JALINGO — Another bomb exploded on Friday at Nukkai, in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, though, the numbers of casualties at the time of filing this report could not ascertain. The incident, three days after members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed responsibility for a bombing attack on a bar near a cattle market in Iware community of Ardo-Kola, where scores were killed and several others injured. The latest blast...

The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba has said the force will no longer condone attacks on police facilities, particularly in the South East. He said this in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adejobi,  the force’s spokesperson on Thursday. The IGP also ordered immediate deployment of additional operational assets to the police units in the South-East. “Consequently, the IGP has ordered the immediate deployment of additional operational assets to complement officers and men attached to...

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the prompt rescue of people kidnapped in the Kaduna train attack. Buhari issued this directive on Thursday when he met with the service chiefs, ministers, and heads of security agencies over the security challenges. On March 28, a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by gunmen, with eight passengers killed and many kidnapped. Violent attacks in the north are a major challenge in Nigeria that has continued unabated. Speaking...

Taraba state government has pledged to assist casualties of the recent bomb attack which occurred in Iware community of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of the state. Recall that an explosion had occurred at a beer parlour in Iware town of Ardo Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State on Tuesday at a cattle market killing at least seven people and injuring 19 others. Bala Dan Abu, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Darius...

Troops of the Joint Task Force of Operation “HADARIN DAJI” deployed at Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State have neutralized 15 armed bandits. The bandits were reported to have invaded the Sabon Gari Area of Bakura Town during the evening hours of Tuesday and started shooting sporadically after rustling a large Number of cattle. According to sources, the superior fire-power of the security forces deployed to Bakura town forced the Bandits to abandon the...

The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku, has assured all road users plying the Kaduna-Abuja highway that the road is safe for traveling and free from bandits. The Kaduna-Abuja expressway recently became a hotbed for kidnap-for-ransom by gunmen, known as bandits. Hundreds of travelers have been kidnapped on the 200-kilometre road to the country’s capital. After the security threat on the road became intractable, many travellers switched to using the train service from Abuja...

MINNA — As the rainy season set in some communities prone to banditry in Niger State is considering negotiating with the bandits ahead of the farming season, though; the state government has warned them against such action. It was gathered that the people who are predominantly farmers are ready to negotiate for ransom with the bandits to allow them to return to their communities to start planting for the season. It was further leant that...