Powerful Nigerians Responsible for Kidnapping, Banditry, illegal Mining – FG

    Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said that powerful Nigerians are sponsoring banditry and kidnappings in the country. He also accused them of being behind illegal mining in the country. Alake spoke at the National Assembly when he appeared before the House Committee on Solid Minerals to defend the Ministry’s 2024 budget estimate. The minister said the Tinubu administration is already identifying those individuals and will take appropriate action against them. “One discovery that we have made is that a lot of these insecurities and banditry associated with this sector are sponsored by illegal miners,” he

Just In: Again, bandits kill 34 in Zamfara villages

Bandits have again killed 34 people in Tungar Kafau and Gidan Wawa villages of the Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits, who were on motorbikes, invaded the two villages around 5pm on Friday and began to shoot anyone they could see in the two villages, where several others were equally wounded. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, Zamfara State Command, Mohammed Shehu, said, “Normalcy has been restored in Tungar Kafau and Gidan wawa in the Shibkafi LGA following attacks by bandits where 34 people were killed by the bandits. “In order to

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