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Security Operatives Kill Two Notorious Kidnappers in Plateau State

Security Operatives Kill Two Notorious Kidnappers in Plateau State

Landmine Kills 5 Soldiers, Injures 15 Others In Borno

Landmine Kills 5 Soldiers, Injures 15 Others In Borno

Plateau: OPSH Denies Killing 2 Youths in Riyom LGA

Plateau: OPSH Denies Killing 2 Youths in Riyom LGA

Heavy gunfight as troops ambush Boko Haram terrorists near Maiduguri

Heavy gunfight as troops ambush Boko Haram terrorists near Maiduguri

Katsina abduction: 344 students freed — State govt

Katsina abduction: 344 students freed — State govt

Breaking: 17 abducted Kankara school students rescued

Breaking: 17 abducted Kankara school students rescued

Abductors of Katsina students in talks with Nigerian govt — Masari

Abductors of Katsina students in talks with Nigerian govt — Masari

Rising Insecurity in Plateau State; Need for Synergy by Key Actors and Political Will by Government

Rising Insecurity in Plateau State; Need for Synergy by Key Actors and Political Will by Government

Kankara Attack: 333 students still missing

Kankara Attack: 333 students still missing

ISWAP kills 10 soldiers, takes one hostage in Borno

ISWAP kills 10 soldiers, takes one hostage in Borno

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Security Operatives Kill Two Notorious Kidnappers in Plateau State

Friday Bako January 18, 2021
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Men of the Police’s Intelligence Response Team in Plateau State on Sunday 17th January, 2021 gunned down the two notorious kidnappers along Jos-Mangu Road following intelligence reports gathered about the nefarious activities of the kidnappers. There was intense gun battle between the security operatives of the Nigerian Police Intelligence Response Team and the criminal elements in which two of the kidnappers were neutralized. Guns and ammunitions were recovered from the kidnappers killed. Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Chuka Egbuka since assumption of duty in the State has promised to bring an end to insecurity and other criminal activities such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, banditry etc. He […]

Landmine Kills 5 Soldiers, Injures 15 Others In Borno

Kevin Naanjwan January 16, 2021
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Five soldiers, including an officer from the 117 Battalion, 28 Task Force Brigade, have been killed while 15 others were injured when they ran into landmines planted by Boko Haram insurgents during an operation in a remote village in the southern part of Borno State on Thursday, sources said. It was learnt that the incident happened at 10.20am near Kwada Kwamtah Yahi village in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno when their vehicle ran over a massive bomb that exploded, killing one army officer and four others.A top vigilante member, Yohanna Bitrus, who was part of the troops’ clearance operations in Kwada Kwamtah Yahi village, disclosed that a utility operation […]

Plateau: OPSH Denies Killing 2 Youths in Riyom LGA

Friday Bako January 12, 2021
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Says allegation baseless, intended to discredit the outfit Operation Safe Haven , an internal military task force in Plateau State, has denied the report linking it to the death of two youths in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The youths identified as Jerry Bitrus, 28, and Joseph Davou, 32, respectively, were reportedly killed last Sunday, by gunmen in the area. A media report had quoted locals accusing personnel of OPSH of complicity in the act which has drawn condemnations from citizens and politicians alike in the state. But reacting to the allegation, the military outfit insisted that it has nothing to do with the death of the youths, […]

Heavy gunfight as troops ambush Boko Haram terrorists near Maiduguri

Kevin Naanjwan December 30, 2020
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The Nigerian troops have eliminated some Boko Haram fighters in a strategic ambush at Tunkushe village in the northeastern part of Borno State. The insurgents wearing military uniforms in two Hilux vans mounted with Anti Air Craft guns, were ambushed by gallant troops in Tunkushe, located about 20 kilometres to Maiduguri, the Borno capital. A military source told News men that the attackers were suspected to be from the Islamic State in West Africa Province . “The attempted attack by the terrorists was repelled by the troops of 212 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in a very strategic ambush in a heavy gunfight that lasted for more than 30 minutes. […]

Katsina abduction: 344 students freed — State govt

Kevin Naanjwan December 18, 2020
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No fewer than 344 students kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State by Boko Haram last Friday have been released.Abdul Labaran, Director-General, Media to the Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari confirmed the release of the students to Vanguard, last night. Labaran said the children were being transported from the bush where the bandits released them. Recall that the students were kidnapped by Boko Haram, which attacked the school last Friday. Before the students were freed, a distraught teenager and a student of the school in Kankara, had earlier day in a video by Boko Haram called on Governor Aminu Masari of the state to disband the local […]

Breaking: 17 abducted Kankara school students rescued

Kevin Naanjwan December 14, 2020
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Additional 17 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara have been rescued. This was disclosed by the Katsina State Governor, Rt Hon Aminu Bello Masari in an interview with DW Hausa. “Base on the recent information I got, 17 additional students were rescued as at today. Fifteen of them were found in a village called Dinya of Danmusa Local Government Area and another student who was found by the police.“The father of another student also called and informed us that his child returned”, the Governor said. The Governor also reiterated his administration’s commitment towards rescuing the students safely. The therefore enjoined the general public especially the parents of the […]

Abductors of Katsina students in talks with Nigerian govt — Masari

Kevin Naanjwan December 14, 2020
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The abductors of hundreds of students from a secondary school inKatsina State, have made contacts with the government and discussions are current ongoing, the governor of the state, Aminu Masari, said Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, Katsina State, received ‘more briefing’ from Mr Masari, on the children kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, the presidency has said. News men reported how an unknown but large number of students from the school were kidnapped by bandits. The state government has put the number of kidnapped students at 333, a number the federal authorities dispute. Mr Buhari, who is currently on a private visit to Katsina, his home state, […]

Rising Insecurity in Plateau State; Need for Synergy by Key Actors and Political Will by Government

Friday Bako December 14, 2020
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The World is battling to overcome insecurity which has become a daily occurrence with Nations, States and Local Communities putting in place sound measures to nip the ugly trend in the bud. How effective these measures are will go a long way in determining how the World, Nations, States and Local Communities are prepared to halt the various crimes bedeviling them. Can Plateau State urgently design its own strategy considering the rising crime rate and in line with its peculiarity to tackle the insecurity bedeviling it? This is because people and communities are no longer safe, tranquil and secured as they now live in perpetual fear and pains. Presently, herdsmen […]

Kankara Attack: 333 students still missing

Kevin Naanjwan December 13, 2020
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Aminu Masari, governor of state, has confirmed that 333 students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina. Security sources had confirmed to TheCable that over 300 students were unaccounted for after the attack. When he received a federal government delegation led by Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, on Sunday, the governor said 333 students are still missing.Gunmen had invaded the school on Friday night, shooting into the air to scare away people in the area. The school is said to have a population of around 800 students, and according to the police, when the gunmen attacked, some of the students scaled the fence to escape. […]

ISWAP kills 10 soldiers, takes one hostage in Borno

Kevin Naanjwan December 9, 2020
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Ten soldiers were killed and one was taken hostage in clashes with IS-linked jihadists in Borno state, according to two security sources.Clashes erupted on Monday when a team of soldiers stormed a camp of Islamic State West Africa Province in Alagarno village in Damboa district. “We lost 10 soldiers in the fight and one was taken by the terrorists,” a security source told AFP on Tuesday. The hostage was seized while fleeing to safety after the troops were outgunned, he said. “It was an intense battle and the terrorists also suffered casualties but they were able to overwhelm the soldiers,” said a second security source who confirmed the toll.The […]

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