A group, the Okpameri Descendants Union, has condemned the renewed onslaught by suspected kidnappers and bandits masquerading as herdsmen on the Igarra/Ibillo Road, especially around the Uneme-Nekhua – Ayetoro/Ogbe – Okpameri Junction area of the road in the Akoko-Edo Local Government area of Edo State. In a press statement on Sunday, the group’s spokesperson, Mr. Victor Arogunyo called on the …

The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has dismissed amnesty pleas for bandits and terrorists. Receiving Zamfara State Governor, Dr. Dauda Lawal on a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday, Lagbaja said that the amnesty programme has failed to achieve its purpose in the past, adding that it gives criminals the opportunity to regroup and attack defenceless citizens. …

Northern leaders have rejected a call by former governor of Zamfara State, Malam Yerima Sani, asking President Bola Tinubu to negotiate with terrorists and bandits in the country and grant them amnesty as it was done for Niger Delta militants by the late Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration. In their separate views, they argued that such negotiations will continue to fail because …

Former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Yerima has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider dialogue with bandits to end insecurity in the North-West region of the country. Yerima advocated that the Federal Government should negotiate with “repentant” bandits. He argued that using military force would result in “collateral damage” and, therefore, should be considered a last resort. Earlier in …

Bandits attacked communities in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State at the weekend, where they killed many locals and abducted no fewer than 30 girls. A survivor told the BBC Hausa Service in an interview monitored, yesterday, that one of the abducted girls, who managed to escape from captivity returned with only her head scarf. The terrorists attacked Sakkida …

Bandits have freed 14 more abductees kidnapped after spending 76 days in the hideout of the bandits leaving only seven still in their hideouts. They were all abducted from Adunu and Kwagana communities in the Paikoro Local Government Area and the Beni community in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. This brings to 49, the number of victims that …

Bandits have reportedly abducted two women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along the Manini flashpoint in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened when the women leaders, Hajiya Lami Awarware and her assistant, Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu, attended the inauguration of the state governor, Uba Sani. The Chairman, Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, Ishaq Kasai, …

The Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has restated the commitment of his administration to deal with recent attacks by gunmen in the state before his exit from office on 29th May –  nine days away. Lalong made this known shortly after the fourth convocation ceremony of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Niger State where he was …

Bandits have again invaded Allawa Community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State during which two soldiers were shot by the bandits. The soldiers who were drafted to maintain security in the Communities were shot when they invaded the hideout of the terrorists to secure the release of those abducted by the bandits a few days ago. The bandits …

Bandits operating in Zamfara and Katsina States who abducted 85 women and children in Wanzamai community of Tsafe local government area in Zamfara State have finally agreed to collect N20,000 from each of the victims amounting to N1.7 million. The bandits also demanded that military operatives deployed to Wanzamai village should be relocated to another axis, vowing that they would …