Tag: banditry
Banditry: Yari urges combine forces to sustain operations in Zamfara
Gov. Abdula’ziz Yari of Zamfara has called on the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to sustain their ongoing operations…
Kidnapping, banditry: ECWA expresses worry over increasing cases
The headquaters of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has expressed worry over the increasing cases of kidnapping and banditry…
Banditry: Senate approves N10bn intervention to assist displaced persons in Zamfara
The Senate has proposed that a N10 billion intervention be made part of the 2019 Budget to assist persons displaced…
Banditry: Over 3,000 killed, 500 Zamfara villages affected – Gov. Yari
The Zamfara Government has said that a total of 3,526 persons were killed by armed bandits in the state in…
Operations to combat terrorism has recorded success – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says ongoing military operations to combat terrorism, banditry and economic sabotage has recorded some successes in…
Attacks: NAF deploy aircrafts on special operations in Sokoto
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed Jet aircrafts and helicopters on special surveillance in efforts to flush out bandits…
Benue now relatively secured, peaceful – Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue said on Saturday that the state was now relatively peaceful since the deployment of troops…
Zamfara banditry: We need solutions not sympathy – Emir
The Emir of Zurmi in Zamfara, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, says the people of the emirate need solution to the persistent…
Dozens of bandits in night attacks kill 16 in Nigeria
No fewer than 150 armed bandits riding on motor-cycles have invaded three villages in the northern state of Zamfara, killing…
Nigeria: Clergy urges probe of lady’s brutal killing
The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has urged the police to investigate the death of a…