banditry
9 Oct 2023
The Chidi Ibeh-led faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, maintained that fixing all roads in the country will reduce the spate of kidnapping, banditry and other security challenges facing the country...
25 Sep 2023
The Nigerian Special Forces Troops of Forward Operating Base Raka Operation HADARIN DAJI have killed several bandits in the North West of Sokoto State. It was gathered that the troops recorded the feats on September 24, 2023 during an aggressive clearance operation in Tokhkatara forest in Sokoto State. Intelligence source told Zagazola Makama, a Security…
21 Sep 2023
Over the past few months, there has been a reign of terror in the North Central States by intransigent terrorists determined to render the entire region desolate.
18 Sep 2023
The Federal Government is poised to implement stringent measures that would soon end activities of banditry and terrorism that has forced the closure of 400 schools and 11,000 children out of school in Niger State.
2 Sep 2023
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Saturday confirmed the killing of 7 persons while performing prayers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village of Ikara Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hassan said “at about 8:00…
23 Aug 2023
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar, and the Minister of State, Dr. Bello Matawalle, have asked service chiefs to give them timeline and requirements to end insecurity in the country.
11 Aug 2023
Vice President Kashim Shettima has renewed the federal government’s resolve to adopt additional measures to address the banditry ravaging the Northwest region.
10 Jul 2023
Kebbi State Government has secured the release of no fewer than 30 citizens from bandits in Danko/Wasagu Local Council, The Guardian has learnt.
9 Jul 2023
Gov. Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger has advised the people of Kagara Emirate to be more security conscious by restricting their own movements and cooperating with security operatives.
12 Jun 2023
Even as June 12, 1993, being marked today as Democracy Day remains sacred in the annals of the country’s history as the day that birthed true democracy, the swearing in of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023 (30 years after) as Nigeria’s president...
26 May 2023
The two remaining girls abducted from Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, have been released after 707 days in captivity
17 May 2023
Nigeria has been waging a war on terror for 11 odd years. The terror group started off as ragtag armed bandits that sprang up from the then-Islamic sectarian group known as boko haram in Maiduguri, Borno State.
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