Three Killed, Houses Burnt as Amotekun, Herdsmen clash in Oyo
No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead while two others were injured in a clash involving men of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps and suspected herdsmen in Ayete community, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Unconfirmed sources said about seven houses were also razed in the clash whose cause could not be ascertained yet, The Nation reports. Although...
Insecurity: Give Our Military More Time And Support, Buhari Pleads With Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to give the military more time and support to fight insecurity in the nation. “I plead with fellow compatriots to give our military and other security agencies more time, cooperation, and support by volunteering credible intelligence/information on activities of armed bandits, insurgents, and other criminal elements within their communities in order to put an...
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...
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