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Documentary: Victims of Banditry

In the agony of constant killings, kidnappings, cattle rustling, and ransacking of villages in northwestern Nigeria by terrorist groups dominated by mostly Fulani militia, locally known as armed bandits or Barayin Daji. As the number of displaced victims increases daily with abject poverty and hunger, Daily

Untold Story: Unending Sorrow of Shi’a Muslim Years after Zaria Massacre

The tragic battle between life and death that consumed the lives of hundreds of members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, in December 2015 in the Zaria sub-city of Kaduna in Northwestern Nigeria has pushed hundreds of children and women

Infectious Diseases That Kill, Spread Through Indiscriminate Spitting

Despite the risk involved in contracting many life-threatening diseases through spite and sneezing, many people around the world engage in the longtime attitude of indiscriminate spitting in public places, especially in Africa, with Nigeria as a case study. In today’s world, COVID-19 seems to be one

Special Report: Terrorists’ Kidnapping For Ransom Generates Billions As Insecurity Woes In Nigeria

With the figures coming from the recent Abuja-Kaduna train attack-freeing kidnap victims, kidnapping for ransom is gradually growing to become the most profitable criminal enterprise with the power of guns and gangs as capital in Nigeria. It is a tragic scenario capable of destroying the country’s

Army Trains Troops To Counter Terrorism, Banditry

Army Trains Troops To Counter Terrorism, Banditry The Nigerian government has been on the desk and worried over the increase in insecurity which has resulted in killings, kidnappings, cattle rustling, rubbery, and displacement of innocent commuters and villagers around the country. Several security agencies, especially the

Tragic Abuse Of Kidnap Victims By Terrorists

Anxiety over the release of a video by the terrorist group of armed bandits believed to have joined forces with a factional group of Boko Haram terrorists that attacked and bombed the Abuja-Kaduna passenger train. The video, which comes with shock, brings unbearable moments as the

Bunkering: A Suicidal Enterprise Enriching Southern Communities, Youth

More concerned about the number of lives put at risk in the illegal refinery, oil bunkering, and oil snatching businesses that some groups and individuals use as a means to earn a living in Nigeria The illegal business recently consumed no fewer than 100 lives following

Disquiet Over Escalating Insecurity As Bomb Returns Amid Growing Banditry

By: Abubakar Ismail Kankara The growing criminal enterprise that accounts for the loss of hundreds of lives daily, displaces millions of people, women and children face abuse while towns and villages are unsettled by bombardment and ransacked by terrorist groups with a majority of Fulani militia,

Insecurity: Outrage Over Strange Assassins In Kaduna, As Military Foils Attack On NDA

As the north is unsettled by rising crimes of banditry and kidnapping, the Nigerian Air force foils attacks on the Nigerian Defence Academy by a terrorist group of armed bandits. According to a report published by PR Nigeria, about 20 terrorists were eliminated on Thursday while