Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Wednesday reiterated his charge on the security agencies to be ruthless with bandits terrorizing the state as well as neighbouring Kaduna and Zamfara States . He made the declaration when heads of security agencies in Katsina brought two repentant bandit commanders from Illela village in Safana Local Government […]
Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, says the rescue operation carried out in Nigeria by United States special forces did not violate the nation’s sovereignty. The minister said the federal government granted the US military permission to carry out the operation last week in the north. He said this on Tuesday while addressing journalists after defending […]
A mob razed two mosques and destroyed many shops in Nsukka, a town in Enugu state, during the weekend. TheCable gathered that the incident sparked tension in the town which has been without crisis for a long time. Trouble started brewing on Saturday when a tricyclist conveyed a businesswoman simply identified as Aisha to her […]
In what looked like an attack against literacy and free speech, gunmen stormed Kabul University ahead of the opening of a book fair on Monday 2 November, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than a dozen others. Though no reason has been given for the attack, it is believed that the gunmen struck […]
A brave soldier paid the supreme price when troops of Operation Sahel Sanity battled bandits, killing three of them and rescuing three nursing mothers along with their infants in Katsina State. The incident occurred on Thursday when troops, responding to a distress call about the activities of bandits at Diskuru village in Faskari Local Government […]
The Defence Headquarters has denied media reports that four persons were killed by soldiers and their bodies dumped in a pond in Jos during clampdown on looters of private properties in the state. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, described such reports as malicious and mischievous. Enenche explained […]
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has revealed that six of its personnel were killed and their weapons carted away by suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the guise of #EndSARS protest in Oyigbo, Oyigbo Local Government area of Rivers. Major Charles Ekeocha, the public relations officer of the […]
The Benue Police Command on Thursday said unknown gunmen killed a Police Officer and a motorcyclist in Ado Local Government Area of the State. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the officers were ambushed by bandits during their routine patrol. Anene […]
There was panic at the Oyo State Secretariat in Ibadan on Thursday as soldiers attached to Operation Burst, a Joint Security Task Force, and some members of the Agbekoya clashed at the entrance of the secretariat. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened around 11:30 am when a leader of the Agbekoya, popularly known as […]
Five bandits were killed by security forces Tuesday morning when they ( bandits ) in their large numbers attacked Tsaskiya community in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State . The bandits were said to have kidnapped three women during the gun battle while retreating to the forest . Sources said the bandits who were […]
