Pray For Troops To End Insecurity – Defence Minister
The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi, has urged Christians to pray for the country to overcome its security challenges as they celebrate the birth of Christ. Gen Magashi, the Defence Minister gave the charge in a Thursday statement felicitating with Christians on the special Christmas occasion. He urged Christians to be Christ-like in celebrating the birth of Jesus...
We Were Told To Say Boko Haram Kidnapped Us – Kankara Student
One of the hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State has said that their abductors were not members of Boko Haram. The schoolboy disclosed this in a viral video, adding that they were told to say that the kidnappers were Boko Haram insurgents. Asked if their abductors were bandits or Boko Haram, the students said,...
Terror Attacks ‘Have Reduced Drastically’ In Zamfara – Governor
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle on Sunday said the security situation in the northwest state has improved since he assumed leadership. The Governor was responding to accusations by the All Progressives Congress that he was sponsoring bandits in Zamfara. Matawalle, a Peoples Democratic Party Governor, said such accusations were malicious and insulting. “I find it insulting that the Apc is accusing me...
Ignore Nnamdi Kanu’s Security Outfit — South-East Governors
THE Chairman of South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, weekend called on the people of the region to ignore the so-called security outfit set up by the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Umahi who described the outfit as laughable stressed that the Governors of the region have...
Bandits Not Ready To Surrender, Allow Citizens To Carry Guns – Zamfara Emir
The chairman of Zamfara State Council of Chiefs and Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Mohammed Ahmad has appealed to the state government to allow people of the state to carry arms and defend themselves against banditry. Attahiru who paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Kaura-Namoda attacked by bandits last week said, “Since the bandits refused to surrender,...
Insecurity: Nigerians Should Be Thankful For Small Mercies Granted By Buhari’s Administration – Adesina
Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, says Nigerians should be thankful for “small mercies” granted by the Buhari administration in its fight against insecurity. Speaking during a Channels TV programme on Sunday, Adesina said the security situation has improved compared to “when bombs went off like firecrackers every day” before President Muhammadu Buhari came to power. While Buhari promised to bring an...
A North-West Governor Is Sponsoring Bandits – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says a governor in the north-west is sponsoring bandits in the region. The APC said this in reaction to a protest led by Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the abduction of some schoolboys from Kankara, Katsina State. The schoolboys were released on Thursday night. In a statement, Yekini Nabena, APC deputy spokesman, said the...
No Ransom Paid To Secure Kankara Students’ Release – Masari
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State says no ransom was paid to secure the release of the abducted students. Masari disclosed this in an interview with German radio, Deutsche Welle, DW monitored by our correspondent on Thursday night. The Governor said the release of the students was facilitated by the Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, who engage...
We’re Not Involved In Negotiations For Kankara Students Release – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has dissociated itself from the reported negotiations by the Katsina State government with the bandits that abducted 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, last Friday. It said the military will continue its ongoing kinetic operations, noting that the armed forces were reviewing strategies to ensure the safe rescue of the children. The Coordinator, Defence...
Buhari Is Safe In Daura – Defense Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, says the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, is safe in Daura, Katsina State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, who stated this today, noted that the security of the President is not threatened by the activities of bandits in his home state. Bandits had taken...
