Abductors of the Emir of Kajaru, Alhassan Adamu have issued a demand of N200 million ransom payment for his release. According to reports, the Emir of Kajaru was kidnapped in the wee hours of Sunday along with 13 of his family members, including two grandchildren. This ransom demand was disclosed…
Over 300 school girls from the Government Secondary School Jangebe in Zamfara state, were abducted by bandits on Thursday night. The over 300 schoolgirls were discovered to have gone missing on Thursday night, after the students were counted, BBC Hausa reported. A resident of Jangebe who gave his name as…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday, announced that it would deploy men and equipment into designated schools across the country to curtail the spate of attacks and kidnapping of students. Acting Commandant General of Civil Defence Corps, Hillary Kelechi Madu who made the announcement, expressed sadness…
As the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and sister Services of the Armed Forces continue to record several successes in the fight against insurgency, the Service is set to consolidate its strategic partnership with Hungary towards developing critical capabilities for combating insurgency, and other forms of criminality in the country. According…
Governor Bello Matawalle, has denied media reports that he donated 15 new Hilux Vans to leaders of repentant bandits in Zamfara, stating that the false and malicious publication on Monday, was targeted at disabusing the minds of law-abiding and patriotic citizens of the state. The reaction from Governor Bello Matawalle…
Bandits, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted a traditional Chief, Wazirin Wusasa, Prof. Aliyu Mohammed, in his residence at Wusasa area of Zaria and killed his son, Abdulaziz Aliyu during the raid. They also killed another person in separate attacks on Anaba village and Birnin Yero town, all in Igabi…
Governor Akereledolu of Ondo state, has issued a 7-days ultimatum to herdsmen in the state to vacate all forest reserves, as the state moves to halt the spate of kidnapping and killings by alleged herdsmen in the state. The Governo,r in a statement released on his official Twitter handle on…
The Nigerian Air Force have in a statement on Monday, confirmed losing a Special Force Personnel during a gun duel with suspected bandits. The Force while confirming the sad event, also confirmed that the Troops of Sector 1 of Operation HADARIN DAJI neutralized no fewer than 30 armed bandits at…
Abdulmumuni Ningi, who is a former member of the Bauchi Assembly, has been abducted by gunmen. According to reports, Abdulmumuni Ningi was kidnapped by gunmen around 8:00pm on Thursday within Bauchi metropolis. Confirming the incident to newsmen Friday, Bauchi police spokesman ,DSP Ahmed Wakili, said the command reliably gathered Abdulmumuni…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called the Kankara students’ abduction as the shame of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency. The party in a statement released on Friday 18th December 2020, by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, while reacting to…
A popular, and number one critic of President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration, Reno Omokri is surprisingly praising the President for using Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria sometimes called MACBAN to rescue abducted schoolboys in Katsina State. While the President has gotten some knocks for using the group,…
The Nigerian Troops under the code name Operation Safe Heaven, and Operation Accord in continuation of intensive kinetic operations against armed bandits and other criminals in the North Central zone, have arrested a notorious cultist who is also an armed robber in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State….
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack by suspected bandits at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State on, where they demanded the immediate release of the school children. Guterres’ reaction came in a statement by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday in New York. He called for…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 73 locally manufactured guns and 891 cartridges at Yauri, Zamare waterside in Kebbi The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Attah explained that officers of the NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU) zone B,…
The Police Command in Katsina has confirmed that gunmen attacked Government Science Secondary School Kankara on Friday night but no student was killed. The command’s Public Relations Officer SP Gambo Isah announced this to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina. “On Friday around 11:30 p.m., gunmen in their numbers attacked the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned bandit’s attack on a Government Science Secondary school Kankara in Katsina state. The President in a statement released on Saturday 12th December 2020, by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, while reacting to the bandit’s attack, said he has charged…
The Kaduna State government, has denied media reports that 16 Kano indigenes were killed by bandits along the busy Kaduna-Abuja Road on Wednesday. The government said those that died were as a result of a ghastly motor accident and were not killed by bandits, as widely reported. According to the statement by…
The town of Ikere-Ekiti has been thrown into mourning, as reports have it that some suspected gunmen who are believed to be herdsmen, murdered a cleric, Rev’d Johnson Oladimeji along Igbara-Odo- Ikere-Ekiti road. Rev. Oladimeji was murdered on Friday evening beside the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science, and Technology…
The abductors of a secondary school teacher in the Delta State University community of Abraka in Ethiope East local government area of the state, have made a ransom demand of N10million for her release. The victim and Secondary school teacher, simply identified as Mrs Ojoboh, a staff of Erho Secondary…
The Nigerian military in their continued efforts to clear armed bandits and other criminal elements so as to return sanity to the Northwest zone, recording yet another win, as troops killed armed bandits and rescued kidnapped victims in Katsina. According to the statement released on Friday 13th November 2020, by…