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Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, on Tuesday reacted to the release of abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe, Zamfara State. Sani said the abduction and release of...

Hunainatu Abubakar, one of the abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara, says their abductors asked them to pray for them to become good citizens. Hunainatu told the...

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said repentant bandits assisted security agencies in the operation that led to the rescue of Jangebe school girls. our source had reported that the...

One of the victims abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Jangebe identified as Hafsatu Anka, on Monday revealed that they were laid in trenches littered with human feces. The SS-II...

Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi on Monday described the kidnapping of school children by bandits as lesser evil. Gumi said kidnapping school students was a lesser evil when compared to the...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has rejected the provision of blanket amnesty to bandits. Ndume said it has the tendency to breed new forms of criminality in Nigeria. The...

In less than three months, Nigerians especially those from the Northern part of the country had witnessed mass abduction of school children by armed bandits terrorizing the region. It is no...

Roman Catholic head, Pope Francis has reacted to the abduction of schoolgirls in Zamfara State by bandits. The Pope condemned the attack on innocent students, describing it as a “vile” abduction. “I...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has disclosed what should happen to state governors negotiating with bandits. HURIWA said state governors negotiating with bandits should be arrested, prosecuted and...

A report from Zamfara State indicates that about 300 female students of Government Secondary School, Jangebe have been abducted by suspected armed bandits. The schoolgirls were discovered missing on Thursday night...

The awaited rainy season when farmers in this part of the world will resume their farming activities to ensure the availability of food in the country for Nigerians is almost...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has said it would do all that is required for peace to return to the nation even if it takes the forum to engage in dialogue...

Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has declared that bandits are peaceful people. Gumi said bandits are victims of circumstances. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the Islamic teacher, however, condemned the...

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has given reason the federal government will not destroy forests where bandits use as hideouts to carry out kidnappings in the country. Mohammed, speaking with Channels...

Zamafara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has revealed that is “the best approach” to tackle Nigeria’s security challenges is by pardoning bandits. He added that it has helped more than 1,000 persons abducted by...

The Kaduna State Government on Saturday confirmed that bandits killed three people and injured one other in the Kajuru local government area of the state. In a statement on Saturday, Kaduna...

The Federal Government has said most of the bandits and criminal herdsmen terrorising the country are not Nigerians. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed spoke on Channels Television program, Sunrise Daily’. He disclosed...

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has reacted to a statement by the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, advising Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits Fani-Kayode dared Magashi to equip Nigerians...

Zamfara Governor, Bello Matawalle said he advised his Niger counterpart, Abubakar Bello, to negotiate with bandits. Matawalle insisted negotiation was not a sign of weakness but part of peace efforts because...

Chief Edwin Clark, South-South Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has accused popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi of envy and mischief. Clark was reacting to Gumi’s call that the...

Governor of Niger state, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, on Wednesday, said his government will not pay ransom to the bandits for kidnapped students. NK Media reports that no fewer than 27...

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has threatened to withdraw all teachers’ services in the affected states of the federation due to insecurity in the country. NUT in a statement tagged:”...

Scores of students at Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State, have been abducted by bandits. The armed men stormed the school in military uniform Tuesday night. PRNigeria reports that GSC...

Suspected bandits have abducted some staff and students of the Government Science Secondary School in Kagara, headquarters of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits invaded the school around...

Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has said that there is no difference between the bandits terrorising states in the North and Niger Delta militants. The cleric said this while reiterating his call...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has expressed worry over the insecurity in the Northwest, stating that soldiers are now targets of bandits. The bandits are becoming bolder; they attack military camps...

Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, has disclosed that bandits operating in the forests of the northern states are planning to acquire anti-aircraft missiles to repeal attacks by the military. Recall that Gumi...

Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has urged the men of the Nigeria Police Force to release all protesters arrested on Saturday at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State. Garba on his Twitter...

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has assured residents in the state of full protection against bandits and perpetrators of all sorts of evils in the state. He gave this assurance while...

Suspected bandits have kidnapped 14 persons including the widow of Barrister Mathew Kola Ojo, the former Zonal Chairman of Kogi West of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.  The victims were abducted on...