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Insecurity: Gov Lalong tasks security forces to confiscate illegal weapons

Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has decried the wide proliferation of weapons in the hands of non-State actors which is fuelling insecurity and heightening crime in the country. Speaking

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Edo communities barricade Benin-Lagos Highway to protest attacks by herdsmen

Ten communities of Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo barricaded the Lagos-Benin Highway on Wednesday to protest incessant attacks by herdsmen. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) joined in the

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Banditry: Kaduna govt. orders restoration of telecoms services

Kaduna State Government has ordered immediate restoration of telecommunication service in areas where the facility was earlier suspended for security reasons. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel

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NSRDA Boss reveals why the fight against Bandits has become difficult

The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, (NSRDA) Halilu Shaba has raised a very big concern in the fight against Bandits terrorizing the country revealing that they are

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ZAMFARA SCHOOL CHILDREN: NORTHERN GOVERNORS SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Again, the Northern States Governors Forum has condemned another attack on Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State where where hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted. In a statement, Chairman of

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NORTHERN GOVERNORS CONDEMN KIDNAP OF STUDENTS IN NIGER STATE

The Northern State’s Governors Forum says it is distressed and saddened by the spate of attacks and abductions particularly the reported abduction of some students, staff and families of the

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Enough is Enough! Senate Charges Buhari To Declare State Of Emergency On Insecurity

Following the abduction of Students and Staff of the Government Science Secondary School in Kagara, Niger State, the Nigerian Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state

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50 killed as Nigeria Troops bombard Bandits base in Zamfara

No fewer than 50 bandits were annihilated during an encounter between Nigeria troops, Operation Hadarin Daji and the bandits in Kuriya Village of Laura Namoda LGA of Zamfara state on

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Nigerian Troops neutralize Armed Bandits, recover weapons, arresting many in Zamfara

The Defence Media Operation, (DMO) has reported that In continuation of efforts to forestall the activities of Armed bandits and other criminal in troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI have sustained

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Investigate intelligence report linking North-west governor to banditry, APC charges security agencies

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged security agencies to investigate an intelligence report linking a North-west governor to the heightened cases of banditry, abductions and other violent crimes in

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