The Kaduna State government said it’s providing bandits with access to education, healthcare, and livelihood opportunities instead of cash payments as part of the new initiatives to end years of killings and kidnappings. The State Commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmed Maiyaki, asserted on Wednesday in Kaduna that the initiative, known as “Kaduna Peace Model”, represents […]
The Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has arrested a student of Adamawa State Polytechnic, Felix Agrema, and four of his gang members, notorious for armed robbery, kidnappings and killings in Southern Taraba. Felix claimed he joined the gang, led by his elder brother, Joe Agrema, still at large, in March 2020. Preliminary investigations […]
…Threaten to invoke curses on robbers, kidnappers, others Following the unabated security challenges in Delta state, traditional rulers at the weekend raised concerns over the upsurge in kidnappings, armed robbery, rape, land tussle, cultism and herdsmen attacks, warning that they may be forced to invoke curses on the perpetrators. The traditional rulers accused the security […]
The Nigerian government has set up a committee to probe the circumstances leading to the abduction of 110 girls still missing from a school in Dapchi, Yobe state. A faction of Boko Haram terrorists is believed to have kidnapped the schoolgirls when they attacked the Dapchi community last week Monday. On Monday, the army and police […]
Since assumption of office the incumbent Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has re-invigorated and enhanced the internal working mechanisms of the Nigerian Army like never before, inspiring men and officers alike to professionally give allegiance, patriotism and loyalty to the country. As the country basks in the euphoria of yet another […]