•Bandits The bandits who kidnapped a bride and over 60 women accompanying her to her matrimonial home in Damari, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State, last Thursday have released a video showing the captives. A video that has gained significant attention on social media shows the group of bandits making threats, demanding ransom from the captor’s [&hel...
•Bandits There was palpable fear in the Katapka community of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following the alleged killing of three soldiers and two vigilante group members by bandits who invaded the local government yesterday. Unidentified gunmen had on February 1, 2024, murdered three persons and destroyed properties worth milli...
•Terrorists At least 55 persons are said to have been kidnapped by a terrorist gang while escorting a bride along Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Although security agencies are yet to confirm the incident officially, a resident however, told our correspondent yesterday in a telephone call that the incident occurre...
•Bandits Bandits who abducted seven residents of Kuduru community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT on December 28 have demanded N290 million ransom, drugs and foodstuffs to release the hostages. The victims, including a pregnant woman, three children and four adults, have now spent one month and four days in captivity...
•Bandits As the push to rescue the Ekiti State pupils and their teachers continues, gunmen suspected to be bandits kidnapped two teenage sisters from the Guita community in Chikakore, Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The development is coming eight days after members of the Chikakore village demonstrated outsi...
•Bandits About six months after the imposition of economic sanctions on the Niger Republic, life in the border communities across seven Nigerian states is in dire straits. Checks across Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno, showed partly deserted border communities where smugglers and bandits alike claim territories, but muc...
•Gunmen in hijab A police officer has been killed and one other injured after some bandits attacked police officers at their duty post located at Saki Jiki village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Locals told our correspondent in a telephone call that the attack took place on Thursday at about 8:00 pm, […]
•Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, today, said arrests have been made of some persons in connection with feeding bandits with information in the area. The minister disclosed this during a town hall meeting with the Gwagwalada area council chairman, traditional rulers, security operatives, and residents of ...
•Bandits Two persons have reportedly been kidnapped in a military estate on the outskirts of Abuja, the nation’s capital. It was learnt that the bandits invaded Phase 2, Army Estate, Kurudu last night, reports The Nation. According to eyewitnesses, there was an exchange of gunfire between the bandits and the estate security officials. However,...
•Terrorists A heavily armed bandit gang wielding sophisticated weapons including AK-47 rifles, has attacked a joint military camp at Nahuta village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina. The attack was reportedly carried out at about 11:30 pm yesterday Sunday, January 14. A security source from the camp disclosed the details of the incid...
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