Tag: Insecurity

Insecurity: Terrorists vow to kill more in Southern Kaduna after eliminating 40

Aminu Imam

Terrorists who attacked two communities a week to Christmas in Southern Kaduna and killed 40 persons, have declared that they are not yet done, vowing to strike again and kill more people in the area. Survivors of the December 18, 2022, attack on Malagum-1 and Sokong communities in Southern Kaduna, on Friday gave horrific details on how terrorists murdered 40 villagers on the fateful day. However, they hinted that despite the attacks, the communities were still being threatened with calls from the attackers, who are allegedly threatening that they would…

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Troops kill 10 bandits, destroy camps in Kaduna villages

Aminu Imam

Nigerian Army Troops of Operation Forest Sanity killed eight bandits and seized six motorcycles during ambush patrols in the Chikun/Birnin Gwari general areas of Kaduna State. While confirming the development yesterday, the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said according to feedback to the Kaduna State Government, the troops set up ambush positions at bandits’ crossing points in the Buruku/Birnin Gwari areas. According to him, ”The troops thus made contact with bandits and neutralized eight, while recovering four motorcycles and three mobile phones in the first…

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Insecurity: 28 persons killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attacks

Aminu Imam

Over 28 persons have reportedly been killed in fresh attacks on Southern Kaduna, on Sunday. The attacks, it was gathered, took place in Malagum-1 and Sokwong communities of Kagoro Chiefdom in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Council Chairman, Mathias Siman, the Kaura local government council chairman, while confirming the incident yesterday, said he could only confirm seven people were gruesomely killed in Sokwong Community. The Sunday attacks come about five days after about three persons were killed by unknown gunmen in Malagum-1 village. The council chairman…

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Insecurity: Panic, as gunmen kill one, kidnap corps member, seven others in Abuja

Aminu Imam

Gunmen attacked Arab Road Extension-2, in the Kubwa district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Tuesday night, killing one, leaving one unconscious, and abducting a serving youth corps member, one Adenike, and seven others in the process. It was gathered that Miss Adenike, who is the only daughter of her parents, was abducted when the bandits stormed some buildings along the Arab Road, shooting sporadically and whisking away any resident they could lay their hands on. Two persons were said to have been hit by the gunshots resulting in…

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Insecurity: “90 percent of die-hard Boko Haram fighters dead”, Borno Govt. declares

Aminu Imam

The Borno State Government, yesterday, disclosed that ninety percent of ‘die-hard’ Boko Haram insurgents were dead. The State Government attributed the mass surrender of members of the sect to the death of their leader, Ibrahim Shekau, as well as the operations of the military. This is as the military authorities, also yesterday, said some 1,952 terror suspects were undergoing investigation in the North-East region, while some 900 suspects were to go on trial next January. It further clarified that, contrary to insinuations of abortion of pregnancies of female terror suspects…

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Insecurity: Elections may not hold in 242 polling units in 10 Katsina LGAs – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has disclosed that 242 polling units with 142,261 registered voters in 10 local government areas of Katsina State were under serious security threat. The Commission’s Head of the Department of Electoral Operation in the State, Husseni Ja’afar, who revealed this at a stakeholders meeting in Katsina yesterday, said the polling units may be affected in the forthcoming general elections. He said the electoral umpire has directed all the electoral officers of the affected local governments to liaise with security agencies, traditional and religious leaders…

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“Insecurity in Kaduna improving but still serious”, says el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i has said that insecurity in the State is still extremely serious, but that it is improving by the day. The Governor made the remarks yesterday at the presentation of the State’s security reports for the second and third quarters of 2022. This was even as the governor reiterated a call for the establishment of a Theatre Command, similar to that in the North-East, for effective security operations in the seven States of the North-West and Niger State which have continuous and contiguous forest ranges that…

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Kaduna Insecurity: ‘How poor women hand their daughters to bandits in exchange for cash’ – Commissioner

Aminu Imam

Kaduna State Commissioner for Human services and Social development, Hafsat Baba, says it is important to address the issue of women giving their daughters to bandits for money. Baba said this on Wednesday, at the 22nd meeting of the National Council on Women Affairs, which was held in Abuja. Speaking as a panellist on girl child development and school safety, the Commissioner said parents who offer their daughters as house-helps and hawkers are contributing to the rate of out-of-school girls in the country. According to the data from the United…

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Abuja Terror Alert: FCTA reclaims Law School land, as Jabi Mall shut operations

Aminu Imam

Following a heightened security alert in the nation’s capital, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has reclaimed parts of the Nigeria Law School’s land taken over by criminals in Bwari town. The development came as one of the biggest malls in the territory, the Jabi Lake Mall shut down operations in what its management said is to protect staff and customers in the wake of a recent security advisory issued by some embassies. Also, most primary schools in the territory have announced a mid-term break. The Senior Special Assistant…

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Insecurity: ‘Kaduna safer after military bombardment’ – el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, says there have been positive changes in the security situation of the state over the past six weeks. The governor, who stated this on Thursday, while featuring on a television programme, as part of activities lined up for the business summit: ‘KADInvests‘, said the deployment of Special Forces by the military is reducing the level of attacks in the state. According to him, if the methods currently being used had been put in place a few years ago, the security situation would have been better in…

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