vigilantes

The National Coordinator, Financing Safe Schools Initiative, Mrs Halima Iliya, says plans are underway to actively engage hunters and vigilantes in intelligence gathering to curb attacks on schools across the country. The National…
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The Police Command in Sokoto State on Sunday confirmed the death of 30 persons during an attack lunched by group of armed men in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by ASP Ahmad Rufai, the Acting Spokesman of…
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No fewer than 8,150 persons were displaced from Galadima-Kogo and environs in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger when an aircraft bombed the area on Jan. 24. Many members of a vigilance group and their commander were killed in the…
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About 27 staffers of Dangote Cement, Obajana were shot by state-backed armed youths who stormed the plant to shut it down on Wednesday, as well as destroying some of the company’s property at the plant. Managing Director, Dangote Cement…
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Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State said seven states in the North West and North Central have agreed to recruit 3,000 special vigilantes to assist in combating banditry and kidnapping. Masari disclosed this while fielding questions from…
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A week after the inauguration of the Niger Special Vigilante Corps (NSVC) under the supervision of the police, the joint security outfit has recorded some successes in its anti-banditry campaign. A security source involved in the…
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The Secretary of Shiroro local government council in Niger State, Mr Adams Kefas, has said that a sum of N14m was paid to spiritualists and vigilante groups to curtail the incessant insecurity bedevilling the area. Adams Kefas on Friday…
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