Edo 2020: PFN tasks Buhari on violence, electoral reforms
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – AS the drumbeat for Edo and Ondo governorship election beckons and continued violent attacks in parts of Nigeria, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure peaceful election in Edo state, do more than the government is currently doing to ensure safety of […]
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Bandits kill 24, burn houses in Kaduna
At least 24 people have been killed and several others injured after gunmen attacked three communities in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Lawmaker advocates life, death sentence for killer herdsmen, bandits
The Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture, Hon. Muktar Dan-Dutse says the House of Representative is pushing for a stiffer law that will carry death penalty or life sentence against banditry and killer herdsmen. Dan-Dutse made the call while speaking with newsmen during the inauguration of the FCT chapter of the Maize Association and input […]
Bandits kill 15 in Katsina community
Armed bandits reportedly killed 15 people, yesterday, in Yar Gamji village of Batsari Local Government Area despite the ongoing military operations to tackle bandits operating in the state.
It is not our brief to expose Boko Haram sponsors — Army
Explains why Sambisa forest can’t be wiped out By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja THE Military High Command disclosed in Abuja that after five years of fighting against insurgency and armed banditry, it has not been able to arrest or locate the sponsors or financiers of Boko Haram or armed bandits. Repeatedly, Nigerians have asked where […]
Military captures two foreign armed bandits, disrupts cattle rustling operation in Niger
By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Defence Headquarters said on Tuesday that Air strikes executed by the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki at Kasuwan Ango Community in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State have resulted in the disruption of the activities of a group of armed bandits including two foreigners operating in […]
