The Nigerian troops, comprising military and mobile police forces, have eliminated 42 armed bandits at Alawa Community in Shiroro axis of Niger State. It was gathered that the joint security operatives laid an ambush for the bandits, who were fleeing the ongoing military operations in neighbouring Zamfara State. A source involved in
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Bandits Have Stopped Students From Schools, Farmers From Farms – Niger Gov
Governor Abubakar Bello has launched the Niger Special Vigilante Corps aimed at checking the activities of youth gangs, especially those operating in Minna. Bello launched the Special Vigilante Corps at the Police Headquarters, Minna, with members of the group drawn from nine different local security outfits. According to the governor, “While the
Gunmen abduct 200 Islamiyyah students in Niger state
About 200 students of an Islamiyya school in Niger State have been reportedly abducted by gunmen on Sunday. The assailants stormed the learning facility located at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area and kidnapped the students while leaving one person dead, reports Channels TV. Sources told the medium that the Islamiyya school
100 people feared dead in boat mishap in Niger state
Bandits kill Emir’s son, others in Niger
Maureen Okpe Bandits Thursday afternoon killed the son of the Emir of Kontagora in Niger State, Alhaji Bashar Saidu Namaska, the Sardauna of Kontagora. Also killed was the driver of the deceased and some of his staff. He was killed along with others by the bandits on his father’s farm located at Masuga
Boko Haram in Niger State: Six Times Global Sentinel Reported Jihadists’ Expansion to Northwest, Northcentral Nigeria in 2020
•How Boko Haram hoisted flag in Niger, 50 villages deserted Senator Iroegbu On Monday, April 26, 2021, Nigerians were shocked as Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, confirmed the presence of Boko Haram in Kaure, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, with the hoisting of their flag. Shiroro to Nigeria's seat of power-the Federal Capital
School Kidnappings in Nigeria Are Forcing Hundreds Out of Education
•Six hundred schools have decided to close as the government struggles to deal with the crisis. By Valentine Iwenwanne On the 17th of February, Hassan Aliyu was reading when he started to hear screams coming from the staff quarters of the Government Science College in Kagara, Nigeria, where he lives with his family.
Bandits Kidnaps 25 Villagers in North Central Nigeria
•Dozens of gunmen sneaked into Kutunku village while residents were asleep and abducted 24 people. A criminal gang has kidnapped 25 villagers in two separate incidents in central Nigeria’s Niger state, an area notorious for banditry and abductions, a local official said on Tuesday. Dozens of gunmen, known locally as bandits, sneaked into
Gunmen Abduct 19 in Niger Community
No fewer than nineteen people have been abducted in Kutunku village in Wushishi local government area of Niger state on Monday. The Gunmen had stormed the village in motorcycles shooting sporadically. They were said to have beaten some of the villagers who could not escape on time. Those abducted include eleven males and eight females including two would-be brides who
50 Passengers: Niger Police Recover Weapons from Bandits, Faults Reports on Fresh Abduction
Senator Iroegbu The anti-kidnapping taskforce of the Nigeria Police has nabbed some suspects and recovered arms and ammunitions from bandits terrorising some parts of Niger State. It was gathered that some of the recovered weapons and suspects would soon be paraded. Meanwhile the State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, has denied reports