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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Bandits on Tuesday morning invaded Unguwar Musa Tudun Wada Kudansa in Maraban Rido, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A resident of the community, who spoke to the press on Tuesday morning, disclosed that the bandits were resisted by the security personnel who quickly intervened. He said before their arrival, bandits had already captured […]
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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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No less than 200 persons have reportedly been killed in Anna and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas of Zamfara State by suspected bandits fleeing military onslaught in other areas. According to a source the bandits, who were trying to escape the ongoing military operations with a large number of domestic animals, attacked some villages in the […]
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to flush out bandits ravaging the country’s North-West region, saying the government has already taken steps in that direction. Buhari had made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Channels Television which was aired on Wednesday. “So, I think the only language they understand – we have discussed it […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has gazetted a court judgement that ordered it to declare bandits as terrorists. Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, gazetted the court judgement on Wednesday. Reports had it that Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had in a judgement on November 25, 2021, granted […]
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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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