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Gunmen have killed 13 people and injured seven others in a series of attacks across communities in Zangon Kataf, Kauru and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna state. This was …
Gunmen kill 13, injure 7 in Kaduna communities Read More
Residents of Wukari local government area of Taraba state on Friday expressed worry over the increasing rate of kidnapping in area. The president of the Jukun Youth Cultural Development Association, …
Wukari residents in fear, lament increasing rate of kidnapping Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has said despite the closure of Nigeria’s land borders, arms and ammunition continued to flow into the country. President Buhari spoke Thursday when the outgoing Special Representative of the United Nations …
Buhari’s alarm on insecurity: Illegal arms in-flow defied Nigeria’s border closure Read More
Suspected armed bandits numbering over 100 stormed Yartashar Sahabi market square during market day under Dansadau Emirate in Maru local government council of Zamfara state, Thursday, opened fire on traders …
Bandits kill one, injure others, set market ablaze in Zamfara Read More
In the last two write-ups, this columnist examined the modus operandi of two trending personalities on Nigeria’s security issues, namely, Nnamdi Kanu, an advocate of secession with his proscribed Indigenous …
Insecurity: Sheikh Gumi’s new angle Read MoreSuspected bandits have stormed Kabasa village under Gusau local government council of Zamfara state, and killed five villagers and three soldiers including a senior officer, even as they burnt Army …
Bandits invade Zamfara community again, kill soldiers, 5 villagers, others injured Read More
An exclusive report published by this newspaper on Tuesday to the effect that in about three months, bandits have serially attacked not less than five schools in both the North-west …
The ominous signs on North’s education Read More
The Senator Uba Sani (Kaduna Central) has urged the people of the state to lend their full weight behind Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s war against banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and allied …
Banditry: El-Rufai on all-out war against criminality, needs our support – Uba Sani Read More
Two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Aiyetoro Campus in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits. Blueprint report …
Bandits kidnap 2 OOU female students in Ogun Read More
Vigilantes have reportedly killed nine armed bandits in Lapai local government area of Niger state after a shoot out. Blueprint learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Gulu …
Vigilantes kill 9 bandits, arrest 4 in Niger Read More
You cannot build on lies… We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that …
Buhari: Trust and truth betrayed? Read More
Bandits, Saturday, released three videos showing 39 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, with the criminals reportedly demanding …
Breaking: Anxiety as bandits release video clips of kidnapped Kaduna students, victims beg El-Rufai, FG Read More
Mr. Celestine Chukwu is the founder and President of Celchi Global Peace Foundation, and the Secretary General of Igbo community assembly in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In this interview with …
Transformational leadership, equity ‘ll guarantee peaceful co-existence in Nigeria – Chukwu Read More
Barely 36hrs after giving the 2020 Security Report, bandits attacked the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi local government of Kaduna state and abducted 30 male and female students, …
Troops rescue 180 as 30 students missing in Kaduna Read More
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ ) had raised the alarm that Nigeria’s education sector was facing immediate threat following spate of kidnapping of large number of students from …
Abductions: Education facing imminent threat, NAWOJ warns Read More
Agitations for State Police have continued to gain acceptance given the deplorable state of security in virtually every art of the country. In this report, KEHINDE OSASONA asks if it …
Insecurity: State Police to the rescue? Read More
The Zamfara state Police command has described the recent innuendos trending on social media networks that bandits attacked a school in Maradun local government area as a figment of the …
No school attack in Zamfara – Police Read More
From Chibok in Borno to Dapchi in Yobe, to Kankara in Katsina, Kagara in Niger and now Jangebe in Zamfara, thousands of school pupils have been stolen. This act is …
On abduction, banditry and the negotiating government Read More
The Senate Wednesday, urged the National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Munguno, to as a matter of urgency, deploy more security personnel to communities affected by the activities of bandits and …
Banditry: Deploy personnel to affected areas, Senate tells NSA Read More
The terribleness of the simple minded and dubious policy of appeasement is unfolding in a great measure. It has empowered and emboldened terrorists on one hand and greatly jeopardized the …
Banditry: A nation at crossroads Read More
It is noticeable that kidnapping has led to the loss of tens of thousands of lives and huge sums of money in Nigeria. Many of the victims of the crime …
On kidnapping business Read More
The educationally disadvantaged Northern Nigeria is facing numerous challenges. The frightening one among them is the rising cases of students’ abduction by the organised bandits or whatever name has been …
The rising cases of abduction in the North Read More
The Senate Tuesday confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Major General Lucky Eluoye Onyenucheya Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff. Also confirmed were the nominations of Major General Ibrahim Attahiru …
Breaking: Take insurgency battle to Boko Haram, bandits, Senate tells newly confirmed CDS, Service Chiefs Read More
No fewer than 279 students of government girls junior secondary school Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government council of Zamfara state who were kidnapped last Friday by the group of …
Breaking: Kidnapped Jangebe school girls rescued from Bandits, now in Gusau (Picture) Read More
Barely 24 hours after killing nine people in Igabi and Kajuru area councils, armed bandits have attacked Kurmin Gandu village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna state killing …
Breaking: Bandits kill another 10 in Kaduna communities, 24 hours after Read More