By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – No fewer than 11 persons have been killed by bandits that invaded three villages in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State. The spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Sunday. The police spokesman...
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Police Command in Katsina State has arrested four suspects who specialise in swapping their victim’s Point of Sales (POS) machines and withdrawing their money. The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, who disclosed this while parading some suspects in Katsina on Thursday, said seven POS machines were...
President Bola Tinubu is expected to inaugurate the Funtua Inland Dry Port in Katsina State on May 9. The Assistant Director, Public Relations Unit, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mrs Rebecca Adamu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday. She said...
At least twenty-four persons are said to have been killed and several others wounded in a fresh bandits attack on Unguwar Sarkin Noma community in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Those killed were mostly vigilante members who reportedly came out to confront the bandits. A local...
Police operatives in Katsina have foiled an attack on Sabuwa town, headquarters of Sabuwa local government area of the state, neutralising one suspected bandit. The police spokesman, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, made this known to newsmen on Thursday in Katsina. He said that on April 17, 2024, at about...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has secured the release of 222 inmates from various correctional facilities in the state by settling their fines. This is contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed, on Tuesday in Katsina. He said the decision was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operations Hadarin Daji and Hadin Kai have in different air interdictions, eliminated dozens of terrorists in Katsina and Borno during the weekend. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made...
Agro Rangers of the NSCDC have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on Federal Government’s grain silo in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State. Mr Buhari Hamisu, spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said in a statement in Katsina on Sunday that the...
The Police Command in Katsina State has eliminated five suspected bandits and rescued 100 kidnapped victims in the state. The spokesman of the Command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in Katsina on Friday while briefing newsmen on the achievements recorded by the command in March. He added that...
The Police Command in Katsina State has dismissed as false, the report making the rounds in social media that eight persons died in a stampede during distribution of palliatives. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abubakar Aliyu, on Thursday...
The Zamfara State Government has ordered immediate restriction of movement along the state’s borders with Katsina and Sokoto states from 7:00p.m to 6:00a.m. The State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Manir Haidara disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. Haidara noted that the directive was part of...
Police operatives in Katsina have rescued 28 girls abducted at Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government area of the state. A statement by Abubakar Aliyu, spokesman of the Police Command in the state, indicated that the children were abducted while fetching firewood in the outskirts of the...
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...
Police in Katsina State.have rescued 14 passengers abducted on Thursday afternoon along Kankara-Katsina road. The passengers were on their way to Funtua from Katsina aboard an 18-seater bus belonging to Katsina State Transport Authority, when they were abducted by bandits at about 1:30pm. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised no fewer than 12 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Sambisa, Borno; Zamfara and Katsina State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja Maj. Gen. Nwachukwu said the troops,...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has implored Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu led administration. Shettima made the appeal on Saturday in Kafur, Katsina State at the inauguration of an empowerment scheme sponsored by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, Ibrahim Masari. The Vice-President emphasised...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji has conducted air strikes on the enclaves of two terrorists in separate attacks in Katsina and Zamfara. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Edward Gabkwet,...
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,...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Katsina State Command, has arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly concealed illicit drugs inside a tube of a dilapidated bicycle. The spokesman for the command, Mr Bashir Adamu, disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina on Thursday. He said that the suspect...
Katsina State Government has reacted to the resurgence of banditry in eight local government areas of the state, saying it was a desperate move by the criminals who have been under intense pressure. The state Deputy Governor, Faruk Lawal said this at a press conference in Katsina on...