•Late Ibrahim Usman Babagiwa Bandits have killed Assistant Superintendent of Immigration I (ASI I) Ibrahim Usman Babagiwa of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and set his body ablaze following an attack on a surveillance team in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident occurred on October 6, this year along the Tungan Taya–...
A woman whose twin daughters are due for the one year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme has narrated the action taken by one of the girls who was abducted in Imo State, today. Several travellers, including Youth Corps members heading for orientation camps, were kidnapped after gunmen attacked two commercial buses on the [&he...
•Bandits The Founder and General Overseer of Word Assembly Ministries, Ilorin, Rev Isaac Omolehin, has raised the alarm over a threat by bandits to attack his church camp at Idofian village in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The cleric said the threat forced him and his family to go into hiding for safety, […]
•Fatima and bandits Fifty-five-year-old woman, Fatima, has recounted the horror of bandit attacks in Zamfara State, saying residents are often left with the grim choice of being shot if they flee or abducted if they stay. She said, “One nearby village has become completely deserted. There is not even a chicken left there,” she said. […]...
•Bandits Bandits have killed four people and abducted four others in Gorau community, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The attack occurred last night, barely six days after a boat mishap in the community claimed 65 lives, reports Daily Trust. The assailants also shot seven residents, who sustained injuries and are currently recei...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of nine bodies along the Wawa-Lumma Road in Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The victims were suspected to have been killed by bandits while travelling along the route, reports Channels TV. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident in a [&hel...
•Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State Kebbi State governor, Nasir Idris, yesterday, called on the Nigerian Military to eradicate bandits who have kept threatening the safety of lives and property in Kebbi State. He appealed during an unscheduled visit to the troops at their camp in Yauri, where he commended the soldiers for their gallantry [&he...
•Bandits No fewer than 21 persons were feared dead, 37 others abducted, while thousands of residents fled their homes after heavily armed bandits launched an attack on Tsamaye community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The attack, which lasted from about 9:00 p.m. yesterday until after 3:00 a.m. today, also left two [&hell...
An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Bala Wakili, has been killed during a gun battle between security operatives and suspected bandits in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The late officer was attached to the Kebbe Police Division, reports Daily Trust. Sources told our correspondent that the attackers invaded Girkau and Zug...
•Hon. Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza The family of a Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruk Hassan Bunza, who was kidnapped from his residence, has confirmed paying N50 million ransom to secure his release. Justice Bunza was abducted in the early hours of Sunday, July 26, when heavily armed bandits stormed his residence in Bunza […]
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