Not fewer than eleven persons have been reportedly killed on Wednesday in Kankara and Danmusa Local Government Areas of Katsina State during an attack by bandits in various communities in the councils. Sources said the bandits had earlier in the day, attacked Maidabino in Danmusa Local Government Area where they reportedly killed sixteen people. The…
Not less than 15 suspected bandits from the northern part of the country have been arrested by Oyo state police department on Monday at Akinyele town in Ibadan. According to the traditional ruler of Akinyele town, Chief James Oluyemi Adeniran, he noted that almost 200 of them were conveyed from Kebbi state to the bush…
Some suspected bandits have shot the wife of Bunza Local Council Chairman, a policeman and a member of the local vigilance group at Zogirma community in Kebbi State after a botched kidnap attempt. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the three victims are currently at the intensive care unit of the Federal Medical Centre,…
The Armed banditry which started in Shiroro local government area of Niger state has getten messier as killing of 62 more people recorded while over 1000 people have been displaced. The attack which began on Sunday has spread to eight more villages as the casualty figures continue to rise and displaced villagers are now staying…
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Sunday attended the funeral of 25 persons killed by bandits in a fresh attack which occurred on Saturday in three communities in Rabah local government area of the state. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Tambuwal together with heads of security agencies, traditional rulers and government officials…
Nigerian Air Force says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has destroyed bandits’ camp and neutralised dozens of bandits in air strikes it conducted at Doumbourou Forest in Zamfara State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the operation…
Zamfara Council of Chiefs on Thursday said many innocent villagers have been killed in misdirected air strikes by the military in the ongoing fight against bandits in the state.. The Emir of Bungudu, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru made the disclosure at the end of an emergency meeting of the council, on Thursday in Gusau. “The Council…
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