•Bandits and Governor Uba Sani In a significant move towards restoring peace in Kaduna State, scores of bandits terrorising not less than five local government areas, have agreed to drop their arms and discontinue their reign of terror in and around the state. The bandits are known to terrorise Chikun, Kajuru, Kagarko, Giwa and Birnin [&hellip...
No fewer than six passengers have been abducted as Armed bandits attacked travellers on the Shinkafi road near Kwanar Jalaf village under the Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident happened yesterday morning when the assailants abducted six passengers travelling in a Golf car and set the vehicle ablaze, further heighteni...
•Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has warned citizens in security-ravaged areas against engaging in any form of trading or transaction with terrorists, bandits and other non-state actors. The CDS who lamented that some unpatriotic elements have been trading with these groups, n...
•Bandits Bandits have snatched foodstuffs and drinks from a man on a motorcycle at Gidan Abe community in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. A community leader from the area confirmed the incident to our reporter yesterday, reports Daily Trust. He said the incident happened on Saturday, around 5:23pm when the man, who went to purchase […]
•Bandits Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have ambushed an Ado-Ekiti-bound 18-passenger bus at Emure Ile, kidnapping all the passengers on board. The incident occurred on the outskirts of Emure-Owo on Sunday night, at the boundary between Ekiti and Ondo states, as the bus was returning from Onitsha, reports Vanguard. A source at the Road Tran...
•Bandits Bandits have abducted about 43 persons, mostly women and children, from the Kakidawa ward in the Gidan Goga district of Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State. A source, who spoke to our correspondent under anonymity, said the incident occurred at around 2 am on Sunday, reports Daily Trust. “We have counted 43 people, including ...
•Bandits Bandits in Zamfara State have rejected N3 million offered as ransom for the release of 26 abducted persons from Gidan-Goga village, Maradun Local Government Area. An indigene of the village, Abubakar Shehu, whose three daughters are among the abductees, disclosed this yesterday in a phone interview with our correspondent. He clarified...
•Governor Buni and bandits The Yobe State Government has engaged the services of the Nigerian Army and vigilantes to protect farmers and their crops in the state. It was gathered that farmers in Gujba, Damaturu, Karasuwa, and Gashua LGAs are now spending 24 hours on their farms to watch over their crops during this harvest […]
•Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, was abducted yesterday evening by suspected bandits while travelling to Jos. The attack, which occurred around 6:00 p.m., took place between Nunku in Akwanga Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, and Gwantu in Sanga Local Government Area, Kad...
•Nigerian soldiers The 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke has apprehended a 73-year-old suspected bandit informant, Alhaji Buba Maru, in Bakin Dutse, Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba. The Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni, disclosed this today in a statement ...
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