INSECURITIES

The Federal Government has been tasked to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria a terrorist group. A group, the Igbo National Council (INC), made the demand during a summit held in Owerri, the Imo State capital. INC President, Chilos Godsent also asked Nigerians to stop buying and eating cow meats grown by

Kukah said during a virtual interview with Toyin Falola, academic and historian, on Sunday. He said as Nigerians, we are bound together and nobody should pretend we are not. “I don’t think any Nigerian, in his right sense, should pretend nothing binds us together. This 923,768 km² that Lugard gave us binds us together. All

The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of bandits’ attack on its base and killing of soldiers at Marina in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Saturday described the report as false and unsubstantiated. Yerima said the report in a newspaper publication claimed

At least 12 people have been kidnapped by bandits following an attack on the Junior Staff Quarters of the Kaduna International Airport. The incident occurred on Saturday, but the police authorities in the state have yet to confirm the attack. One of the victims, who is a member of staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management

Nigerians have begun to lambast President Muhammadu Buhari and some governors over comments to summarily shoot anyone illegally seen carrying an AK-47 rifle. President’s spokesperson Garba Shehu Wednesday said Mr. Buhari has directed the military to shoot whoever is seen with sophisticated weapons like AK-47 at sight. Mr. Shehu said the president’s directive was to

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Friday, called for the arrest of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for saying journalists are criminals for calling bandits criminals. The union expressed reservation on Gumi’s remarks during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday where he labelled journalists as criminals for calling bandits criminals. In his interview, Gumi said:

Gunmen Attack Police Patrol Team In Cross River, Kill Officers, Steal Rifles… There is tension in the area as many residents had fled going by the apprehension generated by the attack on the police station… Details later..

Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari regime to recruit more Nigerians into the country’s security forces as bandits ravage the northern state. Mr. Sani-Bello lamented that the Buhari regime only provided his state with 4,000 police officers instead of the 14,000 required, the Voice of Nigeria reported. The governor

Niger State Ministry Of Education has released photo of the student killed during the attack on Government Science College Kagara in Niger State.  Benjamin .B. Habila, an SS3C student, was shot dead by the bandits while trying to escape.  The bandits invaded the school around 3 am on Wednesday, February 17, abducting the students and some

Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has doubled down on his justification for arms-bearing herdsmen, stating that the use of  ‘AK-47 is a figure of speech for protection’  “It is a figure of speech to show you the despondence, the desperation and frustration and the agony that this particular person is exposed to by his own people,

Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,  met with abductors of the staff and students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. According to TVC News, the meeting took place at Tagina forest in Niger State on Thursday, February 18. The bandits wielding their guns, were led by their leader, Dogo Gide. Sheik Gumi appealed to

The state released the names of the students about 24 hours after they were kidnapped on Wednesday. The list of the teachers abducted alongside the students was also released. The student who was killed during the attack has been identified as Benjamin Habila. Below are their names: Jamilu Isah Shem Joshua Abbas Abdullahi Isah Abdullahi

The Niger state government has shut down boarding schools in four local government areas (LGAs). This follows the abduction of school children at the Government Science College (GSC), Kagara. Gunmen had attacked the school early hours of Wednesday and abducted yet-to-be-known number of the students. Sani Bello, governor of the state, gave the order at

The Ogun state police command has denied a viral video claiming some Fulani herdsmen attacked the house of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, in Abeokuta on Tuesday, February 9. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeymi, states that on Tuesday, one Kazeem Sorinola who is an indigene of ijeun Abeokuta who is into

Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has warned the federal government to unfreeze his bank accounts or face massive protests in the South West. Igboho, speaking with Vanguard, confirmed that all his accounts were frozen, because some people were collecting donations. However, he insisted he had no hand in the said

A farmer, Dele Olowoniyi, has been slaughtered while asleep in a farm settlement at Oha village, Imeko, in  Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. Olowoniyi was said to have been found dead by his wife with machete cuts in his neck and other parts of the body on Sunday. A source told our correspondent

Several hours after being abducted, the Nigeria Labour Congress Chairman, Taraba State, Peter Jediel, has now regained his freedom. The Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state confirmed this to Channels Television via a telephone interview on Sunday evening. According to him, the NLC Chairman has since been taken to an undisclosed hospital for

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Gboko South ward, Tersoo Ahu, has been murdered. He was killed by a gang of young men in Gboko on Sunday. Ahu and other ward officials were training party members for the APC registration and revalidation exercise. The assailants stormed the venue with clubs, cutlasses, and attacked Ahu.

No fewer than 19 persons have been confirmed dead after bandits invaded Kutemeshi Community in the Birnin-Gwari area of Kaduna State. The bandits, who attacked the community on Saturday, operated for two hours as they shot indiscriminately at residents of the community. A resident of the community, who confirmed the attack to SaharaReporters, said several

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, chairman of the Taraba State chapter, Peter Jediel. He was abducted at his residence in Sunkani, the headquarters of Ardo-Kola Local Government Council. Confirming the incident to journalists, the younger brother of the NLC chairman, Boniface Stephen revealed that the hoodlums shot sporadically