• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • Mohammed Idris Malagi, Honorable Minister of Information and National Orientation

      FG Reaffirms Non-Interference in ICPC, EFCC Operations

      ICPC Secures Conviction of Rector for Running Unaccredited Degree Programmes

      Engr Abba Babagana Dalori

      Engr Dalori Forfeits Galaxy Hospital, Petrol Station, Properties & Cash

      Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • NUPENG

      NUPENG Suspends Strike After Truce With FG, Labour, Oil Stakeholders

      Customs, Defence Bureau Unveil Airboat for Smuggling War

      Customs Begins Live Operations of Automated Excise Register System

      Still on the “National Single Window” Project By Abdulsalam Mahmud

      Minister of Finance Wale Edun and the Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi decorating OP Olaniyan

      Customs Generates N3.7trn in H1 2025 as FG Targets Enhanced Private…

  • National
    • Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Nafisa Abdullah Aminu

      Global Winner Nafisa Visits Professor Isa Pantami

      Officers of NSCDC Mining Marshals

      Mining Marshals and the Fight for Nigeria’s Mineral Future By Zekeri…

      NIPR President Ike Neliaku

      NIPR Inducts 422 New Members, Urges Commitment to National Unity

      Ahmed Balarabe Sa'id

      Renewed Hope and the Broadening Public Sphere By Ahmed Balarabe Sa’id

      The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa

      FG to Schools: Get Certified Teachers or Lose WAEC Accreditation

    • Government
      • Bauchi Muslim Parliament

        Bauchi Muslim Parliament Backs Senator Buba’s Peace Efforts

        Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Nafisa Abdullah Aminu

        Global Winner Nafisa Visits Professor Isa Pantami

        Charlie Kirk

        Who Really Killed Charlie Kirk? By Femi Fani-Kayode

        Governor Kabir Abba Yusuf and the conjoined twins

        Kano Separated Conjoined Twins Return Home After Successful Surgery in S/Arabia

        Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Kano State

        Kano Government Approves ₦1.1bn for School Uniforms to Tackle Out-of-School Children…

  • Security
    • airforce helicopter

      NAF Airstrikes Destroy Bandit Hideout in Chikun

      Nigerian Troops Eliminate Notorious Bandit Deputy Commander in Kogi

      Police Officer

      Police Arrest 56 Suspects in Coordinated Raids Across FCT

      Military Troops in Action

      Military Eliminates Terrorist Commanders in Yobe, Foil Attacks in Sokoto, Zamfara

      court Judiciary

      Court Okays DSS Request to Accelerate Trial of Al-Barnawi, 4 Other…

  • Features
    • Charlie Kirk

      Who Really Killed Charlie Kirk? By Femi Fani-Kayode

      Officers of NSCDC Mining Marshals

      Mining Marshals and the Fight for Nigeria’s Mineral Future By Zekeri…

      Omoyele Sowore, Bayo Ononuga and Adeola Ajayi

      Sowore’s Provocation, Onanuga’s Plea and the DSS Overreach

      Ahmed Balarabe Sa'id

      Renewed Hope and the Broadening Public Sphere By Ahmed Balarabe Sa’id

      Traffic officials tolling the vehicle at the scene in Abuja

      SPECIAL REPORT: Extortion, Blood and Impunity Behind Abuja’s Agbero Menace

  • State
    • Bauchi Muslim Parliament

      Bauchi Muslim Parliament Backs Senator Buba’s Peace Efforts

      airforce helicopter

      NAF Airstrikes Destroy Bandit Hideout in Chikun

      Police Officer

      Police Arrest 56 Suspects in Coordinated Raids Across FCT

      Charlie Kirk

      Who Really Killed Charlie Kirk? By Femi Fani-Kayode

      Military Troops in Action

      Military Eliminates Terrorist Commanders in Yobe, Foil Attacks in Sokoto, Zamfara

  • Event
    • Prof. Abubakar Mu’azu

      UNIMAID appoints Prof. Mu’azu as Pioneer Dean, Faculty of Communication

      NIPR President Ike Neliaku

      NIPR Inducts 422 New Members, Urges Commitment to National Unity

      Baze University Management visits TETFUND, Showcases Tech-Driven Growth, National Impact

      PHOTOS: BUK Alumni Association Launches Digital Hub to Unite Global Graduates,…

      Founder Image Merchant Promotion Ltd, Yushau Shuaib, Nigeria Customs CG, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the IPRA representative during the 2024 GWA awards in Belgrade, Serbia

      Again, ​IPRA Shortlists Nigeria Customs, IMPR for Golden World Awards, Celebrates…

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Features Chonoko, Kagara: An Investigative Reporter`s Grim Experience in Bandits’ Zones
  • Features

Chonoko, Kagara: An Investigative Reporter`s Grim Experience in Bandits’ Zones

By
Abbas Muhammad
-
September 6, 2022
PRNigeria's Reporter, Ya'u Mukhtar Madobi flanked by some Kagara residents

Chonoko, Kagara: An Investigative Reporter`s Grim Experience in Bandits’ Zones

By Abbas Muhammad

As part of it’s commitment to result-oriented investigative reporting and developmental journalism, PRNigeria sent one of it’s best reporters to two communities in Niger and Kebbi states to unravel the behind-the-scene, unreported events surrounding banditry and kidnapping in those places.

After writing many breathtaking stories and features from his investigative expeditions which were done in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka Centre for investigative Journalism, Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi decided to have an interactive session with the press at the PRNigeria Centre in Abuja in the presence of stakeholders from the civil society, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and many others.

The aim of the briefing according to PRNigeria publisher, Yushau Shuaib, was to draw the attention of the authorities to the desperate humanitarian conditions in Chonoko, Kebbi state and Kagara, Niger state, as well as other banditry-ravaged communities in the northwest and north central, and brainstorm on how best to address them.

During the session, Mukhtar outlined some of his observations as follows:

“As a result of incessant bandits’ attacks, people are not allowed to have free access to their farms and work which serve as their major source of livelihood.

“It is disheartening that some farmers even pay a levy to these bandits in order to have access to their farms, not many can afford this incessant extortion as a result there is a looming food crisis in the society.

“Education is another critical sector that was also badly hit due to this insecurity.

“For example, there are about 127 primary schools in Kagara but more than 78 have been shut due to fear of bandit attacks.

“Meanwhile, in Chonoko, some schools that are located within the towns have been turned to IDP camps where the victims are being accommodated. This situation has sent many students away from classes, thereby adding to the number of out-of-school children in the area and the country at large.

“Chonoko town is suffering from lack of potable water supply as investigation showed that IDPs and the residents battle to get water for domestic purposes from the only two available boreholes present within the community.

“This tends to create a hostile atmosphere for the victims and residents due to frustration and the constant need for water by IDPs.

“With regard to shelter, the IDPs in Chonoko are living in an overcrowded settlement where a single room is being occupied by more than 15 persons.

“The men sometimes sleep under trees so the women and children can sleep in the IDP tents. This calls for great concern because disease becomes easily transmitted in this type of under-spaced environment.

“Healthcare system delivery is being dragged to the mud as the Kagara General Hospital was forced to offer skeletal services.

“More worrisome is that, most doctors posted to these areas do not report for duties, citing insecurity as a major concern.

Read Also:

  • Bauchi Muslim Parliament Backs Senator Buba’s Peace Efforts
  • Global Winner Nafisa Visits Professor Isa Pantami
  • NAF Airstrikes Destroy Bandit Hideout in Chikun

“In the case of Kebbi State, it is unfortunate to learn that NEMA has been donating relief materials to these vulnerable communities but the items are being stockpiled in warehouses by the state government without distributing them to the IDPs.

“Residents of Kagara have been doing the needful in assisting the victims of banditry by providing them with some relief materials aimed at improving their life condition.

“However, the security situation has improved within Kagara town due to the presence of military bases.”

After enumerating his observations, Mukhtar provided recommendations for government and other concerned stakeholders for outright interventions.

He recommended as follows:

“Government and security forces should sustain their efforts toward restoring peace and security to the affected communities.

“Efforts should be outlined and implemented toward rescuing the dwindling educational sector, thereby absorbing back the school drop outs from the streets which is necessary for averting future security breaches.

“There should be transparency and open disclosure in distribution of relief materials to the vulnerable persons in the affected communities.

“Government should further boost the security situation especially in villages by providing sophisticated weapons and other logistics to local vigilantes so as to enhance their activities.” Mukhtar stated.

The floor was then opened to journalists and other attendees for comments, observations and questions.

In her contribution, Hadiza Abdulrahman from Radio Nigeria, commended Mukhtar for a job well done in spotlighting the plight of IDPs in banditry-ravaged zones.

A question was also thrown at the Director of Press and Public Relation of NEMA, Manzo Ezekiel, for a solution towards the hoarding of relief materials. It was suggested that a tracking system be put in place by NEMA to ensure transparency and accountability in the distribution of materials.

One of the participants expressed concern to NEMA over the plight of women and girls at IDP Camps regarding access to menstrual pads and other peculiar necessities.

While responding, Mr. Ezekiel explained that relief materials from NEMA are not single-handedly delivered by them due to security reasons at these IDP areas. Rather, the relief materials are delivered to the state government and local stakeholders whose responsibility it is to ensure the materials get to the right places.

Also regarding the needs of women, he explained that NEMA has a gender unit and a nutrition unit that take care of issues of that nature.

Furthermore, Mr. Ezekiel clarified that the agency is doing its best to alleviate the plight of the victims by providing relief materials to distressed Nigerians within the scope of their limited resources.

Rounding off the conversation, PRNigeria boss, Shuaib, called on journalists to avoid; “ Sensational stories that always weaken the minds and morale of our gallant troops.”

Shuaib urged them to emphasise stories that encourage our troops to be able to do more for the country.

He harped on the need for the media to sustain the pressure on government to do the right thing without seeming to make terrorists look too powerful.

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Chonoko
  • Kagara
  • NEMA
  • PRNigeria Centre
Previous articleE-Procure Emerges ICPC/NITDA’s IFFs Hackathon Winner
Next articleNIPR and Assiduous Efforts to Rebuild Nigeria
Abbas Muhammad
Abbas Muhammad
Xing

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Nafisa Abdullah Aminu

Global Winner Nafisa Visits Professor Isa Pantami

Charlie Kirk

Who Really Killed Charlie Kirk? By Femi Fani-Kayode

Officers of NSCDC Mining Marshals

Mining Marshals and the Fight for Nigeria’s Mineral Future By Zekeri Idakwo Laruba

Omoyele Sowore, Bayo Ononuga and Adeola Ajayi

Sowore’s Provocation, Onanuga’s Plea and the DSS Overreach

Police Nab ‘Obi of Lagos,’ Foil ₦1.5 Billion New Palace Fraud

Ahmed Balarabe Sa'id

Renewed Hope and the Broadening Public Sphere By Ahmed Balarabe Sa’id

FACT-CHECK: Did Governor Uba Sani describe El-Rufai as “Godsent” who assisted him with various needs, including property acquisitions and even against Peter Obi?

The Arrest of Ansaru Kingpins Mahmud Muhammad Usman aka Abu Bara’a, and Mahmud al-Nigeri aka Mallam Mamuda

DSS Secures 15-Year Jail Term for Ansaru Leader Over Illegal Mining

Traffic officials tolling the vehicle at the scene in Abuja

SPECIAL REPORT: Extortion, Blood and Impunity Behind Abuja’s Agbero Menace

AI for Writing

MUST READ: Why Everyone Should Use AI for Writing, With Pride Without Shame By Abdulsalam Mahmud

Mrs Diiarau Didi Esther Walson-Jack OON mni, SEC 30, 2008, the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation

Personnel Audit to End Guesswork in Civil Service Reforms – Walson-Jack

Nigerian Army Rescues Abducted Major in Delta State

Recent Posts

  • Bauchi Muslim Parliament Backs Senator Buba’s Peace Efforts
  • Global Winner Nafisa Visits Professor Isa Pantami
  • NAF Airstrikes Destroy Bandit Hideout in Chikun
  • Nigerian Troops Eliminate Notorious Bandit Deputy Commander in Kogi
  • Police Arrest 56 Suspects in Coordinated Raids Across FCT
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Bauchi Muslim Parliament Backs Senator Buba's Peace EffortsGlobal Winner Nafisa Visits Professor Isa PantamiNAF Airstrikes Destroy Bandit Hideout in ChikunNigerian Troops Eliminate Notorious Bandit Deputy Commander in KogiPolice Arrest 56 Suspects in Coordinated Raids Across FCTWho Really Killed Charlie Kirk? By Femi Fani-KayodeMilitary Strengthens Counter-Insurgency Drive as PCRC, NSCDC Seek Support in BornoNAHCON staff commend Chairman Over New Postings, PromotionsMilitary Eliminates Terrorist Commanders in Yobe, Foil Attacks in Sokoto, ZamfaraUNIMAID appoints Prof. Mu’azu as Pioneer Dean, Faculty of CommunicationKano Separated Conjoined Twins Return Home After Successful Surgery in S/ArabiaCourt Okays DSS Request to Accelerate Trial of Al-Barnawi, 4 Other TerroristsKano Government Approves ₦1.1bn for School Uniforms to Tackle Out-of-School Children CrisisPolice Chief Tasks Border Patrol Commanders on Enhanced SecurityAir Chief Links Fiscal Discipline to Nigeria’s National Security, Operational Readiness
X whatsapp