No fewer than seven persons have been reportedly killed after some unknown bandits attacked worshippers in a local mosque located in the Saya-Saya Village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits reportedly invaded the mosque on Friday night when the Muslim worshippers were said to have been observing the Isha’i (Sunset) prayers….
A health worker and his brother have been abducted by bandits in Wusasa, Zaria local government area of Kaduna State The bandits invaded the area around 9pm on Friday, August 25, 2023, shot sporadically to disperse the crowd before picking their victims, Yushau Peter of St. Lukes Hospital Wusasa and his brother, Joshua Peter. Engineer…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has encouraged the Nigerian Army not to dim their morale in the fight to recover land occupied by terrorists and bandits in parts of the country. The COAS stated this when he visited troops in Niger State following troops’ ambush by insurgents in the Zungeru…
Seven soldiers have been reportedly killed in an ambush by bandits in Zamfara State. The bandits were said to have attacked the Kangon Garacce community under the Dangulbi district of the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara on Monday afternoon, killing several residents. A resident of Dangulbi community, Lawal Dangulbi told Channels Television on Tuesday…
In light of the appeal for President Bola Ahmad Tinubu to engage in negotiations with bandits, made by the former Governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Mustapha Inuwa, the former Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of such negotiations. According to him, attempting to negotiate with the bandits would prove…
Former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has said that Boko Haram terrorists, bandits, members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other criminal bodies are afraid of General Taoreed Lagbaja who was recently confirmed as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). This is as he praised the COAS following his order to…
Some bandits who were hiding in their hideouts around Kagarko, Iche, Taka-Lafiya Gidan Makeri and Jangala communities in Kaduna State are reported to have taken to their heels. They were said to have fled after over 100 troops invaded the forest in the Kagarko Local Government Area. Many communities in Kagarko Chiefdom had been under…
In a miraculous turn of events, a seven-month-old baby boy named Habibu was found sleeping on his mother’s back 24 hours after she was killed by bandits on the Pandogari-Allawa road in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. It was gathered that bandits blocked the Pandogari-Allawa road a day to Sallah and shot six…