Tag: North-West

Insecurity: Boko Haram, bandits impose lockdown in North-West

Aminu Imam

…Target high profile victims for kidnappings, killings  For the people of the North-West geo-political zone, the on-going war against terror and sundry criminality in the region has been a traumatic experience for its people. For most, it has even been more concerning, more disruptive of the source of their livelihoods, with social and economic life hitting its lowest, especially in the face of lockdown imposed by authorities as a strategy to fight Boko Haram and the bandits by cutting them off from communications. Every day, people are kidnapped for ransom,…

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Over 30,000 people killed, 3 million rendered homeless by bandits – Don

Aminu Imam

The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University (FUGUS) Gusau, in Zamfara State, Professor Magaji Garba, has revealed that armed bandits operating in the North-West geopolitical zone of the country have killed over 30,000 and rendered more than 3million people homeless.  The V-C disclosed this during the 1st ‘National Conference on Armed banditry and National security in Nigeria’, which held on Tuesday, in Gusau, the state capital.  According to him, statistics have indicated how banditry and terror attacks has affected the entire North in particular and country in general. The National Conference, which was organised by…

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