The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday gave bandits in the state a two-month ultimatum to either repent and surrender their weapons to the state government or face serious action from security agents. The Federal Government had last week declared a no-fly zone and banned mining activities in Zamfara in a bid to check
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The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, said on Monday the operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have captured a notorious bandit simply identified as Mohammed Isa in Benue State. IPOB had on Friday charged the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to protect Igbo residents from killer herdsmen disguising
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The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday, drug barons provide the Boko Haram insurgents and bandits with funds to procure arms and ammunition and wreak havoc in Nigeria. Lawan, who stated this when the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa, visited him at the National Assembly in Abuja, said drug
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Bandits have resumed operations in Kagara, Niger State on the same day that 42 students and other persons they kidnapped from a school in the town regained fredom. No fewer than four persons were on Saturday reportedly killed and scores kidnapped in fresh attacks on the town and adjoining villages in Rafi Local Government Area
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President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned Governos against the policy of amnesty for bandits. He stated that rewarding bandits with money and vehicles by some States may “boomerang disastrously.” The President stated these in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The President appealed to Governors “to review their policy
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Armed bandits have invaded a girls’ school in Zamfara, abducting at least three hundred students. The BBC reported on Friday morning that the mass abduction occurred overnight, saying parents of some of the students have confirmed the development. The abduction came barely a few weeks after hundreds of schoolboys were abducted in Katsina by bandits,
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Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said attacks by bandits have lessened since he and others started engagements with the criminals. He stated this on Wednesday evening while featuring on Arise TV’s ‘News Night’ programme. Sheikh Gumi said, “Attacks have lessened, it is just one case we have of the Kagara boys. We have
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Gunmen have killed one policeman and injured two others during an attack on a bullion van at Ubulu-Okiti axis along the Benin/Asaba expressway, Aniocha North LGA, Delta State. It was gathered one other lady was feared dead in the attack on Tuesday. It was learnt about ten bandits came out of a bush upon sighting
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Armed bandits have razed the building of the Holy Family Catholic Church, and two homes, in Kikwari village, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan ,Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State,said on Sunday, that locals fled the area on receiving information that some bandits were sighted outside the village.
Read moreArmed bandits on Saturday evening launched another attack on Gurmana Ward in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. It was learnt that over 15 people are suspected to have drowned in River Kaduna as they tried to escape from the bandits attack. Sources said that the bandits were armed with sophisticated weapons and were
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly kidnapped no fewer than 17 married women in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the women were intercepted on Thursday on their way to a wedding ceremony. “The incident happened when the women were on their way from Unguwar Rimi village to
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Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, met with abductors of the staff and students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. According to TVC News, the meeting took place at Tagina forest in Niger State on Thursday, February 18. The bandits wielding their guns, were led by their leader, Dogo Gide. Sheik Gumi appealed to
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The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has said not all bandits who terrorise parts of the state and other neighbouring states are criminals. The governor says most of the bandits take up arms due to the injustice meted on them by some members of the society. The governor stated this on Thursday after meeting
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The Minister of Defense, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), has said it is the responsibility of every citizen to be at alert amid the insecurity in Nigeria. Magashi made the disclosure during a chat with journalists as relayed in a video shared on social media. He said people should show that they are not cowards
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Kaduna based popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dr Aimed Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, has reportedly visited bandits operating in forests around Shinkafi and Gumi local government areas of Zamfara State in a bid to preach peace and the message of Islam to the Fulani herdsmen with a view to swaying them away from kidnapping and banditry. Gumi,
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