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The Nasarawa State Governor, Mr Abdullahi Sule, on Thursday, said the bandits who attacked the convoy of his deputy, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, were about 40 in number. Sule told State House correspondents in Abuja that the large number of the bandits was the reason they Read More …
Gunmen early Sunday morning killed a businessman in Gulma town of Kebbi, Alhaji Yusuf Garkar-Bore, and abducted his daughter-in-law, Mrs Aisha Yusuf. A member of the family who did not want his name mentioned for security reasons, told newsmen that the gunmen invaded the community Read More …
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the death of two of its personnel killed by bandits in Kaduna State. The deceased personnel – Flying Officer Abdulrahman Bayero and Aircraftman Saidu Bawa – were said to have been killed in an ambush by Read More …
We’ll respond fiercely to massacre of 37 people by bandits – Buhari Kazeem Ugbodaga / 6 hours ago President Muhammadu Buhari Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to respond fiercely to the killing of 37 innocent people by bandits in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Read More …
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday, July 19, cautioned local vigilantes against harassment and killing of innocent Fulani over bandits attacks in the state. The governor gave the warning while commiserating with families of the 29 people killed by bandits in Kamitau, Malafaru Read More …
Suspected armed bandits have killed over twenty persons in Dan Tatsako village in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state. A source in the local government says the assailants arrived in the village at night armed with sophisticated weapons and started shooting sporadically. He says Read More …
A former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, on Tuesday said the challenges of banditry in the North West of Nigeria might have an international dimension. Mr Yuguda fielded questions from State House correspondents after a private visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Read More …
Katsina gunmen: Gunmen shouting “Allahu Akbar” raided three villages in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, killing six people, a police spokesman said Monday. The black-clad group, riding on motorcycles, attacked Makers, Dan Sabau and Pawwa villages in Kankara district late Sunday, firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades, Read More …
Hours after security chiefs met Buhari beating their chests about their achievements, bandits in Katsina killed another 17. Residents of Katsina State were, again, thrown into mourning as bandits attacked Danmusa Local Government Area of the state, killing 17 persons. Locals said nine persons were Read More …
By Bashir Bello KATSINA—Not fewer than 11 persons were reportedly killed in a fresh attack launched by bandits on nine villages of Kankara Local Government Area in Katsina State, Saturday evening. Following the attack, angry residents staged a protest with the corpses of persons killed, Read More …