President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian military to ensure that banditry is brought to an end in 2025, Minister of State for Defense, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has said. Matawalle disclosed this on Saturday while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC), members at his Gusau residence, promising that the military would do everything to comply with the President’s directive. The former …

The Patriots for Peace and Social Development has said that is alarmed by the “sensational” reportage in a major newspaper, which was published on 28 September 2024. According to the group, the story did not state the specific court and judge that purportedly heard the matter of the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, and “okay” it. Matawalle …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, okayed a suit seeking to compel the Federal Government to investigate the alleged link between the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle and the operation of bandits in Zamfara State. Cited as 1st to 3rd defendants in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1434/2024, which was brought before the court by a …

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has accused those he described as Abuja politicians of being behind the armed banditry and killings in the Sankera axis of the state comprising Katsina-Ala, Ukum and Logo Local Government Area (LGAs). The governor, who made the allegation Sunday after attending a thanksgiving service organised at the Chapel of Grace, Government House Makurdi, …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, yesterday, declared that it will take decades for the north-west to be free from the menacing security challenge. The Sultan spoke in Katsina at the ‘Inaugural North West Peace and Security Summit’. In his address, the Sultan said: “What we must do is challenge these bandits because we all know the consequences of banditry …

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, raised the concern over illegal mining, banditry, kidnapping and other vices in the Oke-Ogun area in particular and the state in general. He made this known while playing host to the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department and South West zone, Abiodun Alabi, at the Conference Hall of the …

Katsina State governor, Dikko Radda has accused some government officials and security personnel of aiding banditry in the country, saying that banditry has become a business venture for these officials. The governor, who revealed that one bandit leader has over 100 camps in his state, said poverty has made recruitment into banditry easy, adding that as little as N500 could …

President Bola Tinubu has restated his administration’s commitment to end terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities in the country. He spoke on Saturday during the seventh and eighth combined convocation of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. Represented by Vice Chancellor of Federal University Dutse, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, the President said the government was greatly concerned about the security …

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has highlighted the need for a people-centric leadership concept as he commits to ensuring better synergy among the Nigerian Armed Forces and the civilian populace. While delivering a lecture titled ‘Nigeria’s Security and Defence Policies: My Leadership Concept for the Armed Forces’ to participants of Senior Course 46 of the Armed Forces …

Bandits have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others, including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi Local Government Areas of Niger State in the last three weeks. More than half of the victims were kidnapped while harvesting maize, beans, guinea corn and soya beans on their farms. Those killed were a traditional …