Tag: bandit
Local hunters onslaught on bandits yielding results- Ishaku
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba said that ongoing onslaught against banditry in some parts of the state was yielding good results.
Ishaku made the revelation...
Bandits displace 17 villages in Kaduna state
Bandits have displaced 17 villages in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the said incident happened on...
Troops destroy 2 bandits camps in Kaduna
Combined troops of Operation Thunder Strike, Operation Whirl Punch and 312 Artillery Regiment have destroyed two bandits camps in Kaduna State, spokesman of Army...
Bandits set Catholic priest on fire in Taraba
Suspected bandits have set a Catholic priest at Kufai Amadu in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State on fire.
This comes barely 24 hours...
Atiku’s aide accuses police of encouraging crime in release of bandits
Paul Ibe, a spokesman of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar,
has questioned the release of 25 suspected bandits by the police in Zamfara.
Spokesman of Zamfara...
Bandits kill 34 in fresh Zamfara attack
Suspected bandits have killed 34 persons in Tungar Kafau and Gidan Wawa communities in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, police said on...
Odinkalu questions army’s ban on motorcycles in Kaduna, others
Former chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, has questioned the rationality of the Nigerian Army’s decision to ban motorcycles in Kaduna,...
Zamfara governor orders security chiefs to move closer to flashpoints
Zamfara
State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has ordered security chiefs to lead field
operations in the fight against bandits in the state.
Yari
said this on Monday as part...
Address the nation on killings within 48 hours, Reps tell Buhari
House of Representatives has requested President Muhammadu Buhari to address the lower chambers and the nation within 48 hours over the resurgence of killings...
Army launches operation to end killings in Zamfara
The Nigerian army has launched Operation Harbin Kunama
III to end banditry in Zamfara State.
The operation will begin on Tuesday (today) according
to presidential aide, Bashir...