Tag: BANDIT
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DANGER! FG releases list of states bandits are planning mayhem
The Federal Government has disclosed that schools in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are at risk of attacks by bandits and insurgents. The National Coordinator of Financing Safe Schools in Nigeria, Hajia Halima Iliya stated that the data of the at-risk schools has been collected for intervention. She confirmed the development while…
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Bandits burn nine to D3ath, raze 14 houses in Kaduna
No fewer than nine people have been killed and nine others brutally injured by bandits who attacked Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The police authorities in Kaduna State have not confirmed the incident, but a community leader, Moses Musa, told Channels Television that the attack…
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Police silenced suspected bandit, nab 15 others in Sokoto
The Sokoto State Police Command silenced a suspected bandit and paraded fifteen suspected terrorists arrested from different operations. Police authorities in the North-West state said sophisticated weapons including a General Purpose Machine gun and three AK-47 rifles and large caches of ammunition were recovered from the suspects. While parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters…
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Again in Plateau, 4 k!lled in two communities, house set ablaze
Again, gunmen have killed four persons in the Nkienzha and Teegbe communities, Miango district, Irigwe chiefdom of Bassa local government area of Plateau State. The incident occurred at about 11 p.m. on Sunday and Saturday nights in the two communities as one house was set ablaze in the Nkienzha community. Neither the State Police Command…
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INSECURITY! Bandits vow to marry Bride, auction 62 wedding guests in Katsina
Bandits operating in the Katsina State region of Nigeria have released a video threatening to marry off an abducted bride and auction her wedding guests. Recall the bandits abducted the bride and women accompanying her to her matrimonial home at Damari, Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. last Thursday. In a viral video circulating…
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INSECURITY! Boko Haram k!lls 4 police officers, set station ablaze
Four police personnel have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Gajiram, headquarters of Nganzai Local Government Area, 82 kilometers from Maiduguri the Borno State capital. The terrorists also set ablaze headquarters of the police station in the town. This was revealed to a national television by a source within the security agencies in Maiduguri.…
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SHOCKING! Bandits reportedly invade military camp, unleash mayhem in Katsina
Heavily armed bandits invaded a joint military camp in Nahuta village, Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina state on Sunday night, leaving a trail of destruction and looted goods in their wake. Sources within the camp confirmed the attack occurred around 11:30 pm. The heavily-armed bandits, wielding AK-47s among other assault weapons reportedly set ablaze…
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SAD! Netizens react as kidnappers k!ll one of six siblings abducted in Abuja [Photos]
Bandits, who kidnapped Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar and his six children, have killed one of the abducted persons, The Nation has learnt. The deceased lady identified as Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar was killed on Friday. She has been laid to rest according to Islamic rites on Saturday. Nabeeha was a 400-level student of biological science, Ahmadu Bello University…
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Bandits demand N30m ransom on seven family members abducted in Abuja
The Abductors of the seven family members kidnapped in Zuma, Bwari Central ward of the Federal Territory Capital, Abuja have demanded a ransom of N30m.
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INSECURITY! How military halt influx of bandits to South West – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has explained the prevailing peace in the South-West geo-political zone of the Nigeria in 2023. While acknowledging that states in the South-West region encountered pockets of kidnapping, robbery, illegal arms trafficking, and farmer-herder clashes, the DHQ has explained the overall stability in the area. The DHQ also states that the naira redesign…