The Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists. After weeks of footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgement that ordered the government…
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el-Rufai: There’s Nothing Like Repentant Terrorists –”Let Them Go And See God”
Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, says he does not believe in rehabilitating terrorists, adding that the best way to deal with them is to “let them go and see God”. …
Borno: Suspected Terrorists Kill Over 20 People
Suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists have killed over 20 people with several others sustaining gunshot injuries after invading Kilangar village in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno state. …
Northern Group Agrees Declaration Of Bandits As Terrorists
By Godwin Isenyo The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria said it received with joy a Federal High Court, Abuja’s declaration of bandits as terrorists across the country. Following an ex-parte…
Declaration of bandits as terrorists – Gumi reacts to Court’s order
Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has described the declaration of bandits as terrorists as a decision taken for mere political expediency, which will not change anything. According to him: “I think the…
BREAKING: Court declares bandits as terrorists
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declared the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Bindiga bandits groups as acts of terrorism. The presiding judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the order…
Boko Haram: 31 terrorists killed, 71 arrested in North East
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops of Operation Hadin Kai eliminated 31 terrorists, arrested 71 and received 1,186 surrendered insurgents in two weeks in the North East. The…
Akeredolu: Attackers of Kaduna-Abuja train must be treated as terrorists
Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu has stated that those who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja rail track must be treated as terrorists. Recently, armed men suspected to be bandits bombed a…
Time to treat bandits as terrorists, got a loud voices
REPORTED frustration by the Defence Headquarters over the United States’ opposition to deploying newly-supplied Tucano military planes amid fresh terrorist activities by “bandits,” and the government’s ambiguous responses, demonstrate why Nigeria’s…
It’s dangerous to declare bandits as terrorists, Gumi says
Ahmad Gumi, the prominent Islamic cleric, says foreign jihadists will come into the country if bandits are declared terrorists. The cleric who is known to have access to bandits had once…