ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the “Pulaaku Initiative”, and allocated the sum of N50 billion to the initiative, in its first instance, as non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the Northern parts of Nigeria.
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Thirty persons reportedly died from gunmen attacks in the early hours of Wednesday, in Kwahaslalek village of Mangu local government area of Plateau state.
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has deployed 54 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to police commands and zones nationwide.
Persistent crisis in Mangu local government has forced the Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to declare a 24-hour curfew in the area with immediate effect.
The kidnappers of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family, one of who was killed in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have regained their freedom on Saturday night.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested three kidnappers, and 13 other suspects in Bwari Area Council of the Territory.
Kidnappers on Thursday night invaded the Nigeria Post Army estate in Abuja and kidnapped two people, Vanguard has reported.
The Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal has, through an executive order, prohibited traditional rulers from issuing consent letters for mining across the state.
Rescued after a heated gunfire exchange on Thursday, the spokesperson of Kaduna Command, ASP Mansir Hassan, said the kidnappers were taking Akinyemi from Abuja to Kano state when the operatives swooped on them.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kano State Police Command has disclosed that it so far identified 52 suspected criminals that are alleged to be behind the increase in insecurity and related criminal activities in