Tag: Banditry
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Banditry: Niger State residents desert 50 villages in five LGAs – Governor Bello
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger, has disclosed that no fewer than 50 villages in five Local Government Areas of the state have been deserted due bandits’ attacks. The governor made the disclosure on Monday in Minna while opening a two-day training workshop for local government directors and revenue officers. The workshop has the theme: ‘Strategies…
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Politicians sponsoring banditry to distract Buhari – Uzodinma
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has accused politicians of funding banditry to run down the present administration. He made the allegation on Friday while briefing reporters shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The governor who condemned the recent attacks by armed…
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Banditry: Gov. Matawalle suspends District Head
Gov. Bello Matawalle has suspended the District Head of Badarawa in Shinkafi Emirate Council, Alhaji Surajo Namakkah. The district head was suspended indefinitely by the governor for conferring traditional title of Durumbu on a military officer who was arrested for allegedly selling ammunition to bandits in the state. A statement issued on Friday in Gusau…
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Obasanjo hosts Gumi in Abeokuta, propose solutions to banditry, other security challenges
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, met on Sunday to discuss and propose possible solutions to the security challenges in Nigeria. The meeting, which held at the residence of the former president in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was part of efforts to find solutions to the menace of banditry,…
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We cannot conduct 2023 elections under an insecure environment- Akeredolu
Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has said that the 2023 general elections might be threatened if the insecurity situation in the country worsens. Akeredolu made this known as a guest on Channels Television Politics Today programme on Tuesday. He urged the Federal Government to urgently tackle the deteriorating insecurity in…
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Gov. Matawalle swears with Quran, challenges citizens to do same over banditry sponsorship in Zamfara
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has sworn with the Quran that he has no connection with bandits disturbing the peace in the state. He also challenged residents of the state, irrespective of their status, to do the same to prove that they have no hands in the security challenges bedevilling the state. The governor gave…
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Banditry: Katsina Governor rejects Sheikh Gumi’s intervention, challenges him to public debate
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has kicked against Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s intervention on the banditry activities in the northwest. Masari also challenged the Kaduna based Islamic cleric to a debate. The governor spoke on Wednesday on a monitored Channels Television programme. “Was he there? What did he know about what we did in Kaduna? I…
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How FG can end banditry, kidnapping – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday in Abuja said collective efforts was needed to ensure tighter security around schools and to end banditry and kidnapping in the country. The party said this in a statement by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The party was reacting…
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Banditry: Kano govt shuts down 10 boarding schools
The Kano State Government has ordered the closure of ten boarding schools in the state over frequent abduction of school children in the Northern part of the country. The order for the closure of boarding schools in the state is coming following the abduction of over 300 female boarders by bandits in Zamfara State. The…
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Buhari should wake up, fight banditry in his backyard –Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has averred that it is sad that banditry is happening in the north-west region of the country where the President Muhammadu Buhari hails from. Obasanjo, therefore, urged the president to wake up and fight banditry and other varied misconducts especially in the northern part of the country. He made this known…