Bandits

Almost a month since the abduction of 150 villagers in Mutunji District of Maru LGA of Zamfara State, three of the victims have been reported dead in captivity even as the bandits have remained silent on the issue of ransom for the remaining 147 in their den. Armed bandits had on Friday, November 24, 2023 […]

Crime

REVEALED: How bandits in military uniform kidnapped 30 Abuja residents

December 13, 2023 0

Residents of Dei-Dei town located off Kubwa-Zuba Road, under Bwari area council in the Federal Capital Territory, were thrown into shock at the weekend following the abduction of over 23 residents of the community, mostly taken from three housing estates in the area. The kidnappers, mostly said to be in military uniform, arrived at the [&helli...

Crime

I won’t lose battle against bandits, terrorists – Tinubu

December 12, 2023 0

•Tinubu inspects guard of honour in Maiduguri We will not lose the battle against insecurity. We will secure Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said yesterday. Tinubu spoke at the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi, in Maiduguri,the Borno State capital, reports The Nation. The President was in Mai...

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Lawyer, 6 suspected bandits nabbed

November 7, 2023 0

•Some of the arrested suspects Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a lawyer at Rimin Zayam village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The legal practitioner identified as Abdullahi Abubakar was nabbed last Saturday in “connection to the killing of own Mobile Police personnel on 2 November 2023 at Kuba village in […]...

Crime

JUST IN: Bandits gun down 3 policemen at checkpoint

October 31, 2023 0

•Terrorists Three policemen have been killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A source told our correspondent that the policemen were conducting stop-and-search operation along Funtua-Gudau Highway when the bandits struck, reports Daily Trust. He said, “Three policemen were said to have been killed ...