The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Zamfara, says it has adopted proactive security strategies to curtail thuggery and criminal activities in Gusau and environs. The newly posted Commandant of the Corps in the state, Mr Mohammad Muazu gave the indication while addressing personnel of the Corps...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has again summoned security chiefs to deliberate on successes being recorded from ongoing onslaught against terrorists and other criminals across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security chiefs would be updating the president on various military operations against criminals in the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom has charged personnel of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards to be vigilant and protect their communities against invasion from terrorists who are bent on taking over their lands. The Governor gave the charge on Thursday, October 13th, 2022 during the...
An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Murtala Bello Sokoto has urged the Nigerian Military to as a matter of urgency bombard all identified bandits’ enclaves in the forests irrespective of the collateral damage that may be incurred. Sheikh Bello made this call in a short video obtained by PRNigeria. While noting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna. Presidentail spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the...
Nine people, including senior regional officials, were killed in twin car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab in central Somalia on Monday, police said, as the government escalates an offensive against the Islamists. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart outside local government offices in Beledweyne, a city at...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) has given more insight regarding the mob action by aggrieved youths in Birnin-Gwari on Sunday 2nd October, 2022 where two alleged “herdsmen” were killed in a cruel and gruesome manner. BEPU said the alleged lynched persons are not herdsmen...
The Kaduna State Government, says Troops of Nigerian Army have gunned down several bandits at Tollgate general area of Chikun Local Government in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan also disclosed...
Some stakeholders in the South East have called on the Federal and state governments to treat terrorists and their sponsors as enemies of the state and stop granting them pardon. The stakeholders made the call while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on consequences of granting...
Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a former soldier and notorious bandit who also supplies arms to terrorists in the northwestern state. The suspect, Sa’idu Lawal, is said to have been terrorising communities in Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kaduna states. Sa’idu Lawal, a native of Zamfara State, voluntarily...
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...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the Armed Forces have increased their strength, reviewed training and order of battle to curtail security threats across the country. Magashi said this at the 15th International Security Conference and Award (ISCA) organised by the International Institute of Professional Security...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops have cleared the camp of a notorious bandit, Lawal Kwalba, in Rafin Dawa area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the declaration in a statement he issued on Thursday...
At least 13 fighters of the al-Shabaab militant group have been killed in an airstrike by the U.S. Forces in Somalia. The Pentagon’s Africa Command disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. The Pentagon said the strike took place on August 14 near Teedaan in the central-southern part...
By EMMANUEL ANKELI, Sokoto – Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Sokoto State Command has re-arrested an international terrorist who disappeared from its custody in Sokoto State. The Sokoto State Commander of NSCDC, Mr. Mohammed Saleh-Dada disclosed this on Friday while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters...
Troops of Guards Brigade Nigerian Army who were killed by terrorists in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, on July 24, were buried onThursdy. The leader of the soldiers, Captain Attah Samuel, and four other soldiers, who paid the supreme price during a clearance operation, were buried...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met with representatives of victims of Kaduna Train abduction, assuring them that the Federal Government is doing everything within its powers to ensure the safe return of the remaining captives. Condoling with the families of the victims...
Troops of Nigerian Armed Forces operating in North West, North Central theatres of operations have eliminated over 45 terrorists/bandits in both land and air operations in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing of the Defence...
Forty-two Malian soldiers died in a sophisticated weekend attack by suspected terrorists using drones and artillery, authorities said Wednesday, the latest violent incident to rock the troubled Sahel country. The toll is one of the bloodiest in Mali’s decade-long insurgency, which has spread from the north of the country...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has killed a terrorists leader, Alhaji Shanono, and 18 of his foot soldiers in Kaduna State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters,, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Air...