•Soldiers Troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), and local volunteer forces yesterday successfully foiled what locals said would have been a large-scale attack by bandits on Bagna and Erena communities in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. Credible security sources disclosed that the move by the operatives ...
•Bandits Bandits have abducted a woman and her two children in Kogi State and have imposed multi-million-naira levies on farming communities in Niger State as conditions for peace. In Kogi State, bandits invaded the house of one Tokpe Gody at Bareke-Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area around 2am yesterday, abducting his wife and two [&hel...
•Governor Bago and bandits Barely a week after Niger State governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, granted an exclusive interview on national television, assuring citizens and investors that the state was safe and free from hunger, suspected bandits have reportedly taken over several communities in the Akere axis of Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government A...
•A hospital ward At least 24 residents of Bida, the headquarters of Bida LGA of Niger State, have been hospitalised following the outbreak of an unknown illness in the town. It was gathered that 20 of the victims have been discharged after spending more than a week at the Federal Medical Centre and Umaru Sanda […]

