The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has implored the Federal Government to entrench state policing by granting governors unilateral powers to secure their respective domains. According to...
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has ordered the immediate shutting down of telecommunications networks in 14 of the 23 local government areas of the state...
Northern traders lost N447 billion to banditry, #EndSARS protest and general insecurity in the North. National President of Northern Traders Union, Mohammed Ibrahim has said that...
An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has come out hard on President Muhammadu Buhari over insecurity and the activities of bandits in the country, saying the...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lauded the release of abducted Nigerian students in the past few weeks by their abductors, but lamented the fact...
Two members of the Katsina State House of Assembly, on Monday, broke down in tears during plenary while deliberating over the escalating insecurity situation bedevilling the...
Due to the unending series of insecurity, banditry, abductions and killings in different parts of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has scheduled a meeting with Security...
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has given an insight into how cattle rustling snowballed into the current spate of kidnapping and banditry in the...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has warned that the escalating insecurity and banditry in the North-West can ‘swallow” the entire country if necessary measures...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has advised the Federal Government not to use “bullets and other forces of arms alone” to fight banditry, armed robbery, and other...
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the inability of his government to develop Nigeria to the lingering insecurity in the country. Buhari said this at a dinner...
A Kaduna State Security Incidents Report for the Second Quarter of 2021 presented to Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday, has shown that 222 persons were killed,...
The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, said on Tuesday he knows the individuals behind kidnapping, banditry, and other forms of criminality in the state. Mohammed...
True is the saying that, when it rains, it pours. And if the last few weeks have told us anything in Northern Nigeria, it is that...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday, responded to the Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi who had compared the movement to criminal bandits. Gumi had...
The controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, who has continuously canvassed amnesty for the bandits in northern Nigeria, has said that banditry in the region is...
A cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi has alleged that a number of Nigerian security operatives are involved in acts of aiding banditry in the country, as the...
Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has tasked the state residents to ensure communities are rid of bandits and criminals. Matawalle made this call during his statement...
The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto diocese, Matthew Kukah, has berated the Federal Government over its lack of empathy and concern towards the populace as kidnapping...
Following the spate of banditry and insecurity in Zamfara State, the state governor, Bello Matawalle, has suspended the Emir of Dansadau in Maru Local Government Area...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has urged the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, to sustain the fight against insurgents, bandits, and other...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has uged government at all levels to come...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba, has pledged to ensure the elimination of banditry and terrorism across the country. Baba made this call on...
The Kaduna State Government continues to face severe criticism over its treatment of workers, which according to the organised labour, is responsible for the security challenges...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has said a united humanity is required to defeat banditry and other crimes that have posed serious security challenges...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with seven governors from the North-West and North-Central over banditry, kidnapping, and other violent crimes in the regions. The governors...
The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, George Akume, has stated that the country is still battling banditry and other security challenges owing to inadequate...
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has prescribed community policing, enhanced funding and provision of logistics for security agencies, and the deployment of technology...
Former senate president, Bukola Saraki has stated that Nigeria should learn from countries that successfully tackled kidnapping. Saraki made this disclosure on Friday, during a webinar...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, March 30, issued a mandate to the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd.), directing the nation’s service chiefs to identify...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Monday, revealed that sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgency are the progenitors of the escalating banditry in the Northwest and kidnappings...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday called for tighter security around schools in a bid to check banditry and kidnapping in the country. The Secretary...
President Muhammadu Buhari wants the 19 Northern governors that make up the Northern Governors Forum (NGF), to see the threat to peaceful co-existence and insecurity in...
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed on Friday claimed that Nigerians of Yoruba and Igbo extraction are the real beneficiaries of banditry in the country. The...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has stated that the Federal Government has commenced the process of installing Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras on all...
Worried by rising cases of bandit attacks on communities in Zamfara State, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered his ministers and security chiefs to immediately end the...
The Zamfara State government is making moves to probe the alleged looting of N107 billion, banditry in the state and bailout funds taken by the last...
The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has vowed that the Nigerian Army will do everything to sustain the ongoing war against terrorism,...
The new Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State, Mr. Abutu Yaro has assumed office and has vowed to end all forms of crime including banditry, cattle rustling...
Dr. Salihu Lukeman, the Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), has called for stiff sanctions to be meted out on security personnel, traditional and religious...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the federal government of Nigeria and government at all levels to employ urgent and pragmatic action to end...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has read the riot act to those sponsoring, aiding or abetting the activities of bandits in the state. Governor...
If any Nigerian was in doubt about the commitment of the United States government to protect the lives of its citizens anywhere in the world, such...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday his administration was fully committed to the fight against insurgency, banditry, and other forms of criminality in the country. The...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said on Wednesday the lingering banditry in the North-West and North-Central parts of the country had international dimension. Adamu stated...
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, said on Wednesday the state government would not allow the current cases of banditry in the North West and North...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari on Sunday declared that enemies of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) are behind banditry and general insecurity in...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari has tasked the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to join the state government in...
Rural settlements in Nigeria used to be one of the safest and the most peaceful places to live. Such that, you feel safe to mingle with...
Delta State government said on Tuesday it had commenced moves to establish a security force to check rising insecurity in the state. The Secretary to the...
