Tag: Birnin Gwari

Kaduna: “B’Gwari rising again” – Emir

Aminu Imam
B'Gwari Emir

…As peace pact rekindles farming, trade  Emir of Birnin-Gwari, Zubairu Jibril Maigwari, has commended the peace process initiated in the emirate earlier in 2025, noting that it has brought relative calm and encouraged farmers to return to their fields after years of insecurity. Speaking during a fact-finding visit to review implementation of the Birnin-Gwari peace model, the monarch explained that the agreement – brokered with the involvement of the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Kaduna State Government, security agencies, and community representatives – has significantly reduced insecurity…

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CDS vows to go after bandits, terrorists

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General Christopher Musa, has said that the military will flush out bandits and terrorists from the country. The CDS made the commitment on Friday in Kaduna when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Uba Sani at government house. He said, for terrorists and bandits, its just a matter of time. We are coming after them and we are going to get them to leave the country completely. According to him, we are re-assessing our theatres of operation to make them more robust…

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Kaduna: 6 feared dead, as suspected bandits kidnap 40 farmers in Birnin-Gwari

Aminu Imam

At least six people have been reportedly killed and 40 others abducted by bandits in the Birnin-Gwari local government area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Although the police and the Kaduna State Government have yet to comment on the incident, the Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Usman Kasai, said in a statement on Saturday that the attack occurred between Wednesday and Thursday this week. Kasai explained that all six victims were farmers, including the Vice Chairman of the Jamaatul Izalatul Bidah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah, Yakubu Muhammad Bugai. He further…

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2023: “Negotiate with terrorists for successful election in Birnin-Gwari”, Group begs el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

As the 2023 general elections approaches, the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, (BEPU), in Kaduna, has called on the Kaduna State Governor, constituted authorities and relevant stakeholders to negotiate with terrorists groups if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to conduct successful election in the area. In an issued statement by the Chairman of the union, Is’haq Usman Kasai yesterday, and made available to newsmen in Kaduna, noted that, Our major concern is our people including the internally displaced persons (IDPs) how they will be given the opportunity to exercise…

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Bandits Attack: NSCDC hands over corpses to families of personnel in Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kaduna State Command, on Saturday handed over the remaining four corpses of its personnel killed by bandits to their families for burial. Seven personnel and five others  were killed by bandits in an ambush in Kuriga village in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of the state on Monday. Earlier, the NSCDC had handed over the body of late Inspector Fidelis Yusuf  for final internment on Thursday, while ASC1 Shamsudeen Labaran was  buried on Jan. 10 at Anguwan Dosa cemetery according to Islamic rites.…

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Insecurity: 1 Div. Nigerian Army intensifying training to enhance personnel capacity GOC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Army, 1 Div, Kaduna, says it has intensified training of its personnel to enhance their capacity and boost operations of the Division. The General Officer Commanding of the Division, Major General Kabir Mukhtar stated this in Kaduna on Monday at the meeting of the Divisions Operations Planning Cadre for year 2022. The General Officer Commanding was represented by Commander, 51 Signals, Brig-Gen, Adeleke Ayannuga. The the theme of the training is Capacity Building towards Combat Effectiveness in a Joint Environment. Muhktar said the Planning Cadre brought together, participants of…

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Insecurity: ‘Birnin-Gwari, in Kaduna, now a ghost town over banditry’, Concerned stakeholders cry out

Aminu Imam

Some concerned stakeholders have lamented the deteriorating security situation of Birnin-Gwari, one of the local government areas in Kaduna State, which used to be an ancient agrarian and commercial town, but is now bedeviled by unending banditry and kidnapping for years.   According to figures cited in earlier reports, as at the last count, over 27,000 indigenes and known indigenes have been displaced by the activities of bandits. Picture caption: The Emir of Birnin-Gwari, HRH, Mallam Zubairu Jibril-Mai Gwari II  Recounting the experience of the residents, the Dan-Masanin Birnin-Gwari, Alh. Zubair AbdulRa’uf, who…

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Terrorists Killed Yahaya Bello, others in Kutemeshi village attack

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Barely 48 hours after attacking other neighbouring villages, killing several and ransacking farm produce and animals, terrorists Saturday evening attacked Kutemeshi town in Eastern Birnin Gwari in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State killing Yahaya Bello and several unconfirmed numbers. Yahaya Bello, a father of one was said to be among one of four family members who were killed by the terrorists. Other three are all men. The terrorists according to our sources in Birnin Gwari, kidnapped unconfirmed number and left many more injured. Details later…

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How bandits kill Pharmacy Student, 7 others in latest attack in Birnin Gwari

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Latest bandit attack in Birnin Gwari Local Area of Kaduna State has claimed a pharmacy student and seven others, with unconfirmed number of people kidnapped. The student identified as Saidu Muhammed was until his death in the hands of the bandits, a pharmacy student of Shehu Idris College of Health Technology, Makarfi. Among those mowed down in cold bold by the bandits is a 9 year old girl and her 14 year old brother and five others, raising the total figure of those killed to 8. During the attack, the…

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JUST IN Bandits kill 3 Children, abduct 2 mothers, 1 father in Kaduna Community

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Bandits Thursday evening struck again along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road shot dead 3 children, abducted two mothers and a father identified as Abubakar Babawo in a vehicle. The funerals of the killed children was being performed at Buruku in Chikun local Government Area of the state few kilometres from Kaduna town. Babawo is said to be in another vehicle different from the abducted women and the killed children. Both the kidnapped mothers and the killed children are said to be from the same family. The incident occurred before dusk prayers. Details…

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