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Insecurity: Terrorists abduct 25 persons in Katsina

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Aminu Imam

Daredevil terrorists have abducted 25 persons that include women and children, and injured scores of others during different operations in four local government areas of Katsina State. According to sources in Batsari council area, on Sunday night, at about 9:00 pm, the marauders abducted 20 persons in Madogara community, most of whom were peasant farmers. The sources however said that one of those abducted managed to escape after he vigorously fought one of the terrorists that was holding onto him. It was learnt that the victim sustained injuries from machetes used…

Katsina: Terrorists abduct farmers in fresh attack

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Aminu Imam

Several farmers working on their farms were abducted Tuesday morning when terrorists attacked five communities in the Batsari area of Katsina State. The farmers taken were from Nahuta, Madogara, Dan Tsuntsu, Zamfarawa and Salihar Dadare villages. A health worker in the Dan Tsuntsu community, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said at the last count around 8:00p.m on Tuesday, 35 people, primarily farmers working on their farms were still missing after the attacks. �The bandits began their operations (attacks) around 9:00 a.m. when farmers started…

25 worshippers abducted, as bandits attack church in Katsina�

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Aminu Imam

At least twenty-five persons have been abducted during an attack on New Life for All Church in Kankara local government area of Katsina State on Sunday. The bandits attacked the church in Jan-Tsauni, Gidan Haruna at about 10 am, local authorities disclosed. The Senior Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen. �They abducted over 25 worshippers while they were conducting service this morning and left the church pastor with various degrees of injuries�, he said. According…

Presidential Deadline: Masanawa, MD, NSPMC resigns appointment

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Managing Director, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company�(NSPMC), Abbas Masanawa, says he has complied with presidential directive by resigning his appointment to pursue political ambition. Masanawa, who is one of the governorship aspirants of Katsina State, has bought and submitted Expression of Interest and Nomination forms. President Mahummadu Buhari had through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, directed all ministers and political appointees contesting for various elective positions to resign their appointments on or before May 16. Fielding questions from State House correspondents in…

Police kill 3 suspected bandits, recover 2 rifles in Katsina State

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Police Command in Katsina State said its personnel have killed three suspected bandits attacking villages in Danmusa Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, who stated this at a news briefing in Katsina on Wednesday, said the police were committed to ridding the state of banditry. He said that no fewer than 50 bandits recently attacked Unguwar-bera and Tashar-Mangoro villages in Danmusa Local Government Area. Buba said that a team of policemen ambushed the bandits at a spot in-between Mara and Tashar-Gajere villages and recovered two AK-47…

Farmers will reap benefits of our policies � Buhari

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerian farmers stand to reap the benefits of his government�s reforms as he continues to accord the highest priority to agriculture. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said Buhari stated this at a meeting with Katsina State Elders Forum in Abuja. The president, who described agriculture as the country�s largest employer of labour and engine of growth, said his administration would continue to take steps to enhance output and productivity.…

Bandits kill customs officer, nine others in Katsina

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service and at least 9 other persons have been killed as suspected bandits launched fresh attacks on Tsauwa village in Batsari and Dan Arau villages of Jibiya Area Councils of Katsina State. The late Customs officer was killed by the bandits at one of the checkpoints at Dan Arau village along Katsina/Jibiya highway who made away with his AK 47 rifle. Confirming the 2 incidents, the Police Spokesman, Gambo Isah said, the attack that led to the death of the Customs Officer happened on…

Police arrest self acclaim immigration officer with 164 allegedly stolen cows in Katsina

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

The police in Katsina Thursday arrested a self-acclaimed inspector with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) including five other suspects and seized 164 allegedly stolen cattle. The said immigration officer, Abubakar Shafiu, who was paraded in Katsina with the other suspects, told newsmen that the men: Mohammad Isah, Ibrahim Mohammed, Idris Mohammad, Usman Mohammed and Saidu Lawal, were his relatives based in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Besides, Shafiu who claimed to be a staff of the procurement department of NIS in Abuja, on annual leave, disclosed that he…

Again, youths in Katsina protest worsening insecurity, block highway

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Some angry youths from Turare, Marke and Dogon Ruwa villages in Dutsin-ma Local Government Area of Katsina State early Thursday morning blocked Dutsin-ma � Kankara highway, in protest against banditry in their communities. A combined team of police and other security operatives were said to have later cleared the road and restored normalcy on the highway.+ Eyewitnesses said the youths had earlier in the morning blocked the highway with trees, stones and worn out tyres. The youths were also said to be chanting songs depicting their displeasure over the insecurity…

Bandits kill 18 Soldiers in Katsina, abduct Police Officer, daughter, four others in Kaduna

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

About 18 Nigerian military officers and soldiers have been killed in an ambush by armed bandits in Katsina State. Troops of the Special Army Super Camp 4 were advancing on foot in Shimfida in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State at about 6:13 p.m. Saturday when the armed militants opened fire on them from a hilltop, according to PREMIUM TIMES. The officers killed in the attack included a Major, a Captain and a Lieutenant, military sources told. Two bandits were also injured in the exchanges, officials briefed on the…