Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said informants must have alerted the bandits who invaded the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of the State. Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, El-Rufai said the government got intelligence that bandits were planning to attack a secondary school close to the forestry college.  “Security operatives were alerted immediately and they moved to the school. “Some informants must have alerted the bandits...

The Presidency, on Thursday, released a video where President Muhammadu Buhari was giving orders to security agents to shoot on sight, any civilian seen with an AK-47 rifle. On March 3, 2020, the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that his employer has given specific orders to military commanders to shoot any civilian bearing AK-47 rifle. Some Nigerians including Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, had commended Buhari for the...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna State, abducting several students. The college is located a few meters away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in the Mando area of Kaduna State. The spokesperson of Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jaligo, confirmed the incident to newsmen that the attacker invaded the college located at Mando area in the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis at about 3am on Friday and abducted...

The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday said in 2020 alone, bandits have killed 937 people across the 23 local government areas of the state while 1,972 people were kidnapped. This is contained in the 2020 Annual Security Reports released by the state government with Kaduna Central Senatorial district recorded the highest number accounting to152 deaths. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, while presenting the report to Governor Nasir El-Rufai at...