Terrorists have blocked Katsina – Jibia highway, killed one passenger and abducted several others in an early evening attack on commuters Wednesday. Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that a corpse was recovered at the scene of the attack around Kadobe village. Katsina – Jibia highway links to Maradi in the Niger Republic and Zamfara State. […]
Troops of the the Nigerian army’s Guards Brigade have raided a suspected terrorists’ hideout at Deidei Abattoir in the Abuja municipal area council, federal capital territory (FCT). Musa Danmadami, the director of defence media operations, during a bi-weekly press briefing on Thursday, said the hideout was raided on August 13. Earlier in July, three […]
One person has been reportedly killed following a disagreement between two communities during a football match in Nukkai, within Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. Several others were said to have also been injured, with some receiving treatment at various health facilities in the area. Police spokesman in the state, Abdullahi Usman, while […]
The newly formed Benue Volunteer Guards that was inaugurated by the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, have nabbed five suspected foreign fighters known as Amazonian fighters and linked to Boko Haram. The suspects were arrested at about 3 pm on Monday at Jato Aka roundabout near a drinking joint in Kwande local government area of […]
The FCT Police Command has rejected claims that the capital metropolis has been invaded by the terrorist group ISWAP. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh on behalf of The Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command, described ongoing media publications of a said invasion as “erroneous” and misleading. assuring […]
In defence of the alleged abandonment of internal security operations by the police, the Nigeria Police Force has noted that its operatives are working in tandem with military operatives to rid the country of insurgency. Some security experts had in recent times alleged that the military has been at the forefront in the fight […]
The Zamfara State Committee on Prosecutions of Bandits Related Offences says until Bello Turji, the Notorious Bandit Kingpin publicly surrenders his arms and announces his repentance, it will not consider his repentance true. Chairman of the committee, Abdullahi Shinkafi, said this at a press briefing in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital on… Shinkafi, who […]
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force have bombarded the enclave of the leader of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), Fiya Ba Yuram, in Sambisa forest with fighter jets. The airstrikes, which were carried out on some specific targets in the Tunbuns and Sambisa, reportedly killed scores of terrorists hibernating within the […]
A notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji has embraced the peace initiative of the Zamfara State Government as part of efforts to end banditry in the north-western state. Zamfara Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Hassan Nasiha, disclosed this during a conference on security in Gusau, the State capital organized by the Students Union Of […]
No fewer than eight villages in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi have been deserted due to attacks by bandits, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The vilages are Zagi, Tungar Rafi, Tungar Tudu, Keke, Kwaido, Sabongarin Kwaido, Tungar Chichira and Tattazai. Residents of the villages moved out in droves after bandits attacked […]
