Breaking: FG not going to negotiate with bandits, others – NSA
The federal government has has again said it won’t negotiate with terrorists and bandits. National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), who stated […]
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Immigration to tighten security around borders
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders, and “ensure that criminal […]
Breaking: Bandits on rampage again in Kaduna, kill 19 in 24 hours
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 […]
The North and the effect of Janus, by Hassan Gimba
I had intended to continue with the topic, ‘Nigeria and Presidential Democracy: Any Better Alternative? (3)’ but I had to suspend it; it is more […]
Media critical in national rebirth, says group
A non-government organisation advocating for peace justice and national integration, the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, has charged the media to work together to reengineer the […]
Breaking: Gumi opens up as 7 out of 317 abducted school girls regain freedom
A prominent Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has claimed that the abduction of schoolgirls in Zamfara was not carried out by bandits he met with recently. […]
Despite dialogue approach, bandits invade school, abduct over 300 students in Zamfara
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. […]
NGF mulls talks with bandits, collective effort to end insecurity
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi said collective effort is required to end insurgency that is […]
Insecurity: How do defenceless Nigerians defend themselves? by Abdullahi D Mohammed
Without mincing words, it is evident the Nigerian State, cannot guarantee, or safeguard the peace and sanctity of lives of its citizens. Insecurity had taken […]
Breaking: Again, Bandits strike in Kaduna, kill 2, kidnap women, children
Security agencies have reported that armed bandits on Saturday night invaded Baka village in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, killing two. The bandits […]
Bello laments bandits’ killing of village head, 9 vigilantes, abduction of others
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has expressed outrage at the recent killing of the Village Head of Kusherki in Rafi Local Government Area […]
Police arrest 247 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide in Niger in 2020
By Aminu Garko, Minna The Police Command in Niger said it had arrested about 247 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide and other crimes committed […]
2 million Nigerians displaced by insurgency, banditry, others – FG
By Abdullahi Muhammed, AbujaAbout two million Nigerians have been displaced as a result of insurgency, armed banditry, communal clashes and others, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, […]
Again, Armed Bandits hit Niger, attack residents near Minna, render many homeless
Armed Bandits on Monday attacked Tasapma village In Niger state, eyewitness has revealed. Tasapma is not more than two kilometers away from Maitumbi […]
Are we now blaming the victim?, by Hassan Gimba
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not […]