Tag: BANDITS
Niger SSG joins Sheikh Gumi in talks with bandits
Secretary to the State Government of Niger Ahmed Matane has led state delegation to meet with bandits over the abduction of students and staff...
Sheikh Gumi asks Nigerian government to grant ‘blanket amnesty’ to bandits
Popular Islamic scholar Sheikh Abubakar Gumi on Friday urged the Federal Government to give “blanket amnesty” to bandits willing to make peace.
“The Federal Government...
Niger: Bandits came in motorcycles, tied abductees in pairs — Resident
Gunmen who attacked Government Science College, Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Wednesday morning came in motorcycles, a resident...
Don’t be cowards, defend yourselves against bandits, defence minister tells Nigerians
Minister of defence Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) has called on Nigerians to stand up to bandits.
Speaking with journalists in a video posted to...
Nothing wrong with granting amnesty to Zamfara bandits – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says granting amnesty is not new and that Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle should not be criticised...
How Sheikh Gumi found bandits security forces didn’t see – Adamu...
A former All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant Adamu Garba says the renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Abubakar Gumi found bandits and held peace talks with...
7 ‘repentant’ bandits surrender AK-47 rifle, others in Zamfara
Seven “repentant” bandits have surrendered their weapons in Zamfara State to embrace the state’s peace accord, the government said on Friday.
Governor Bello Matawalle’s spokesman...
Zamfara replies ex-official’s allegation of giving cars to bandits
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has denied allegation he supplied vehicles to bandits in the state.
A former chairman of Maradun Local Government Area of...
80 Katsina students abducted in fresh attack
The police in Katsina on Sunday confirmed that 80 pupils of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, an Islamic school in Mahuta, Dandume Local Government Area of the state...
Bandit helped me escape after Katsina abduction – JSS student
Tsanni Mani a student of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State has narrated how he escaped from bandits on December 12.
Mani’s school was...