Six people have been killed and homes torched in a grisly attack Monday by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in a Kenyan coastal region bordering Somalia, police and government officials said. One man was beheaded and five others shot or burned to death in the attack in a village in Lamu...
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The police have rescued 21 schoolchildren kidnapped on December 31 by bandits at Kucheri Village, along Gusau-Funtua Road in Zamfara State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the development during a press conference on Saturday. Their freedom, he stated, followed efforts by police...
Three persons have reportedly been killed on Sunday after gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded some communities under Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An unspecified number of villagers, mostly women, were said to have been kidnapped during the assault. Some of the villages said to have been...
Burkina Faso began two days of mourning on Sunday after 41 people died in the latest attack by suspected jihadists in the troubled and largely unprotected north. A bloody six-year-long jihadist campaign has claimed around 2,000 lives and forced 1.4 million from their homes in the formerly peaceful West...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the traditional ruler of Gindri, Mr Charles Mato, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, Media Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), the military task force maintaining peace in the state,...
Katsina Police Command says it has arrested a 45-year-old man, Sani Mamuda, for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Katsina and Zamfara States. The Katsina Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Gambo Isa, disclosed this while parading the suspects on Thursday at the police headquarters in Katsina....
Over 70 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday. The incident occurred around Udawa village after Buruku in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. According to an eyewitness account, the vehicles conveying the travellers, mainly traders, were attacked...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in a joint operation with the Police Command in Taraba have raided various criminal hideouts and rescued some kidnap victims. Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba stated in Abuja on Sunday that kidnap victims at the various hideouts were...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed more than 20 persons and destroyed property worth millions of Naira in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this in a statement...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command has arrested about 70 suspected armed robbers, pipeline and electric cable vandals between January and December, 2021. The state Commandant, Adaralewa Michael, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun, and made...
Bandits operating within Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, on Thursday came under heavy fire from a joint military operation taskforce team. The bandits who are said to be led by a certain Bello Turji, were left scampering in the wake of the raid which left several marauders...
BY BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State has intercepted about 196 pinches of methamphetamine, popularly called “Mkpurummiri” from suspected drug dealers from January to date. The state NDLEA Commander, Mr Isa Adoro, who revealed this to newsmen in Abakaliki on Thursday, said...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna + The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mudassiru Abdullahi has ordered a thorough investigation over the killing of a lawmaker in Kaduna. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. ASP Jalige said...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 305 suspected bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers have been arrested by the operatives of Kaduna State Police Command between January and November 2021. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in a statement...
The Kogi State Police Command have confirmed Tuesday’s robbery attacks on three commercial banks in Egbe and Odo-Ere in Yagba-West Local government Area (LGA) of the state, killing four persons and injuring several others. The State Commissioner of Police, Idris Dauda Babban, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four members of a syndicate who specialize in counterfeiting foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for sale to unsuspecting members of the public. The anti-graft agency also warned Nigerians to be wary of the activities of...
IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday invaded Odo Ere and Egbe communities in Yagba West Local Government, Kogi State, before attacking two second generation banks and allegedly killing three persons and injured several other people According to eyewitnesses, those killed included two security men and a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Police operatives alongside other security outfits in Ekiti State have embarked on a rescue mission to secure the release of a popular trader, Alhaja Nusirat Saliu, who was abducted by gunmen on Saturday in Iyemero-Ekiti. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have demanded over N1 million as levies from different communities in the Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local Government areas of Zamfara State. The communities are Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki A resident in the affected area, Aliyu Abdul...