Ahmad Gumi, prominent Islamic cleric, says bandits should be granted amnesty since those who caused the death of millions during the civil war were pardoned. Gumi said this in response
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BY OLAMIDE FRANCIS The call by many Nigerians for the presidency to proscribe bandits as terrorists are gratuitous. The presidency is upstanding to turn deaf ears to this reverberating call,
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Ruwan Tofa in Maru LGA of Zamfara state. Several persons, mostly women and children, were abducted by the gunmen who stormed the town
Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, says President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47. Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, said
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says armed herders carry guns that are more sophisticated than those provided to the police
BY AKPANDEM JAMES Recently an aide of Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle of Zamfara State, North West Nigeria, laboured to explain
Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says residents in the state fight back when bandits raid their communities. The governor stated
Six people have been killed in multiple attacks by bandits in Igabi and Kauru LGAs of Kaduna state. This brings
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has accused governments at various levels of pampering bandits, a measure it said
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, says the state government would not have been able to secure the release of
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