Tag: #StopBanditry
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NYCN DEMANDS RANSOM BAN: CRIMINALIZE PAYMENTS TO CRUSH KIDNAPPINGS
Kidnappers thriving on your cash? Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) says enough urging security bosses to make ransom payments illegal, enforceable, and the end of bandit bucks. In an open letter from Prez Isah Abubakar (Jan 3, Kaduna), copied to NSA, Defence Minister, Service Chiefs, and IG: Ransoms are bandit “oxygen,” funding guns, goons,…
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HOUSE OF PRAYER ASSEMBLY LEADER URGES UNITY TO TACKLE INSECURITY, REJECTS RELIGIOUS DIVISION
General Overseer of the House of Prayer Assembly, Basilica, Dr Joseph Omorinoye has called on Nigerians to unite against the persistent insecurity, stressing it is not a religious crisis. Speaking in Ilorin during a sermon titled “Prayer for Protection” from the Book of Psalm 35:1-10, he urged people to avoid hatred across religious divides and…
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TERRORISTS NOW CONTROL VAST KWARA FORESTS, MASTER BUSH ROUTES TO NEIGHBOURING STATES, SAYS CHURCH KIDNAP SURVIVOR
A survivor of the recent church abduction in Eruku, Kwara State, has revealed alarming details about the escalating terror group dominance in the state’s forest corridors. Speaking in Ilorin after release, he described how terrorists operate with confidence and deep familiarity with the terrain, running fortified camps deep inside the forests. The abductors quickly surrounded…
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NIGERIA SLIDING INTO DANGER AS KWARA CHURCH ATTACK SPARKS SECURITY ALARM — DR. IBRAHIM MOHAMMED AJIA SOUNDS THE ALERT
Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, Dan Amanan of Fune Emirate and Ilorin-born security expert, has raised urgent alarms over Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, highlighting the recent violent attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State. Describing the situation as “shameful” and “dangerous,” Ajia warned that repeated abductions and killings reveal a nation gradually consumed…
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KEBBI POLICE CONFIRM ABDUCTION OF 25 FEMALE STUDENTS FROM GOVERNMENT GIRLS’ SCHOOL
The Kebbi State Police have confirmed the abduction of 25 female students from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer, revealed that at around 4 a.m. on Monday, armed bandits stormed the school, firing shots and using sophisticated weapons. Despite a brave gunfight…
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YOUTHS BLOCK MAKURDI HIGHWAY IN PROTEST OVER GUNMEN ATTACKS IN NASARAWA
Hundreds of angry youths from the Sarkin Noma Community in Keana Local Government, Nasarawa State, blocked the Lafia–Makurdi highway Friday to protest persistent gunmen invasions and kidnappings. Carrying placards and leaves, they halted traffic to demand urgent government action after gunmen stormed their community, abducting an elderly man and killing two youths who tried to…
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ARCHBISHOP AMOO CALLS OUT KWARA GOVT OVER PENSIONERS’ STRUGGLES AND BAD ROADS
At the funeral of former Governor Cornelius Adebayo, Archbishop Israel Amoo didn’t hold back, sharply criticizing the Kwara government for the suffering pensioners face and the terrible state of roads in the state. He passionately highlighted how many pensioners haven’t received their dues since 2019, calling it “unfair” and urging Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to make…
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GUNMEN KILL COMMUNITY LEADER, DOZENS IN KWARA ATTACK AS GOVERNOR CALLS FOR MORE TROOPS
Deadly bandit raid shakes Ogba-Ayo community, sparking urgent calls for increased security. At dawn Sunday, armed gunmen attacked Ogba-Ayo in Kwara’s Ifelodun LGA, killing the Baale, his two children, and dozens more, while many residents fled in fear. The attackers struck swiftly, overwhelming local defenses, including forest guards who bravely resisted but suffered casualties. Governor…
