Tag: bandits

Improved mediation skills for local leaders can help prevent the escalation of disputes and break cycles of violence.

There has been a resurgence of attacks on communities in recent days especially as locals prepare for the rainy season

The report says 41 bandits were neutralised by the ground force while more than 60 were neutralised through various air ...

WHO says contraceptive use is much lower in developing countries such as Nigeria, and that one in 10 women in ...

The Abuja - Kaduna highway has over the years become dangerous with series of abductions taking place on the road.

This is the second time the bandits would be releasing hostages. They had earlier released the Managing Director of the ...

Local sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the bandits attacked the community around 10 pm and blocked all entries into the ...

Despite the official assurance, even as it sounds fairly tentative, and with the unfolding situations in many places across the ...

In the fresh attack on Saturday afternoon, a local source in Maradun said, two villages, Faru and Kauyen Minane, were ...

Another resident, Mu'azu Damri, said the number of casualties would have been more if the security agents did not confront ...

Mr Umar also appealed to the international community, particularly the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to assist in ...

Zamfara state government has deposed the Emirs of Zurmi and Dansadau, Atiku Muhammadu and Hussaini Umar, and the district head ...

Residents said the six children were killed when a Nigerian Air Force jet bombed their residence in Kurebe, Shiroro Local ...

Abdurrahman Aliyu, a resident of Dutsen Reme who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on the phone said struck the Low-Cost area ...

Mr Ayoku, however, advised the general public and commuters on the highway to always be prompt in reporting unusual incidents ...

Experts say the government knows who the specific perpetrators of the train attack are and what they want; as relatives ...

The Northern Elders Forum had on Tuesday called Mr Buhari to resign because of the country’s lingering security challenges.

Based on percentage, the northern part of the country recorded 2,575 (86.8%) while the southern part of the country recorded ...

Local sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the bandits attacked a privately run hostel opposite the school at around 11.24 p.m. ...

The police said one of the attackers was killed in a shootout with the security operatives.

The deceased, Sadiya Idris, 25, and daughter, Khadijah, 4, were reportedly killed on Sunday night at her residence at Labana ...

Chinelo Megafu, 29, a University of Port Harcourt-trained dental surgeon, was among the 970 passengers aboard the ill-fated Kaduna-bound train ...

He said some bandits had attacked a Fulani settlement in Kakura, Kujama district of Chikun Local Government of the state, ...

"In my own case, I'm a staff of INEC Kaduna State and I'm appealing to the government to please come ...

Goodnight, Chinelo. You are a metaphor for the state of the nation. When parents become pall bearers and their children ...