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How To Tackle Terrorism, Banditry, Osinbajo Shares Insight

How To Tackle Terrorism, Banditry, Osinbajo Shares Insight

August 5, 2022 2:05 am

In lieu of the devastating security situation in the country, the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that ongoing security challenges and fresh threats require the military and other relevant stakeholders to always stay several steps ahead of non-state actors while also stepping up local production of armaments.

He made this assertion after receiving a presentation on ‘Defence Transformation and National Security: Strategic Options for Nigeria of the Future‘ by the National Defence College Course 30 participants, yesterday during a virtual interaction.

‘If you look at the challenges that we are facing and the nature …

Zamfara Judiciary Finally Approves Death Sentence For Bandits

Zamfara Judiciary Finally Approves Death Sentence For Bandits

June 29, 2022 2:59 pm

Bandits and other acts of banditry would be having it tough in Zamfara State now as anyone who is found guilty of banditry and other related offences in Zamfara will henceforth be facing death sentence, according to a new law which came into effect in the state on Tuesday.

The Zamafra State Governor, Bello Matawalle had also signed the bill titled Prohibition and Punishment for Banditry, Cattle Rustling, Cultism, Kidnapping and Other Incidental Offences, 2022 passed by the state legislature into law on Tuesday.

Read Also: CMD Of Zamfara Hospital Kidnapped By Bandits

Matawalle said the law formed part of …

2023 I'll End Banditry In 6 Months As President, Wike Vows

2023: I’ll End Banditry In 6 Months As President, Wike Vows

May 15, 2022 2:19 am

The Governor of Rivers State and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Nyesom Wike, has vowed to stamp out banditry in the first six months of his presidency.

The governor pledged that if elected president, his administration would provide the logistics and gadgets necessary for the security agencies to expeditiously end banditry in the country.

Governor Wike made these promises when he spoke at a meeting in Abeokuta with PDP delegates from Ogun State on this month’s presidential primary of the party, saying he would prioritise the protection of life and property of every …

Tambuwal Proscribes 'Self-Styled' Vigilante Groups In Sokoto

Tambuwal Proscribes ‘Self-Styled’ Vigilante Groups In Sokoto

November 30, 2021 12:12 am

The Government of Sokoto State under the leadership of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has announced the proscription of self-styled vigilante groups from operating in the state.

According to the State Government, this move was to further strengthen the efforts made towards curbing banditry and sundry crimes bedeviling the eastern flank and other parts of the state.

Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to Governor Tambuwal in a statement issued on Tuesday pointed out that, instead, citizens who are desirous of contributing their quota to the fight against criminals and criminalities have been advised to join legitimately constituted vigilante groups …

Security Agencies Requested Zamfara Telecom Shutdown - Pantami

Security Agencies Requested Zamfara Telecom Shutdown – Pantami

September 8, 2021 1:14 pm

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has explained that security agencies were actually the ones that requested the shutdown of telecommunication services in Zamfara to curtail banditry.

The Minister clarified that the directive did not originate from his ministry and that the Federal Government did not object to the request either.

Pantami gave this clarification on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Read Also: Nigeria Will Regret If Pantami Is Sacked – Gumi

When asked if the network shutdown will be extended to Katsina, Kaduna, and other bandit-prone …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Is A Terrorist

I’m Focused On Tackling Insurgency, Banditry – Buhari

October 11, 2020 4:19 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said that his administration was focused on tackling and ending insurgency, banditry and other forms of criminality across the country.

The President spoke in Kaduna during the combined Passing Out Parade (POP) for 67 Regular Course and Short Service Course 46 (Army), at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).

‘We remain focused in the fight against insurgencies, banditry and other forms of criminality across the nation.’
‘We remain committed to ending the security challenges bedevilling the country.’
‘I am confident that the training received by the cadets has adequately equipped them to face any challenge in
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Katsina Lives Matter - Protest In Buhari’s State Over Killings, Banditry

Katsina Lives Matter: Protest In Buhari’s State Over Killings, Banditry

June 17, 2020 1:09 pm

Hundreds of youths in Katsina State, on Tuesday staged peaceful protest over the increasing banditry, killings and kidnappings.

The protest was organised by the National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG).

The Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, addressed the protestors.

Read Also: Police Harvest Bodies Of Bandits In Katsina Forest

The youths had planned to converge on the Katsina Emir’s Palace, but their plan was scuttled by security agents, who blocked all roads leading to the palace.

However, they passed through Kofar-Durbi to GRA carrying placards with different inscriptions.

Some of them read: “stop …

How Emirs And Military Officers Fuel Zamfara Banditry

How Emirs And Military Officers Fuel Zamfara Banditry

October 13, 2019 7:08 am

A committee set up by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State to find solutions to banditry and other security challenges in the state has indicted top military officers and traditional rulers for complicity in the spate of violence that has killed more than 6,000 people in the last 10 years.

This is as the Nigerian Army said its soldiers neutralised no fewer than 39 armed bandits in two different operations in Zamfara State last week.

In another development, the Army said on Saturday the blockade of terrorists’ logistics supply routes in the North-east by troops paid off with the capture …

Banditry, kidnappings, and killings in the North

May 4, 2019 11:25 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

 

In the times past when the kidnapping scourge was at it’s peak in the Southeast and South South geopolitical zones of Nigeria, the two zones were mocked by the rest of the country and the Igbos especially were accused of turning everything including kidnapping to money making venture.
Now the menace is a thing of the past in both zones, and it has become a lucrative and budding business in the unlikeliest of places: the Northern part of the country and
Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Abuja have become the hotbeds.

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