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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 17 March 2021 OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 50 suspected members of various notorious criminal gangs and networks across the country. The arrests, which were carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II, recovered from the suspects 10 firearms, 2,496 AK47 live ammunition, 10 live cartridges, cartons of Tramadol worth over N3m, substance su...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Published 16 March 2021 The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 50 suspected members of various notorious criminal gangs and networks across the country. The arrests, which were carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II, recovered from the suspects 10 firearms, 2,496 AK47 live ammunition, 10 live cartri...

  In one of the operations, operatives while on patrol along the Kachia-Kaduna Highway intercepted two men – Danjuma Dachung and Markus Danladi – in Kachia, Kaduna State on February 28. They were said to be conveying 1,565 AK-47 ammunition in a Volkswagen car while investigations revealed that the suspects were members of a syndicate engaging in the supply of ammunition to bandits in their various camps and hideouts in forests in Kaduna State, from Jos. “Further investigations led to the...

The Police Command in Kano State has arrested 101 armed robbery suspects and other suspects in the past three weeks in the state.

Bandits abduct 100 miners, kill 10 in Zamfara — Emirs On *Take fight to B-Haram enclaves, Reps tell military chiefs *Army has achieved commendable success against terrorism, banditry, others – COAS *Sokoto bans self-acclaimed security volunteers By Henry Umoru, Levinus Nwabughiogu & Musa Annabi No fewer than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara State have been abducted by bandits. Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, who spoke on behalf of other memb...

Sokoto State government has banned self-appointed security outfits known as Yan Sakai from operating as protectors of vulnerable communities.

In the wake of the upsurge of violence occasioned by the activities of gunmen in the Eastern flank of the state, Sokoto State government has banned

TODAY March 8, 2021 No fewer than 11 Northern states have beefed up security around schools to prevent the abduction of pupils by bandits in their states, investigations have revealed. It was learnt at the weekend that the states stepped up security in schools following the recent abductions of 27 pupils from Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State and 297 others from Government Girls’ Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State. However, all the pupils have been recovered followin...

Channels Television   Updated March 6, 2021 Katsina, usually referred to as Katsina State to distinguish it from the city of Katsina, is a state in North West zone of Nigeria.   At least four armed bandits have been neutralised by the troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI while conducting clearance operations against armed bandits and other criminal elements in Katsina State, the army said in a statement on Saturday. The troops engaged the bandits at Marina village in Safana LGA of Katsina State o...

Share Ten people have been killed in a fresh bandits attack on Tara village of Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State’ The village head of Tara where the attack took place, Mainasara Muhammed Tara, who narrated the incident, said the bandits also carted away a number of livestock away after burning down their food storage facilities. “They came around midnight through the uncommon route to the village because our men and youth are guiding all the major entries. “We have not bee...