…Police arrest two Again, bandit-terrorists have invaded Idon community, in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State, and kidnapped no fewer than 22 persons, with about four persons sustaining varying degrees of injuries during a sporadic shooting by the attackers in the early hours of yesterday. According to a credible source in the area, the bandits in their large numbers stormed the community at about 12.30 am and broke doors and windows, forcing their victims from their sleep before taking them away to an unknown destination. The source who preferred…
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Insecurity: States impoverishment policies, poverty fuelling insecurity in North-West zone – Ramalan
The Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Kaduna State Caucus, and Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nig Ltd, Founder/Owner of LibertyTV and FM Radio stations, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has identified poverty as the major factor fuelling the current insecurity in the States of Zamfara Sokoto, Katsina Kaduna, Kano, and Jigawa in the North-West zone. In an issued statement on Friday, the Party Chieftain and veteran broadcaster said any State government that failed to address the issues of poverty and continues with impoverishment policies on its rural…
Read MoreInsecurity: States impoverishment policies, poverty fuelling insecurity in North-West zone – Ramalan
The Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Kaduna State Caucus, and Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nig Ltd, Founder/Owner of LibertyTV and FM Radio stations, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has identified poverty as the major factor fuelling the current insecurity in the States of Zamfara Sokoto, Katsina Kaduna, Kano, and Jigawa in the North-West zone. In an issued statement on Friday, the Party Chieftain and veteran broadcaster said any State government that failed to address the issues of poverty and continues with impoverishment policies on its rural…
Read MoreKaduna: Gunmen invade home of government official, shoots him dead
No fewer than five unknown gunmen, in the early hours yesterday morning, killed a Senior Staff of the Kaduna Geographical Information Service, (KADGIS), Director of Operations, Dauda Aliyu, in Igabi local government area of the State. According to reports, the killers breached the security of the victim’s house, located in Barakallahu community, went inside the room and shot him multiple times until he died before leaving his premises. District Head of the community, Alhaji Muhammad Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Friday, said the Divisional Police Officers of…
Read MoreKaduna: Gunmen invade home of government official, shoot him dead
A Senior Staff of the Kaduna Geographical Information Service, (KADGIS), Dauda Aliyu, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Igabi local government area of the State in the early hours of Friday. According to reports, the gunmen stormed the residence of the victim, shot him multiple times until he died, before leaving his premises. The Police authorities in the State are yet to confirm if it is a case of bandit attack or pure assassination.
Read More“We’re working towards ending insurgency by 2023” – Zulum
…Says over 30,000 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered to Nigerian Army Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed confidence the menace of Boko Haram terrorism will vanish before President Muhammadu Buhari hands over in 2023. Zulum stated this shortly after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House yesterday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, to apprise him of progress in the surrendering of Boko Haram terrorists The governor also disclosed no fewer than 30,000 repentant terrorists from the Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP)…
Read MoreBauchi Gov. raises alarm over unidentified helicopter hovering over Lame/Burra Reserve
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, yesterday, raised the alarm over the suspicious movement of an unknown helicopter operating around Lame-Burra Forest, in Toro local government area of the State. The governor had last Saturday, while flagging-of his administration’s empowerment programme in the area, expressed worries over the spate of insecurity in the local government area, which he said had defied every solution. According to him, the geographic position of the local government area, which made it share boundaries with the North-Central and North-West, made it a gateway for…
Read MoreKidnapped Bethel student refuses to return, says he’s comfortable with bandits
The remaining kidnapped Bethel Baptist High School student who was held in the kidnappers’ den has allegedly refused to return to his family, saying he is now comfortable staying with the terrorists. However, the member of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) who took the ransom demanded by the terrorists was also kidnapped after he delivered the message to them. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), in Kaduna State, Rev Joseph John Hayab, who is also the vice-chairman of CAN in the North and Abuja, had…
Read MoreBandits attack Zamfara community for failing to pay N40m levy, kill 33 people
Bandits have killed at least 30 people, abducted several others, mostly women, in separate attacks Friday afternoon in Zamfara State. The attacked communities are Nasarawar Mai Fara in Tsafe local government area, Yar Katsina in Bungudu local government area and Nasarawa village in Bakura local government area. Zamfara, like many of the Nigerian North-West States, is beleaguered by insecurity in the forms of kidnapping described as banditry. The crime has become rampant and the bandits are seemingly irrepressible. Thousands of people have been killed or kidnapped by the bandits in…
Read MoreKatsina: Terrorists kill 17 in Malumfashi LGA
Some unknown gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have attacked Karfi ward in Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State where the hoodlums killed no fewer than 17 residents. Credible sources revealed that the attackers invaded over five communities under the Karfi ward two days ago, shooting sporadically at the helpless citizens of the areas and murdering seventeen, while scores escaped with various degrees of injuries. The lawmaker representing Malumfashi local government area in the State House of Assembly, Aminu Ibrahim Sa’idu, who confirmed the incident to the press, said he…
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