•Bandits At least thirty children are believed to have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Kasai village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Batsari is one of several Security Frontline Local Government Areas in Katsina State where activities of bandits, and other criminal elements have been on the increase almost on a daily ...
•Late Alhaji Lado Bandits struck in Mairuwa village, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, last night, killing worshippers observing Ramadan prayers. At least two persons were shot dead while another sustained injury during the attack, reports Daily Trust. It was gathered that one of the deceased persons was a prominent man simply id...
•Bandits Armed Bandits numbering well over 50 yesterday invaded a village market in Madaka community, Rafi local government area of Niger State and killed no fewer than 21 persons in one of the brutal attacks in recent time. Also killed is the village of Madaka whose name was not immediately known as at the time […]
•Sheik Gumi Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has revealed his intention to dialogue with bandits who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Gumi said this in a bid to facilitate the release of the abducted school children should ...
•Bandits Against the backdrop of the resurgence of the mass abduction of pupils, the federal government has said schools in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are at risk of attacks by bandits and insurgents. The National Coordinator of Financing Safe Schools in Nigeria, Hajia Halima Iliya, confirmed to our correspondent yeste...
•Bandits The threats of clampdown on bandits and terrorists abducting schoolchildren seem to have little or no effect on the terrorists as 15 pupils of an Islamiya school in Sokoto State were kidnapped in the early hours of yesterday. This comes after Thursday’s abduction of 287 schoolchildren in Kaduna State. On Wednesday, over 200 Internally...
•Terrorists At least two worshippers were killed during yesterday prayers at Anguwar Makera under Kwasakwasa Community in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened around 2 pm yesterday, according to locals in the area, reports Daily Trust. A community leader, Hudu Kwasakwasa, who confirmed the incident, said th...
•Empty classroom Sani Abdullahi, one of the teachers of Government Secondary School (GSS), Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, says a total of 287 students are in captivity. It was earlier reported how bandits invaded the school yesterday morning, abducting pupils and teachers. Speaking when Governor Uba Sani led government...
•Bandits Bandits have reportedly attacked a government primary school at Kuriga community of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting scores of pupils. The community is located along the Kaduna Birnin-Gwari Road which has been terrorised by bandits for many years, reports Channels TV. The police authorities and the Kaduna St...
•Troops burning terrorists camp The military Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji said yesterday, that it neutralised scores of bandits and rescued eight kidnapped victims in Zamfara State. The Information Officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Lt. Col. Suleiman Omale, stated this in a statement yesterday in Gusau. Omale said, “On th...

