than 65 members of the Baptist church and others who were kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna state have been released by their abductors. The victims were kidnapped by bandits on October 31 when they invaded the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji in the Chikun Local Government Area...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least two persons and abducted over 20 people in Unguwan Gimbiya community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the armed bandits stormed the community in the early hours of Friday....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than five bandits have been killed by security operatives in Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas(LGAs) of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to sustain ongoing onslaught against insurgents and bandits in Nigeria. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the COAS gave...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Operatives from the Federal Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and Special Tactical Squad (STS) Force headquarters, have killed a notorious bandit and arrested an accomplice in Kaduna State. The state police command spokesman, ASP Muhammad Jalije, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday in...
The Federal High Court Abuja has proscribed bandit groups as terrorists. In a ruling delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on Friday, the court specifically held that activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups, constitute acts of terrorism. The ruling followed an ex parte motion the Federal Government...
The Defence Headquarters has said Nigerian troops eliminated more than 128 bandits and arrested 64 others in different operations across North West and North Central zones in the past two weeks. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving updates of military operations between Nov....