Tag: Insecurity

Soldiers kill 2, injure 4 villagers in Katsina over protest against insecurity

By Sahelian Times   Nigerian soldiers killed two innocent villagers yesterday and critically injured four in Kanon Haki village of Katsina State.   Protests started in the village...

Traditional ruler shot dead as bandits empty Kaduna town

By Sahelian Times   The Magajin Garin Idasu in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Malam Magaji Ibrahim, has been shot dead.   He was killed 24...

Bandits kill 38, burn houses in Kaduna

By Sahelian Times The death toll in fresh bandit attacks on communities in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen from 20 to...

Ulama Forum urges FG to stop senseless killings in North

By Salim Yunusa A group of Muslim preachers, Ulama Forum in Nigeria, has condemned the senseless killings and the breakdown of insecurity in the North-west...

Buhari leaves for Turkey amidst #SecureNorth protests

By Sahelian Times President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep...

Northern Nigerian youths defy DSS’ threat, stage #SecureNorth protests in major cities

By Ismail Auwal Youths in northern Nigeria have defied the threats of the Department of Security Service (DSS), and stormed the streets of major cities...

Nigeria, banditry, Buhari: A system failure [I]

By Abdulhamid Al-Gazali There is no doubt about the fact that the past provides us with far more effective tools for addressing our socio-political and...

Prepare for more security threats in 2022 – COAS tells troops

By Salim Yunusa The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Farouk Yahaya, has asked commanders to plan for a possible increase in the scope and...

Tambuwal blames military for allowing displaced Zamfara bandits enter Sokoto

By Salim Yunusa Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has blamed the military for the incursion of bandits dislodged from Zamfara into his state. There has...

Buhari dispaches DSS, NSA to Sokoto, Katsina to tackle insecurity

By Sahelian Times     President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, and Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) to...

Insecurity: Northern youths take to the streets of Kano, Bauchi, others

By Sahelian Times Angry youths have taken to the major streets of Kano, Bauchi, Zamfara and Sokoto states, protesting the widespread killings in the North-Western...

Nigeria records N8.9tn trade deficit in nine months, expert blames insecurity

By Sahelian Times Nigeria recorded a negative trade balance of N8.9tn, between January and September, 2021, data from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown.   Within...

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