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Not less than seven policemen were killed on Monday November 8, in an ambush carried out by bandits near Zonai village in Magami district in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Nigeria. The policemen were reportedly returning from duty after mounting a check point near Zonai village along Gusau-Magami-Dansadau road, when the armed gang […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, Nigeria, have intercepted a bus loaded with 500 pieces of daggers concealed under the seats. Also intercepted were weapons with different seizes of knives and guns concealed inside Tigger nut bags. 18 people suspected to be bandits were arrested with the vehicle while two other buses escaped. […]
Continue ReadingPoliticians tend to get into trouble when they tinker with language to conceal mischief. Former US president Donald Trump, the most advertised quintessential linguistic idiot, was in the habit of getting lost in a forest of simple distinctions. He could not distinguish between truth, facts, fiction and faction. He tinkered with ‘alternative truth’ instead and […]
Continue ReadingLike the Senate did on Wednesday, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, on Thursday, asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to designate bandits, who have dominated the North-West and parts of the North-Central geopolitical zones, and their sponsors as terrorists. Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, at the plenary on Thursday, moved a motion of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian senate has asked Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists. Buhari was also asked by the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly to declare known leaders of bandits in the country wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. The lawmakers also appealed to the president to direct the […]
Continue ReadingAmong the many victims of violent crimes in the last few days is a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Luka Benson Yakusak. He was abducted on Monday evening by gunmen who invaded his house in the Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The kidnap happened two days after the killing of […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kaduna State, Nigeria, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the way bandits and Boko Haram terrorists operate is different from that of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu. While speaking to BBC Pidgin, El-Rufai stated that bandits are not calling for the break up of Nigeria but are just […]
Continue ReadingPublisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has shared photos of how the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was paraded after his recent arrest and how bandits are allegedly treated in Katsina state. Sowore described the “differential treatment: as “Nigerian apartheid system”. He wrote; “Compare and Contrast: The Bandits from Katsina […]
Continue ReadingA member of the Zamfara state House of Assembly, Mohammad Ahmad Walin Jengeru, has been shot dead by suspected bandits It was gathered that the lawmaker was killed by the gunmen along Sheme- Funtua Road in Katsina State on Wednesday morning, June 30. The Clerk of the Zamfara House House of Assembly, Saidu Anka, who […]
Continue ReadingAs I have often argued on this page, the connecting thread for the variants of violence we are witnessing across Nigeria is the loss of what Max Weber described as “the legitimate use of physical force” to criminal cartels. And until we muster the capacity to effectively confront those who trouble the peace of our […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be armed bandits have allegedly killed a medical doctor identified as Precious Chinedu Emeka in Salka village, Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the gunmen numbering about five invaded his clinic while he was on duty around 9:00pm on Wednesday evening, June 16, and whisked him away […]
Continue ReadingSeveral female students have allegedly been abducted when armed bandits attacked the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Details of the incident are still sketchy but according to Daily Trust, a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said to have stormed the school […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be bandits attacked St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, Malunfashi, Katsina State, Nigeria and killed a priest, Rev. Fr. Alphonsus Yashim Bello. It was gathered that the bandits invaded the church parish around 11.00pm on Thursday, May 20, and started shooting in the air, leaving some people injured. The late priest was said […]
Continue ReadingAt least 310 Nigerians were killed in various security crises across the country in May 2019, just as Zamfara, Borno and Katsina states tops the three states with highest number of victims according to a report released in Abuja on Thursday. The report was prepared by a media tracking group, Nigeria Mourns, and it noted […]
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