Tag: banditry

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied claims by the federal government that it received N52.12 billion as part of the cumulatively...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has faulted talk that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has nothing more to offer,...

Popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has revealed why bandits are now killing their victims. Gumi said bandits were out to avenge the killing of...

The Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has lamented the devastating effects that the over twelve years of insurgency have caused the inhabitants and...

The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up and face the security challenges bedevilling the country. JNI condemned the...

The anti-terror battle of the Federal Government may suffer a setback, it was learnt yesterday. The Army has raised the alarm that many repentant Boko...

The Senate has attributed the poor state of Army barracks across the country to the ongoing wars against insurgency and banditry. The Senate Committee on...

Twenty-four victims who were abducted in Zamfara state have been rescued by the police. Addressing newsmen at the State Police Command in Gusau, the State...

The Federal Government has said the allegation by a US-based non-profit organisation that the Nigerian government was sponsoring terrorism is “a disgusting distraction orchestrated...

The Nigerian Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has blamed the high cost of food prices on the worsening insecurity in the nation. Magashi said this...

I commend the organisers of Wednesday’s anniversary of the historic #EndSARS protests of 2020. The mass demonstrations against police brutality, which began as a social...

Sun News reports that the Niger State Police Command has arrested over 100 miners in Shakwata and Navi communities, Gwada district, in the Shiroro...

"It is strange and surprising that Baba-Ahmed’s north still think southern agitation and restiveness are about posts and positions. No. That was the case...

According to a report by SaharaReporters, the residence of the Sokoto State Commissioner for Careers and Security Matters, Garba Moyi, has been razed by...

Ondo Governor and Chairman of Southern Governors Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has accused his Kaduna counterpart Nasir el-Rufai of plotting to externalise banditry. El-Rufai had carpeted...

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Zamfara state have begun returning to their communities following improved security situation as reported by security forces. This was disclosed...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged federal and state governments to intensify fight against banditry and kidnapping, especially on the Benin-Auchi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been threatened by an Islamic cleric following the worsening insecurity in the north. An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Nuru Khalid while lambasting...

ABUJA - Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has recalled the days of Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi as helmsman of the defunct Nigerian Security Organisation...

KADUNA - The Congress of Northern Nigeria Christians (CNNC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to listen to...