•Bandits Bandits have attacked a community in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, leaving several persons dead, houses, shops, and vehicles destroyed, and many rendered homeless. The incident took place in the Doma Community, Tafoki area of the LGA at about 4:30 pm yesterday, reports Channels TV. The bandits, armed with weapons, in...
•Bandits A police officer and four others have been killed in an assault by non-state actors in Abande Community, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The spokesman of the Benue State Police Command, Udeme Edet, said the attack happened yesterday. While some reports claimed that about 16 people were killed during the incident, Udeme [&...
•Bandits At least five residents and a soldier were killed in an attack yesterday by suspected bandits in Zurak community, Bashar district of Plateau State. Residents said three soldiers are currently missing following a gun battle with the attackers, reports Daily Trust. The soldiers were reportedly deployed to provide security in the area am...
•Bandits, Nathan Gideon (R) and kidnapped brother Anthony Gambo (C) A student, Nathan Gideon, from Kuyanbana, Kwassam Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in this interview narrates how his brother and nine others were kidnapped by bandits, who refused to release them despite collecting N30 million ransom, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: W...
•Bandits Three Police officers have lost their lives to bandits in Katsina in an ambush at the Bakori Local Government Area of the state. The state’s police spokesperson, Aliyu Abubakar, made this disclosure in a statement to the press today. According to him, the incident occurred yesterday at about 12:44 p.m. when a team of […]
•Bandits A man known as Alhaji Ali and his wife have been reportedly kidnapped at their residence in Mada town, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Kidnapping especially in the Northern part of the country, has become a common occurrence with non-state actors such as ISWAP, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda, Lakasura, and bandits making hundreds ...
Suspected bandits have killed an inspector of the Nigeria Police Force in Oyo State following an ambush on a patrol team at the Budo Masalasi border post area of the state. The incident, which occurred at the weekend, threw the community into tension as security operatives and residents expressed concern over the growing threat of […]
•Bandits Barely a week after the abduction of 177 church worshippers in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, bandits have again struck in the area, abducting six residents of Unguwar Barkonu in Maraban Kajuru. The latest attack occurred in the early hours of yesterday in Kufana Ward, even as the Christian Association of […]...
•American flag The United States has raised serious concerns over Nigeria’s ability to protect Christian communities following the abduction of 177 worshippers in Kaduna State, as bandits were yesterday sighted moving freely through forest corridors with their captives, days after storming churches without resistance. On Sunday, gunmen attacke...
•Bandits inside bush The Village Head of Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Ishaku Dan’azumi, has disclosed that the bandits who abducted 177 Christian worshippers were sighted this morning moving with their captives around the Maro axis of the council area. Dan’azumi told our correspondent in a telephon...
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