Gombe State has been ranked number one by a survey on the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in Nigeria, according to a report by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC). The state was ranked number...
Bandits have killed 57 persons in a fresh attack on Magarya ward, Kadawa community of Zurmi local government area of Zamfara state. The attack, which occurred on Thursday evening till the early hours of Friday, only...
* The Enugu Police Command has confirmed the killing of four operatives during gunmen attack on Iwollo Police Division on Tuesday. The command’s Spokesman, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said the assailants attacked the station in large numbers...
The death toll from reprisal attacks between bandits and vigilante members has risen to 90. Reports from affected communities indicated that no fewer than 90 corpses had been buried after the latest round of mayhem...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday detained a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, over alleged illegal financial dealings at its in Sokoto. Yari was detained after he had been interrogated by the...
The Zamfara police command has arrested seven security operatives for allegedly supplying arms, ammunition, and military kits to bandits in the state. Ibrahim Dosara, Zamfara commissioner for information, who disclosed this at a media briefing on...
Suspected bandits have again abducted over 60 persons and set ablaze houses and farm produce in Ruwan Tofa village, in Maru local government area of Zamfara state. The attack comes a few days after 279 abducted...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agents to shoot anyone with illegal possession of sophisticated weapons such as AK-47. His spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, told the BBC in an interview yesterday that the president also directed...
At least one person was feared killed and others injured in Jangebe, the Zamfara community where some schoolgirls were abducted last week. After the students regained freedom, the government took them for counselling and rehabilitation. However, when...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered crackdown on bandits, declared Zamfara no-fly zone, and banned mining there. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after...