Katsina

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has deployed 200 armed operatives to Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states to check vote-buying. The Kano Zonal…

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that increased disclosure of unusual activities will expose bandits and terrorists, nudging the security apparatus to eliminate threats across the country. Buhari stated this while speaking to…

A new report has unveiled how Nigerian Air Force paid armed bandits N20 million in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the military unit. According to the report by US media outlet, Wall Street Journal, the ransom payment was a…

Laila Ahmed, 15-year-old daughter of a former Director of Public Affairs at National Broadcasting Commission and former General Manager of the Katsina State Television, has regained her freedom after 29 days in the den of kidnappers. A…

Telecommunication services have been shut down in 13 local government areas of Katsina State. According to DailyTrust, the affected by the development which may not be unconnected with the ongoing security operations against bandits in…

Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Salihi-Magashi, has given an assurance that the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, will be rescued soon. On Friday night, gunmen…

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday arrived in Daura, Katsina State, to begin a one-week visit to his country home. The presidential aircraft carrying the president and some members of his entourage landed at Umaru Musa Yar’adua…

Suspected gunmen have killed 5 Muslim faithful, abducted an Imam and 40 others in Juma’at mosque in Dutsin Gari community of Kanoma District of Maru local government area of Zamfara state. Dutsin Gari is well known for its sugarcane…

Nigerian Police Force have announced the rescue of its 9 senior officers who were kidnapped along Katsina – Zamfara road on November 8, 2020. The officers, all Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs), were on their way to Gusau in…

Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has been thrown into mourning following the murder of one its officers by bandits at a checkpoint in Dan Arau village along the Katsina/Jibiya Highway. Garba Nasiru, who was an…

A 13-year-old girl, Khadijat Mutaka has been abducted by bandits on Sunday night during an attack on Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to eyewitnesses, the bandits also shot and injured one Ibrahim Yar-Garshe, 30,…