The Senate today directed security and intelligence agencies to intensify efforts to identify, track and arrest bandits and terrorists who openly display their activities and proceeds of crime on social media platforms, particularly TikTok. The resolution followed a motion moved by Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial Distr...
Panic swept through Minna, the Niger State capital, today as parents rushed to schools to withdraw their children following rumours of an impending attack by armed groups on educational institutions in the city. The scare also forced many shop owners to close their businesses and return home amid fears of possible insecurity, reports Vanguard....
•Bandits Bandits have invaded Government Secondary School, Iluke Bunu, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing three persons, including the Vice Principal, Mr. Gani Anifowose, and two others, while abducting some students. According to some residents, the incident happened around 9:45am today. The bandits were said to have targ...
•The slain NSCDC officer, Ayo Olukotun Armed men suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Ayo Olukotun, and abducted his daughter along with several other residents during an attack on Odo-Ere, the headquarters of Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. Resi...
•Emir Muhammad Samaila Mera The Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Muhammad Samaila Mera, has called on his subjects to legally acquire weapons to protect their communities against persistent attacks by bandits. He also urged communities in the emirate to remain vigilant and take proactive measures against terrorists and criminal elements that often inva...
•Bandits Some bandits invaded the Igbosi area of Idogun in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, destroying two buildings and kidnapping a nine-year-old boy in the early hours of today. It was gathered that the bandits entered the community at about 1am, shooting sporadically to scare residents, reports The PUNCH. They reportedly destroyed ...
•Bandits Gunmen have attacked Paze community around the Byazhin area of Kubwa in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), killing a local vigilante and abducting four residents, including a pastor. The attackers, said to be about eight in number, yesterday reportedly shot dead a security guard, Shuaibu Yerima, who was engaged...
•Bandits Seven students of Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, have been abducted by suspected bandits who invaded their off-campus residence located on the outskirts of the Low-Cost area of Kaura Namoda town. The Chairman of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, Hon. Mannir Haidara Kaura, confirmed the incident to our corresponden...
•Gunmen Residents of Eda-Oniyo Community in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State have staged a peaceful protest, calling for urgent intervention from the state and federal governments, as well as security agencies, over the continued captivity of 16 kidnapped residents despite the payment of a ₦10.5 million ransom. The protesters, co...
•Bandits A coalition of prominent elders and stakeholders from Kwara North Senatorial District has issued a stark warning over the worsening security situation in the region. They claimed that more than 1,200 residents have been killed by bandits and terrorists since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in 2023, reports Daily Trust. The ...
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