The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has commissioned a solar-powered ICT centre at the Kalgo-Gari Government Secondary School in the Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State. The centre, built, equipped, and donated by the Nigerian…
Civilian JTF kill 9 terrorists, arrest 5 in Katsina
A Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), operating in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State early hours of Sunday morning reportedly killed nine terrorists, arrested five others and confiscated nine of their motorcycles in a foiled attack on the community.…
2 suspected terrorists killed in Katsina, victim rescued
Two suspected terrorists have been killed in Katsina as security operatives make concerted efforts to stamp out banditry and other criminal activities in the state. The criminals met their waterloo on Sunday as police personnel repelled a terrorist attack in…
N31m cash stolen from Katsina Government House
The Katsina State Government has confirmed the stealing of millions of naira by unknown persons at the account section of the State Government House. The Director-General to the governor on New Media, Alhaji Al-Amin Isah, confirmed the incident in an…
Bandits gun down farmers in Katsina
At least 15 farmers were reportedly killed when bandits stormed Gakurdi village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday. The development comes hours after over 40 farmers were slaughtered by Boko Haram fighters in Borno State. A…
Suspected car snatcher beaten to death in Katsina
Police in Katsina State have confirmed the death of a car snatcher, who is a member of a notorious syndicate of armed robbers and car snatchers. He was said to have robbed a motor vehicle at gunpoint. Upon getting the…
My kidnappers said, “We will jam again,” when I told them I would go back to school.
On the day I was kidnapped, the 22st of November, 2021, I was heading home by road for the holidays from school. I schooled at the Federal University of Technology, in Katsina state and was heading to Minna, Niger state…
Police arrest 5 persons in Katsina suspected of supplying bandits with petrol
The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested five persons suspected to be supplying bandits with petroleum products, in addition to a suspected kidnapper in the state. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in…
Nigeria’s military crackdown puts squeeze on bandit gangs
Nigeria’s military campaign against criminal gangs in the northwest is pushing them into neighbouring regions as a result of a telecom shutdown and a squeeze on fuel and food supplies, local residents and officials said. Hundreds of troops backed by…
Majority of bandits are Fulani, says Gov Masari
Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, has said that majority of the bandits who attack persons in the Northern region of the country are of Fulani extraction. Masari, whose state is one of the hotbeds of bandits attacks in the country,…
