Tom Okpe, Abuja Director General, Progressives Governors’ Forum, (PGF) of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Salihu Moh’ Lukman has noted that apologists and self-appointed counsels to the Bandits, such as Sheikh Ahmed Gumi are becoming more confident, and are irresponsibly mobilising opposition against declaring bandits’ terrorists. He said studies about insecurity and banditry in Nigeria […]
*Victims mostly women, children idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Again, armed bandits have reportedly killed 30 persons in Madamai and Abun Villages in Kaura Local Government Area of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State. The attack was said to have occurred in the late hours of Sunday. Confirming the attack on Monday morning, Reverend Father Michael Magaji of […]
The Zamfara State Police Command, on Friday, banned unauthorized installation of cyber networks as part of effort to complement the current security measures to tackle banditry and kidnapping in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Ayuba Elkanah, disclosed this at a news conference in Gusau. Elkanah said that information available to the […]
Katsina state Gov. Aminu Masari has raised alarm about the relocation of hungry bandits, driven to the fringes, to communities to steal farm products ahead of the upcoming harvest season. The governor raised the alarm on Tuesday, in Katsina, at a consultative briefing he held with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed […]
Suspected bandits raided five communities in Kaduna State, killing scores and injuring several others. The affected communities include; Sabon Yelwa and Ungwan Alhassa in Igabi LGA, Kasarami and Ungwan Yashi in Chikun LGA, Kwama in Giwa LGA, Ungwan Bare Bare and Chiki da Palo in Birnin Gwari LGA, Sabon Zawan in Sanga LGA. A source […]
Suspected bandits have again attacked two Kaduna villages: Unguwan Maje and Ungwan Laka communities, killed a police inspector and kidnapped 23 others in Chikun Local government area of the State. A resident of the area, Mr. Shuaibu Joshua said the bandits stormed the villages in large numbers and started shooting sporadically. According to him, “The […]
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has said bandits operating in the northwest are becoming a nuisance. Magashi made the remark while hinting at the urgency to deal with bandits. He made this public after President Muhammadu Buhari met with security chiefs at the State House on Tuesday. Addressing reporters, the minister said the insecurity […]
*Advocates amnesty, dialogue with bandits, terrorists ldibia Gabriel, kaduna Controversial popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has asserted that bandits terrorising the northern region of Nigeria are going nowhere. The cleric said the action of the military against the bandits and terrorists will only worsen the situation in the northern part of the country. Gumi, […]
Bandits struck again Monday night hours after abducting family members of lawmakers in the Katsina State House Assembly. The attackers stormed Bakori Housing Units and abducted Ahmed Abdulkadir, a retired NBC director, and his 15-year-old daughter, Laila. Daily Trust reports that three other residents were abducted by the bandits who carried AK 47 rifles. READ […]
Armed bandits in Kaduna have killed Abdulkarim Ibn Na’Allah, a Nigerian aviator and son of Deputy Senate Majority Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah. Ibn Na’Allah was killed on Saturday evening, according to two sources familiar with the matter. “The bandits entered his home on Saturday evening and killed him,” a source who said he had been […]
*Attack, a national embarrassment, says ACF *PDP: Nigerians have lost hope in Buhari- led APC govt *Nowhere is safe-Shehu Sani, as Kaduna govt, Assembly speaker condemn attack ldibia Gabriel, Kaduna and Andrew Orolua, Tunde Opalana, Abuja The worsening insecurity in the country assumed a new proportion in the early hours of Tuesday when daredevil armed […]
The Police in Zamfara State has confirmed that bandits killed four persons and abducted 50 others in Goran Namaye town in Maradun Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muhammad Shehu, made the disclosure to newsmen in Gusau on Monday. The bandits stormed the community in large numbers after midnight on […]
*Says govt failed woefully on Bethel students, others ldibia Gabriel, kaduna Six Catholic priests have so far been kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State. One of the priests was killed, one is over two and half years in captivity till now and four regained their freedom, to the glory of God. The Archbishop of Kaduna […]
Governor Aminu Masari has urged Katsina State citizens resident in areas prone to activities of bandits to acquire weapons and defend themselves. Masari noted that it is morally wrong for people to submit cheaply to the bandits without any attempt to defend themselves, according to a statement by his Media Aide, Malam Abdu Labaran. The […]
*as six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft arrive Tough time awaits bandits and terrorists in Nigeria as the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft procured from the United States of America arrived Nigeria on Thursday. The aircraft, part of other fighter planes ordered by the Federal Government to boost the war against insurgents, bandits […]
*Says bandits are ruthless as Boko Haram insurgents Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The combat pilot who ejected and escaped from bandits after his jet was shot while on a mission in the skies of Zamfara State, Fl. Lt Abayomi Dairo, has given a detailed account of the incident, saying God ordered his steps. The pilot in […]
By Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Teachers, parents, friends and families of the kidnapped Bethel Baptist High school students in Kaduna who assembled at the school premises on Monday evening to witness the release of the students by bandits left disappointed as the release never took place after all. The parents and other social workers had rushed […]
SAKA BOLAJI – MINNA Twenty three days after about 136 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school in Tegina, Rafi Local Government were taken away by bandits, Niger State government on Monday directed over 1000 combined security agencies to ensure their release without further delay. Governor Abubakar Sanni Bello who addressed the combined security agencies comprising […]
Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos and ISAAC JOB, UYO Despite efforts of the various security agencies to curb killings by suspected herdsmen and bandits, hoodlums have again killed no fewer than 12 persons, including a police inspector, in a fresh attack on Wazoji village in Zamfara State. According to a source, the attack, which happened on Sunday, […]
IDIBIA GABRIEL, KADUNA A student reportedly shot dead while some others sustained gunshot injuries following the alleged invasion of bandits at Nuhu Bamali polytechnic, Zaria in kaduna state. An Eye witness report also said that two academic staff, a wife and two children of the staff were also kidnapped during the bandits’ invasion last night. […]