Security

The Katsina state government has been urged to allow well-trained hunters assist in winning the war against banditry in the State. Hajiya Ummah Dauda, the Assistant Commandant General (ACG), Katsina State Chapter of the Nigeria Hunters Council, NHC, made the pledge when she led other members of the association on …

A Nigerian man has shared the story of how met a taxi driver who equipped his car with stones and a catapult, which he intends to use to defend himself amid rising cases of insecurity in the country. The narrator known as Da Mayor on Twitter, said he entered the …

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the regime of his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, is not interested in naming or shaming Boko Haram sponsors and other financiers of terrorism in the country. The presidential aide said rather, the current regime is interested …

Nigerian Air Force has mistakenly bombed another community in Nigeria’s war-torn North-East,  gistfoxnews.com has learnt from military sources. Dozens of civilians were said to have been killed and others wounded after a military operation said to have occurred by error. It was unclear when the incident came, but dead bodies …

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that French military forces had killed Islamic militant Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and West Africa. “It’s another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel,” Macron said in a tweet, without disclosing the location …

Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has said that the federal government is ready to listen to repentant bandits and settle them without much cost, as part of the solutions to the insecurity issue in the northwest and north-central regions of the country.   Dingyadi said this on Tuesday, September …

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State, northern Nigeria, has affirmed that majority of the bandits kidnapping for ransom and killing Nigerians in the north, are of Fulani tribe. Masari who made this bold declaration while speaking on Channels Television on Monday, suggested that the Fulani bandits might have come in …

According to Khalid, the Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, said God will punish Buhari if he fails to return Nigeria to the state in which he found it. Before Buhari took control, Nigeria was free of banditry, according to the cleric. During his speech, the Imam warned Buhari …

On Sunday in Abuja, the president offered the guarantee in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. Buhari, on the other hand, insisted that in order to succeed, communities must join together in the face of these horrific crimes, claiming that revenge violence …

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has raised alarm that bandits and terrorists may takeover the country soon and those in Aso Villa will be chased away. The governor therefore begged Nigerians to call the presidency to order before it destroys the entire nation. This comes as faceoff between the …