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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday convicted and sentenced the mother and sister of late bandit kingpin Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to forty years in prison each. The convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, were found…
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The police command in Katsina State has confirmed an attack by suspected bandits at Gurbi Village, Kankara Local Government Area, leaving 11 people dead. Police spokesman, DSP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in…
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The Katsina State Government has confirmed the killing of 18 persons during an encounter between members of a vigilante group and ‘repentant bandits’ in Jibia Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and…
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Former Kano State Governor, Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has urged the Federal Government to act swiftly on the growing security challenges in Kano, particularly along the state’s borders. Speaking on Saturday at the 4th convocation of…
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The Police have arrested a suspected bandit kingpin linked with a Catholic church attack and the killing of a seminarian Stephen Naaman in the Zangon Kataf area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Police Command says it arrested the…
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Since 2016, bandits have attacked several communities in Niger state, kidnapping and killing scores of health workers and destroying healthcare facilities. In this report, Arinze Chijioke looks at how the attacks have worsened access to…
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Fresh facts have emerged on how Yellow Jambros, a wanted terrorist and kidnapping kingpin, was eliminated by the Nigerian military last Wednesday. It could be recalled that the spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Edward…
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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA operatives have intercepted Twenty Million US Dollar notes ($20 million) suspected to be counterfeit during a stop and search operation along Abaji - Lokoja road, within the Federal Capital…
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By Baba Aminu With the sustained aerial bombardments on their locations and hideouts by men of the Nigerian Airforce, notorious bandit kingpins in North-Western states of Nigeria have requested for dialogue and amnesty from the…
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The police command in Zamfara said its operatives repelled bandits who attacked the Divisional Police Station in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The command said it also arrested a 35-year-old suspected female informant. The…
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