Bandits have freed 92 of the 136 pupils of Tegina Islamiyya pupils after 88 days in captivity. They however held back 44 students. The freed pupils were brought to Government House, Minna on Friday morning where they are waiting to meet Governor Sani-Bello.
Gunmen on Saturday night attacked the divisional police headquarters in Udung Uko local government area of Akwa Ibom State, leaving three duty personnel with serious injuries. Eyewitnesses said the attackers came in a Sienna Toyota vehicle and opened fire on the station. Spokesman
Bandits, who abducted children of the Tanko Salihu Islamiyya school, Tegina in Niger State, have reduced the demanded ransom for their release to N150 million. Also, some of the 136 abducted pupils of Tanko Salihu Islamiyya School, Tegina in Rafi local government area,
Many people have reportedly been killed, or injured and kidnapped by armed bandits in fresh attacks on Gwagwada community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits allegedly stormed a Baptist church at Lukuru village and another church where members traditionally wear
There was pandemonium on Tuesday in Onueke, Ezra South local government area of Ebonyi when gunmen stormed the town shooting sporadically and robbing some businesses. The gunmen, numbering about five, it was gathered, had trailed a customer to a bank in the area.
Barely four days after the killing of three of the Greenfield University students abducted last Tuesday, another two of the undergraduates have been confirmed killed by their abductors. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan disclosed this on Monday
The body of the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) declared missing after bandits attacked the military camp in Zagzaga community in Munya local government of Niger last Wednesday has been found. The RSM’s body was found swollen in the bush close to the military
Details have emerged of how over 70 gunmen raided checkpoints along the busy Port Harcourt-Owerri Road, killing about eight security operatives. It was gathered the gunmen, who started their operations around 8pm on Saturday, attacked four checkpoints from Elele to Omagwa in Ikwerre
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to unite in the fight against bandits. He said the battle against bandits and other criminals require a united front to save the nation from disintegration. The
Suspected herdsmen on Saturday morning killed nine Tiv farmers during an attack on three villages in Doma local government area of Nasarawa State. The attacked villages were Ajikamaka, Gidan Rail and Ankoma settlements near Rukubi where Olam farm is located, a border town