The Government of Kaduna State has confirmed the terrorist attack on the Kaduna International Airport on Saturday. According to reports the terrorists numbering over 200 took over the airport thereby preventing the take-off of an aircraft. The terrorists also shot and killed a security operative attached to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA which forced […]
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No fever than five passengers were confirmed killed and three others critically injured, after bandits armed with sophisticated weapons, opened fire on a vehicle passing along Yantumaki–Danmusa road in Katsina State. An eyewitness had told newsmen that the victims including the driver, were all indigenes of Gobirawa and Kaigar Malamai villages in Katsina State. Adding […]
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No fewer than 11 persons, mostly elderly women, have been kidnapped by gunmen at Shinfida Village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. They were abducted on their way to join other residents, who had earlier ran to a refugee camp for safety after their village came under attack by a group of gunmen, […]
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Suspected bandits on Sunday whisked away Reverend Father Joseph Shekari and killed one of his cooks in Chawai, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Ali Mudashir, a resident in the area, told newsmen on Monday that the bandits stormed the Catholic priest’s residence around 12:00 midnight and started shooting sporadically. According to him, in […]
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No fewer than six suspected bandits were killed on Saturday night after troops of the Nigerian Army repelled an attack on Mareri Community, outskirt of Gusau, Zamfara State. Kokomansion understands that the armed bandits had invaded the community and attempted to kidnap the Managing Director of Zamfara State Transport Authority (Mass Transit) Alhaji Aminu Adamu […]
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The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has said the Military will fully go after bandits. According to Irabor the official declaration by the Federal Government would pave the way for the Armed Forces to give bandits a bloody nose. The Defence Chief spoke while appearing on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, programme, ‘Good […]
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Some kidnappers suspected to be bandits have abducted two Chinese workers at the Zungeru Hydro Power Dam project in Niger State. Secretary to Niger State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, made confirmation of the incident in Minna on Wednesday, saying the bandits also shot a Chinese worker and a Nigerian. Spokesperson of the Niger Police Command, […]
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Atleast eleven persons have been reported killed by notorious armed bandits in Saulawa community of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An eyewitness said the victims were killed when heavily armed bandits stormed the community on Saturday evening and started shooting sporadically. The source noted that the bandits carted away livestocks, other valuables including […]
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Scores of students at Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State, have been kidnapped by suspected bandits. According to reports, the armed men stormed the school in military uniform Tuesday night. PRNigeria reports that GSC has close to 1,000 students. The attackers overpowered the security guard on duty, before whisking away a number of […]
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The Nigerian Army, 1 Division Kaduna, says it has neutralised 20 armed bandits and arrested three suspects at Jambrini Village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Muhammad Dole, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Kaduna on Saturday. Dole said the troops of 1 Division Nigerian […]
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