The police in Niger state have dismissed reports suggesting that a bandit, Dogo Gide, has declared himself as the “governor” of Niger state. The police Command stated this Friday in a statement issued by its Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, insisting that the publication “is false in its entirety.” The statement entitled “Bandit not a governor in Read More
The District Head of Kasuwar Daji in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Sarkin Fada, has been kidnapped by bandits in his residence in the early hours of Thursday. Confirming the report, an indigene of the area, Malam Audu Mohammed, said the bandits who were in large numbers stormed Kasuwar Daji village and went straight to the Read More
Some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state were abducted by bandits on Thursday night during an attack along Kachia – Kaduna road, while others escaped with gunshot injuries. Blueprint learnt that the politicians were attacked at Tashar Icce near Kujama in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state, on their way back to Kaduna from Read More
The Zamfara State Government has suspended the Emir of Sabon Birnin Yandoto of Tsafe local government area of the state, Aliyu Garba Marafa, for turbaning a notorious repentant bandits’ leader, Adamu Aliero, as Sarkin Fulani (leader of Fulani). This was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Kabiru Balarabe. The statement reads, “This is to inform Read More
Ondo state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has warned that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in some parts of the country which are being referred to as banditry must be appropriately addressed as terrorism. Governor Akeredolu said that infiltration of the country’s borders and burning down of railway are activities that must be Read More
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has once again reminded the leadership of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) of the imperatives of striking a merger with APC, in the Zikist Model strategy, to win the November 6, governorship poll. Okechukwu, who is also the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) told newsmen Sunday in Abuja that Read More
Director General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh Lukman, said the recent defection of former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode into the APC got most members angry, especially with the by the red-carpet reception given to him. While calling for calm, the APC chieftain also appealed to party leaders to properly engage in internal negotiations that will guide the Read More
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Air Task Force, Department of State Services and other security agencies have resued Major CL Datong who was abducted at Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Permanent on 24 August 2021.A statement byA statement by Deputy Director Army Public Relations Col. Ezindu Idimah said Maj. Datong was rescued after exchanged fire with Read More
The Chief Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Faruk Yahaya, has tasked Army commanders to take the fight to terrorists, bandits and other enemies of the country. He said, “You must take the fight into the identified and known enclaves of terrorists and criminals to neutralize them.” He also said the Nigerian Army will henceforth talk to the terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and Read More
Days after telecommunication network was cut off, Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle, has revealed that window of amnesty he gave bandits has expired. Matawalle said the decision became necessary after the bandits failed to embrace the peace initiative earlier extended to them by the state government. The governor who spoke on Friday after attending in Gusau, the state capital said, Read More
The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman, has faulted the Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, for calling on the authorities to grant amnesty to bandits in the country. The APC chieftain said Gumi’s position was not only self serving but clearly a threat to national security. Lukman also applauded the role played by Chief Executive Read More
Today, much of the priority and talking point is centered on how to counter the growing terrorist and insurgent groups in Nigeria in order to restore security of lives and property. Countering terrorism has become, without any doubt, the top national security priority of the Buhari administration. The nation has committed huge national resources to countering terrorism and insurgency as Read More
A group under the aegis of Amalgamated Atiku Support Group (AASG) has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is the most adequately prepared and experienced politician in Nigeria to confront and rescue power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Oladimeji Fabiyi in a statement issued Friday, however condemned a Read More
The bloody attack in the Ansongo Circle, Mali, that took place on August 8 shocked the international community: shortly before nightfall armed men arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on civilians of the villages of Ouattagouna, Karou, Dirga, and Daoutegueft. According to the Malian Armed Forces’ Directorate of Information and Public Relations (Dirpa), at least 49 people were killed in Read More
The Zamfara State Police Command has secured the unconditional release of eight abducted victims, who were abducted on 25th August 2021 at Kangon Sabuwa in Bungudu LGA, the spokesperson of the command SP Muhammad Shehu has confirmed in a statement issued to Newsmen in Gusau Monday. He explained that the victims who were abducted and taken to Kungurmi bandit’s camp Read More
Two members of a suspected kidnap syndicate have been shot dead by men of the Ogun state Police Command during a gun battle at Itori area of Ewekoro local government of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known in a press statement made available to Blueprint in Abeokuta, Monday. Oyeyemi stated that the two suspects met their waterloo Read More
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) urged the government at all levels to be proactive and creative in tackling insecurity, and also in carrying out their constitutional duty of securing life and property in the country. NGE described the recent compromise of the security at the Nigerian Defence Academy in Afaka, Kaduna State, by gunmen as a worrisome dimension to Read More
Troops of the Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a multi security taskforce in Jos, part of Bauchi and Kaduna State, have Monday neutralised syndicate of 6 criminals that specialised in kidnapping. The OPSH spokesman, Major Ishaku Takwa, in a press release Tuesday in Jos, said troops also recovered weapons from the gang. “On Monday 23, August 2021, troops of Operation Safe Haven Read More
Chairman Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, said the chances of his party in winning the forthcoming governorship election with a landslide victory has increased. Buni stated this Tuesday in Abuja while inaugurating National Campaign Committee of the party head by governor Hope Uzodinma as chairman. Other party Read More
The Niger state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mohammed Idris, has described his release by his abductors as “a miracle,” saying that he was kept for 48 hours without food before the bandits gave him bread and water. The commissioner disclosed this in Minna while speaking with journalists on his ordeal in the hands of the bandits. “The bandits broke Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not qualified to criticise the current administration on the worsening insecurity in Nigeria. Responding to an earlier statement released by the PDP, APC reassured Nigerians that “the security of the nation is of the highest priority to the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and this government is Read More
The Federal High Court sitting in Minna Niger state Wednesday remanded two persons accused of publishing injurious statement on social media against former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, linking him with ownership of a Chooper suspected to be supplying arms to bandits in the state. The accused suspects, Abdulkareem Ajibola and Anas Umar were charged under section 24(1B) of the Cyber crime law. The Read More
A traditional ruler in Ayedire local government of Osun state, Oba Hameed Oyelude Makama, has faulted the call for secession, describing the agitators as unpatriotic separatists. This is just as the monarch advised the leader of Yoruba Nation’s agitators, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho, to surrender himself rather than being chased around by security operatives. Speaking with newsmen Read More
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