Police in Zamfara has killed two gunrunners on the Anka-Gummi Highway on Sunday while attempting to convey arms to terrorists camps. Police spokesman in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, stated on Sunday that the gunrunners were conveying the sophisticated arms and ammunition from Taraba. He added that a Toyota...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The police in Bauchi State said its operatives in collaboration with other security agents in the state have killed many suspected kidnappers and bandits during an attack it launched on their enclaves at Dajin Madam and at the famous Yankari Game Reserve’s forest in...
The Police Command in Katsina State said it had successfully neutralised no fewer than 54 suspected terrorists and lost five officers in gun battles from Jan. 2022 to date. The Commissioner of Politics in the, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended terrorists have killed no fewer than 11 persons and kidnapped unspecified number of villagers from Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada local government areas of Sokoto State, locals have confirmed. Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada are amongst the 8...
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called for an end to all the violence in the Southeast. A statement, on Monday, December 26, 2022, by spokesperson for the group, Emma Powerful, quoted Kanu to have ordered the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to stop...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 12 bandits and kidnappers notorious for terrorizing Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State and other neighbouring states of Taraba, Plateau and Gombe have been killed by a joint team of security operatives. The spokesman of The Bauchi State Police Command,...
At least 20 people from the Randa Community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State were killed after terrorists loyal to notorious terror kingpin, Lawalli Damina, kidnapped the entire male residents of the community over missing rifles, PREMIUM TIMES has exclusively reported. Locals and a traditional leader told...
Nigerian Troops have intercepted some surveillance cameras and combat drones in the southeast. Multiple sources who confirmed the development told PRNigeria that the drones, which were deployed by terrorists of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were on surveillance and combat missions to some communities in the southeastern region....
Nigerian military fighter jets have eliminated seven wanted Zamfara terrorists’ kingpins. The notorious bandits were eliminated in Kaduna State by airstrikes of two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack jets. PRNigeria gathered that those killed included Jibrin Gurgu, Isah Jauro and Tambowal from Zamfara State. Other kingpins eliminated are Noti,...
At least 19 worshipers have been abducted by a gang of terrorists in the Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State. An eyewitness told Channels Television that the hoodlums stormed a mosque located at Maigamji community on Saturday night at about 7:40 pm, whisking away 19 of the worshipers....
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has hailed the military authorities for going a step further in the ongoing war against terrorism by declaring 19 top bandits/terrorists wanted and placing a N5million bounty on each of them. The group said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and...
In a sustained military operation, airstrikes carried out by the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have eliminated notorious banditry kingpins, Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana in the North-western part of the country. PRNigeria gathered that while Halilu Buzu was killed on October 21, 2022, at Sububu, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA)...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aerial patrols have targeted bandits’ locations in Kaduna State and several bandits were neutralized, camps destroyed and some of their hostages escaped. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in...
The Defence Headquarters on Monday, declared 19 terrorists wanted and placed N5 million bounty on each of them. The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, on Monday in Abuja. The information on the poster revealed that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled terrorists attack, killed two and cleared their camps in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement issued...
A total of 446 people have lost their lives in Kaduna State as a results of banditry, terrorism and communal clashes from April to September, 2022, an official said in Kaduna on Friday. The figure comprised of 285 killed in the 2nd Quarter of the year and 161 who...
President Hassan Mohamud of Somalia says no fewer than 100 people were killed in two car bombings in busy marker in the capital. He said the toll could rise in the country’s deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot five years ago killed more than 500....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army conducting “Operation Forest Sanity’’ have eliminated no fewer than seven terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition in Kaduna State. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. He stated that the...
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has said that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in combating the insurgents has degraded their resources and capabilities through punitive strikes. Amao made the disclosure during a two-day Nigeria Air Force Operations Seminar on Thursday in Uyo. The News Agency...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United States embassy in Nigeria has warned It’s citizens in Nigeria to be cautious of their movement in response to elevated risk of terror attacks in Nigeria, specifically in Abuja. In a security alert issued today October 23, the US embassy advised its...