Tag: Banditry
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We’ve reduced banditry by 70% – Radda
Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State, said his administration has reduced banditry to about 70 per cent in the last one year. According to the Governor, this was sequel to the robust synergy between the local security outfits and the conventional security agencies across the state.
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Kidnappers must be treated as terrorists – President Tinubu
Due to incessant banditry attack and the rate of Kidnapping in the country, president Tinubu has declared that people involved in the act must be treated as terrorists.
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Gov Sani unravels root causes of banditry in Kaduna
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has identified poverty and unemployment as the root causes of the prevailing banditry and kidnapping challenges in the North-West region.
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Affliction strikes Nigerians the second time – By Owei Lakemfa
I AM walking back from the position of many Nigerians that these are the worse of times for the country. It would have been difficult to dispute what appears to be a truism. We are buffeted by rampant cases of terrorism, banditry and sectarian violence. Inflation is over 20 per cent, we became the poverty…
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Naira Redesign has reduced Banditry, Kidnapping – Emefiele
Following the scarcity of new notes that has hit the nation as a result of Naira redesign, Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, on Tuesday, appealed to lawmakers and Nigerians to demonstrate understanding, insisting that the apex bank was out to fight the incidence of insecurity in Nigeria.
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Banditry: Zamfara Govt announces total ”lockdown” in 3 LGAs
The Zamfara Government, on Friday announced a total lockdown in Anka, Bukkuyum and Gummi Local Government Areas (LGAs) following the resurgence of bandit attacks on communities. The lockdown is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara on Friday in Gusau.
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Worst of insecurity is over in the country – FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria has posited that the era of kidnapping, terrorism, banditry and killings is almost over in the country. FG stated that the worst insecurity is over in the country, saying relative peace is now being enjoyed in the country. Nigeria’s minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the government’s position…
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Banditry: Parents withdraw children from schools out of fear in Zamfara
The banditry activities ravaging Zamfara State for over a decade have forced indigenes of the state to be suspicious of any strange face, especially in rural areas. Many people living in the Damba area of Gusau, the state capital, have been vacating the axis as it has become a bandits’ den, with terror attacks…
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Former Emir of Kano slams Buhari’s govt, says Nigeria better under Jonathan
The former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido II has said there is no change and that Nigeria was better in 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari took over from Goodluck Jonathan.
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FG seeks support of NGOs’ in fight against terrorism, banditry
The Federal Government has called on Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating in Nigeria to support its efforts in the fight against terrorism, banditry and all forms of criminality. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba, made the call at the unveiling of an NGO, ‘Sure for you Rescue and Resettlement Initiative…