The Zamfara Government says 80 suspects are in custody for alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping for ransom and illegal possession of firearms. Dr Abdullahi Shinkafi, Chairman Zamfara Committee on Prosecution of Banditry and Related Offences, made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. ”Other suspects...
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As Nigeria mark 62nd Independence Anniversary, some residents of the North-East have commended the military and other security agencies over the successes recorded in the campaign against Boko Haram insurgency and criminal activities. They also lauded President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s commitment to end terrorisim, banditry, kidnapping, protect lives and...
Barely 48 hours after a ‘surprise raid’ by aircraft in Zamfara State that eliminated scores of bandits, PRNigeria gathered that the military has commenced dropping leaflets and airing jingles to advise civilians on security consciousness and on impending major operations deep inside the bandit enclaves. This development is coming...
The Federal Government says the worst is over with regards to the daunting security challenges in the country. It added that terrorists, bandits and their cohorts will never hold sway anywhere in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the assurance on Monday in...
Katsina State government has procured 10 locally-made Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to enhance security at the frontline areas of the state. Inspecting the APCs on Tuesday in Katsina, Gov. Bello Masari said about N100 million was spent on the procurement. He explained that the APCs which were made in...
Some residents of Northwest have rejected the idea of granting amnesty to bandits and terrorist, saying such action was akin to ‘robbing Peter to favour Paul’. In their responses to a survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), most of them said such ‘gesture’ to bandits, most...
At least 75 secondary schools in Zamfara are still shut because of rising security challenges bedeviling different part of the state. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made this known in Gusau on Saturday. He was reading a goodwill message during a two-day meeting to...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – As part of measures to curtail insecurity bedeviling Zamfara, the state government on Friday activated an emergency call centre for the general public to call in the event of any emergencies. The state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this in a statement...
Rep. Eta Mbora (PDP – Cross River) said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained the better option to reset the nation’s “bleeding economy”. Mbora, who represents Odukpani/Calabar Municipal, said this while speaking with newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday. The lawmaker, who expressed concern over the poverty level, the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that government had recognised that some of the security challenges confronting Nigeria were imported by foreign elements. Buhari, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated this at the Graduation of Course 30 of the National Defence...
There is no exact data regarding the number of people either killed, kidnapped, raped or the number of animals rustled as bandit attacks continued to happen regularly in Kagara and its surrounding villages in the Rafi local government area of Niger State, a PRNigeria investigation has revealed. An official...
Residents of insecurity-inflicted Northwest geopolitical zone have kicked against any plan to ban the use of motorcycles, saying such measure would do more harm than good. Responding to survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), they noted that the common people rely more on motorcycles for their...
Victims of armed banditry in Niger State have gotten a reason to smile again owing to the ‘rehabilitative’ support they are getting from residents of Kagara town, PRNigeria has reported. Amid corrosive insecurity, hundreds of thousands of people have been sacked from their ancestral homes as a result of...
The Speaker, Northern Youths Assembly of Nigeria(NYAN), Malam Mohammed Lawal, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to eliminate the raving menace of banditry and kidnappings in the north. Lawal, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, also emphasised the need for the northern governors to...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said that the State Government relied on an extant legislation to direct residents to acquire weapons to defend themselves. This is contained in a statement issued by Jamilu Magaji, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday....
The Zamfara Assembly on Monday passed a bill to provide a law for the prohibition and punishment for banditry, cattle rustling, cultism, kidnapping, terrorism and other incidental offences. 2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the executive bill sent to the house by Gov Bello Matawalle was...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gasua – The Zamfara State Government has directed residents of the state to obtain guns in order to defend themselves against bandits terrorizing different parts of the state. The Commissioner for Information Mr. Ibrahim Dosara disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in...
At least, 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, a tally collated by The Punch has shown. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – The Kebbi State Police Command has presented cheques worth N60 million to the families of six officers, killed by bandits in active service in the state. The officers lost their lives during an encounter with the bandits while on guard duty at the...