Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has urged the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists so as to allow the Nigerian military deal with them without any major consequences in international law. The governor spoke at the presentation of…
Insecurity in Nigeria continues to worsen as scores of bandits invaded a divisional police headquarters and an emir’s palace in Niger, killing at least a cop and two civilians. The police command in Niger confirmed the killing of three people…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has raised the alarm that fleeing terrorists from the North-east were regrouping in Kogi State. Following the development, he called on the Nigeria Air Force to establish an air force base in the state…
Seven persons, including five military officers and one Civil Defence Officer have been killed in recent bandit attacks in five communities in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. Ten others were said to have been kidnapped with seven motorcycles…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu has ordered security agencies to identify sponsors and leaders of kidnappers and bandits especially in the north and take them out. President Buhari said his administration would not tolerate a situation where the criminal elements dictate the pace…
Seven people were killed in fresh attacks on communities in Igabi and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan confirmed the killings in a statement issued yesterday in…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Secondary School Jangebe in Zamfara state. The Nation learnt the schoolgirls were discovered missing Thursday night after the students were counted. The State Government and the Police Command…
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, ruled out amnesty for bandits and insurgents terrorising the country. The President stated this at the meeting of northern governors and traditional rulers in the north over the security situation in the region at Sir Kashim…
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has thrown its weight behind the Sheikh Ahmed Gumi initiative that aims at granting amnesty for bandits terrorising the region. The group also expressed worry over rising threats of attacks and ejection of Fulani herdsmen…
Barely forty-eight hours after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed new service chiefs, bandits have gone on rampage in Niger, Kaduna and Taraba states, killing five persons and kidnapping 83, including 27 wedding guests. While one of the casualties was killed in…
