The Police Command in Kebbi on Saturday confirmed that bandits killed 88 people in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Nafi’u Abubakar who confirmed the figure, said all the victims were killed in eight different communities in the local government area. According to him, the […]
Bandits who abducted 156 Islamiyya students in Niger State have demanded N200 million ransom for their release. The bandits had attacked Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town, Rafi LGA, and abducted several schoolchildren last week. Recall that the bandits had earlier demanded N110 million ransom for the kidnapped pupils. However, the situation has taken […]
The bandits who kidnapped over 200 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State are demanding the whopping sum of N110 million as ransom to release the victims. The bandits who threatened to embark on killing the pupils if their demands are not met by […]
Bandits who abducted about two hundred Islamiyya (Arabic) school students in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have released 11 of their victims. It was gathered that those released are small children between the ages of four and five years who are unable to walk very well. A resident who gave his name […]
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has urged the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, to sustain the fight against insurgents, bandits and other criminal elements in the country. The governor made the call in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri by his Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau. Zulum, […]
*Gunmen kill Kaduna priest in Katsina, kidnap another one *Invade Abuja border town, kill one, abduct 12 others IDIBIA GABRIEL, KADUNA Again, bandits have killed four more persons across three local government area of Kaduna State, a statement by the state Internal Security and Home Affairs commissioner, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, has revealed. Aruwan, in the […]
Bandits have killed the eldest son of the Emir of Kontagora, Bashir Namaska, at his father’s farm alongside others working on the farm at Masuga village along the Kontagora-Rijau Road in Niger State. The traditional ruler’s son was the Sardauna of Kontagora and had been holding the fort for his father, the Sarkin Sudan, who […]
*Begs Nigerians to show more understanding on insecurity President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration will use all available resources and manpower in dealing with bandits to ensure access to farms and food production in the coming growing season. The President, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for a full, open and transparent investigation into the arrested helicopter reportedly dropping supplies to bandits. ACF, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary Emmanuel Yawe, on Tuesday in Kaduna, stated that it is convinced that full open and transparent investigation on the order of […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Governor Nasir el-rufai of Kaduna State has said that government is using the military force option to rescue abducted students, insisting on no negotiation with bandits. The Governor said his government refused to negotiate with bandits to secure release of abductees, adding that the military had assured them of the options, even […]
By Gabriel Idibia The 27 students of federal college of forestry mechanism, otherwise known as Afaka 27 who recently regained freedom from bandits captivity were Sexually molested. Some of them male victims were homosexuality molested and disfigured by the bandits while in their captivity. A parent who spoke to our Correspondent in tears said it’ll take […]
Armed bandits terrorizing different parts of Nigeria have disclosed that they have been receiving arms and ammunition from operatives of the State Security Service and often split ransom payments received at gunpoint. The criminals told Deutsche Welle in a recent report that they “borrow weapons” from the state agents and then go to work to […]
A retired Army Sergeant, Christopher Madaki, his wife and daughter-in-law were at the weekend killed by bandits in Golkofa community, Jama’a LGA of Kaduna State. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the three were killed during an attack on Saturday night. The Commissioner stated that the former soldier’s son, Clement […]
The Ebonyi State Government says it will offer amnesty to bandits and other criminals terrorising the state but willing to repent and lay down their arms for peace. The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Mr Uchenna Orji, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki on Friday. Orji […]
Many have reportedly been killed, injured and kidnapped by armed bandits in fresh attacks on two churches in Gwagwada community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits allegedly stormed a Baptist Church at a place called Lukuru village and a white garment church at Gwagwada road in the early hours of Wednesday, and […]
The abductors of some students of Greenfield University in Kaduna state have threatened to kill the victims if their demands are not met by Tuesday. The gunmen, suspected to be bandits, attacked the institution on April 18 and abducted some students. The state is yet to confirm the exact number of students taken hostage. The […]
…Lost 363 persons in a year By IDIBIA GABRIEL, KADUNA Boko Haram is expanding its frontiers of domination into the North Western State of Kebbi State as part of Zuru land is currently alleged to be under its control, after hoisting it’s flag in neighbouring Niger State last month, Hundreds of armed gunmen, suspected to […]
*Approves new policy to tackle poverty, sets 2050 agenda *Okays N2.1bn for Nigerian Content House maintenance *Approves N665m for poultry farmers in four states Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja To forestall attacks by bandits, the Federal Government has asked security agencies to beef up security in and around Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. The Minister of Humanitarian […]
Bandits allegedly invaded Kofar Kuyambana Low Cost in Kaduna State’s Zaria council and kidnapped two housewives and three children. Around 10 p.m. on Sunday, gunmen reportedly stormed the Kuyambana community and assaulted two homes in the town. During the attack, five Almajiri children were said to have been struck by stray bullets. Five of the […]
The Katsina State Government says it would be deploying security dogs to protect school children in state-owned boarding schools. Katsina, like many other schools in the North, has witnessed mass kidnap of school children and the threat of reoccurrence is palpable. Katsina Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal Charanchi, said that the decision was made […]