Tag: Terrorists
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Police deny terrorists’ abduction of policemen in Borno
Police in Borno on Friday denied media reports that terrorists abducted two policemen in an attack at Magumeri Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abdu Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that the police was not affected in the attack.
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Shehu Sani mocks Buhari govt: Declare bandits ‘civil servants’ if ‘terrorists’ isn’t approriate
Former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has urged the government to declare bandits as federal civil servants since it is becoming hard for them to pronounce them terrorists. Recall bandits and kidnappers are on rampage in the North West, killing and kidnapping citizens in exchange for ransoms. Reacting to the killings of Muslim worshipers…
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Insecurity: Why we are yet to proscribe bandits as terrorists – FG
The Minister of Defense, Bashir Magashi, has explained that despite calls to proscribe bandits as terrorists, the Federal Government is yet
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Insecurity: State lawmakers join calls for declaration of bandits, kidnappers as terrorists
The State Legislators of Nigeria, an umbrella body of the Speakers of the 36 State Houses of Assembly have called on the Federal Government to declare banditry and kidnappings as acts of terrorism.
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A Contest of Bandits and Terrorists – Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta Politicians tend to get into trouble when they tinker with language to conceal mischief. Former US President Donald Trump, the most advertised quintessential linguistic idiot, was in the habit of getting lost in a forest of simple distinctions. He could not distinguish between truth, facts, fiction and faction. He tinkered with ‘alternative…
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Terrorists who attempted heinous coup against me still active in Nigeria – Turkey President
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkish has said that members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) that attempted to push him out of power
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Insecurity: We have been on FG’s neck since 2017 to declare bandits as terrorists – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has asked the Federal Government to declare bandits threatening the peace of the Northwestern region as “terrorists”.
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How Ghanaian officials refused me entry into their country over Buhari’s statement accusing NASS members of sponsoring terrorism – Lawmaker
A member of the House of Representatives, Ben Igbakpa, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to name the lawmaker whom he alleged is responsible for sponsoring bandits in the country.
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Bandits, kidnappers are also terrorists – Senator Bulkachuwa
Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa says bandits, kidnappers and other violent groups troubling the country are no different from terrorists. “We gave them the name bandit probably to just soft pedal because terrorism in the international arena is regarded as the most heinous crime that any group of people can engage in,” the senator said on a…
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Stop calling them bandits, they are terrorists, Falana tells Media, Nigerians
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged the media and Nigerians to stop branding terrorists as mere bandits. Mr Falana made the appeal in a statement on Sunday while reacting to the Federal Government’s seeming silence on the calls to declare bandits as terrorists. He made reference to the Chibok…