Insecurity
Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed 10 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) commanders, as well as over 100 terrorists during land and air clearance operations along the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin. The operation codenamed Operation Lake Sanity is a joint and combined operation involving […]
At least 10 soldiers have been killed and some others injured by bandits proscribed as terrorists who attacked a military base in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened at about 6:30pm on Monday, security sources told Channels Television. However, the military authorities have yet to confirm the attack. Birnin-Gwari is one of […]
Gunmen on Monday kidnapped a priest of the Catholic Church of Kafanchan Diocese, Reverend Father Joseph Shekari. The Priest was abducted from his residence at Ikulu Fari in Chawai village of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of the day. Although the police authorities and the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan […]
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has lamented the proliferation of arms including AK-47 rifles among herders and farmers in the country. Lalong, who is also the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, stressed that the full implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan was the solution to the frequent skirmishes between host farmers and nomadic […]
Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi the second has blamed the increasing spate of kidnapping, drugs, banditry and armed robbery on the huge population of Nigeria. Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, made the remark yesterday during a roundtable session on ‘Nigeria in 2050 – Boom or Bust?’ at the ongoing twenty fifth Nigerian […]
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