•Police and bandits Dozens of commuters were stuck on the Oshokoshoko–Obajana highway in Kogi State, today, following a combative exchange between security operatives and bandits. Many parked their vehicles and fled as the gun battle lasted for hours, reports Daily Trust. Tension erupted after terrorists launched another brazen attack on the i...
•Bandits The father of the bride who was abducted in Chacho village, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State yesterday, has confirmed that the kidnappers have contacted the family, and he is appealing to government authorities and security agencies to intervene urgently. Malam Umaru Chacho told journalists that visited the village today th...
•Bandits Bandits have launched another deadly attack in Palaita community, Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting 24 people, including pregnant women, from a rice farm. A source in the community said the attackers struck at about 2:00pm yesterday while residents were harvesting their crops, reports Channels TV. Des...
A 16-year-old boy alongside six girls have been abducted from Gidan -Bijimi in Kawu ward of Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Gidan -Bijimi community shares boundary with neighboring Marke village around the border of Kaduna State, reports Daily Trust. A resident of Kawu, Suleiman Shuaibu, confirmed the latest k...
•Idris Wase A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, today said bandits were threatening to abduct members of the National Assembly. Idris stated this during the resumption of debate on national security in the lower chamber, calling on President Bola Tinubu to review his directive on the withdrawal of police operat...
•Bandits Suspected Bandits in Zamfara State reportedly killed a mobile police operative and have also gone away with his service rifle in the Adabka village, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to a security and counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama on his verified X account (formerly Twitter), he wrote, “The i...
•Terrorists Bandits have abducted at least eight persons in Biresawa village of Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State. A reliable source told our correspondent that the assailants raided the village between 11pm and 12 midnight, last night, reports Daily Trust. He said, “They came as usual, and from our findings so far, two males [&hell...
•Terrorists At least 11 residents of Isapa, a community close to Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have been abducted. The attack happened barely 24 hours after victims abducted during a church service were released, reports Daily Trust. A Christ Apostolic Church in Ekuru was holding a thanksgiving service to celebrate the [...
•Mourners at the residence The only way Amina Hassan Makuku could make sense of what happened on that day was to assume that the incident was an act of God as a Muslim faithful. Amina, a 35-year-old mother of four and wife of the late vice principal killed by armed bandits who invaded Government Girls […]
•Terrorists Barely hours after armed terrorists invaded and abducted some students and members of staff of St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, another set of terrorists have reportedly attacked and abducted an unspecified number of students at the Peter’s Foundation Seco...
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