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Friday, 19 November 2021 05:55

Bandits acquire Walkie Talkies to beat telecoms shutdown – Katsina govt

Bandits operating in Katsina state are using Radio Frequency Walkie Talkie Transceivers to overcome the shutdown of telecommunications service in the state, the state government has said. The state government had in September cut telecommunications networks in 13 local government areas it said were in the front line of banditry in the state. But at a press conference Thursday afternoon, Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, Mustapha Inuwa, said the bandits have been unrelenting in circumventing the security measures devised to curb their activities. “In spite of the successes recorded, however, it is worthy to note that since the…

Thursday, 18 November 2021 06:30

Death toll from gunmen attack in Sokoto rises to 43

At least 43 people have died following raids by gunmen in Sokoto state this week, three times more than the initial death toll given by officials, a spokesman for the state governor said on Wednesday. Although the military is conducting an operation to stamp out a tide of violence by armed gangs known as bandits in the northwest, including a telecoms blackout, the violence and kidnappings have continued. The latest attacks in Sokoto's Illela town bordering Niger republic town took place from Sunday night into the early hours of Monday morning. The state government had said 13 people were killed…

Thursday, 18 November 2021 06:28

3 killed, 66 abducted in fresh bandit raid of Niger state communities

For three consecutive days, bandits have intensified their raid on communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, the latest being the invasion of Zagaga community in the early hours of yesterday, where they killed two people and abducted 66 others. Among those killed were two youths providing voluntary security services in the community due to absence of security agents, and a local vigilante who was butchered when gun bullets could not penetrate him. Three other youths sustained gunshot injuries, one of them had his right leg broken, and are currently at a government facility in Minna, the state…

Wednesday, 17 November 2021 05:58

Gunmen bomb court in Imo

Gunmen in the early hours of Monday bombed the Magistrate Court in Ubulu, Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State. The hoodlums ignited the court with a petrol bomb causing the entire building to go in flames. Interim Management Committee (IMC) chairman of Oru West, Willie Okolieogwo, who confirmed the incident, expressed sadness over the development. He said that although the court was completely razed by the hoodlums nobody was, however, wounded in the inferno. Okolieogwo, who is also the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) chairman in Imo State, expressed shock that the gunmen were still on…

Tuesday, 16 November 2021 06:00

Niger govt lists communities Boko Haram is in full control of in the state

Boko Haram terrorists have taken over five communities in Rafi and Shiroto Local Government Areas of Niger state, according to Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government. He disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna, the state capital, on Monday. He explained that the Boko Haram insurgents are fully in charge in Hanawanka, Madaka, in Rafi LGA and Kurebe, Gussau, Farina Kuka in Shiroro LGA, forcing the rural dwellers to migrate to safer grounds. He said the terrorists move freely in the affected areas, wielding sophisticated and menacing weapons. Matane said the state has…

Tuesday, 16 November 2021 05:59

Bandits attack Zamfara community for making part-payment of tax levy imposed on them

Bandits on Sunday night carried out a punitive attack on Kwarin Mai Saje community in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State over the failure of the residents to pay a N3 million levy. During the attack, the bandits raped women and abducted six people after looting the village of valuables, according to a resident. The brutal outlaws had initially imposed levies on 13 communities in the area, but Kwarin Mai Saje was not included. However, a gang associated with banditry kingpin, Ada Aleru, dragged Kwarin Mai Saje into its own illegal tax net two weeks ago. Sama’ila Tsafe, a…

Tuesday, 16 November 2021 05:58

Bandits kill 15 in another attack on Sokoto communities

Suspected armed bandits have reportedly killed at least 15 people in Goronyo and Illela local government areas of Sokoto State. Governor Aminu Tambuwal, who confirmed the attack on Monday, said 12 people were killed in Illela while three lost their lives in Goronyo. The governor stated this shortly before he presented the 2022 Sokoto appropriation bill to the state House of Assembly on Monday. He said the attacks occurred between Sunday night and Monday morning in the said council areas. Tambuwal condoled with those who lost their loved ones in the attacks. The two are among council areas where the…

Monday, 15 November 2021 06:01

ISWAP terrorists impose taxes, road tolls on Borno residents

Farmers and other residents of Damboa in Borno State have started paying Zakat (taxes) to the dreaded members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Daily Trust has reliably gathered. Zakat is an Islamic finance term referring to the obligation that an individual has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year to charitable causes. Zakat is a mandatory process for Muslims and is regarded as a form of worship. A top state government official told our correspondent that many farmers are living under the control of ISWAP fighters in the Damboa axis. “The terrorists allow the…

Sunday, 14 November 2021 06:07

Army general, 3 other officers killed in fierce battle with ISWAP terrorists

A Nigerian army general and three soldiers were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in the northeast of the country, the army and sources said. ISWAP split from Boko Haram five years ago and pledged allegiance to Islamic State and has been fighting against the Nigerian armed forces. Army spokesman Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said troops had encountered ISWAP fighters in Borno state's Askira Uba local government area, where a fierce battle took place and several militants were killed. "Sadly, a gallant senior officer Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers paid…

Sunday, 14 November 2021 06:06

Gunmen attack mourners at wake keep ceremony in Benue community, kill 4

No fewer than four mourners were early Saturday reportedly gunned down by suspected armed herdsmen who stormed a Christian wake at Mbayatyo, Mbater Council Ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue state. The attackers also left five others with serious injuries at the said wake that was held in honour of one Mama Achin Adingi. According to a source in the area, the attackers probably staged a reprisal one week after they had a dispute with the locals who chased them from the community after stopping them from polluting a water source in the area with their cattle. “As…

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Saturday, 13 November 2021 06:06

Bandits slaughter village head, eight others in Zamfara

Bandits have slaughtered the village head and killed eight others in Tungar Ruwa in Anka local government area of Zamfara State. The incident occurred at midnight on Wednesday. The attack lasted for several hours. Police spokesperson in the state, Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the attack but he did not give details. Anka is one of the local government areas in Zamfara under incessant attacks by bandits. Rural people displaced by the attacks have flooded headquarters of the local government area and Maru as well as Talata Mafara local government areas. A source, Anas Mustapha, told this newspaper that the bandits invaded…

Saturday, 13 November 2021 06:05

Households taxed varying amounts as bandits impose levies on Sokoto communities

Barely a month after collecting N11 million as ransom for the release of 20 people they kidnapped in Gatawa, bandits on Wednesday returned to the town and abducted five people. They are now demanding N500,000 as ransom for the release of the victims, multiple sources in the town have said. Gatawa, in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, was until recently one of the communities in the state spared by the bandits. But the town has now come into the focus of attacks by the outlaws. In Wednesday’s attack, a resident who asked not to be named over…

Saturday, 13 November 2021 06:04

Gunmen invade Ogun community twice within 4 days, rape women, kidnap 2 men

About 50 masked persons, armed with different weapons including guns, cutlasses, and axes have reportedly attacked residents and business owners in Agbaakin community, close to Mowe, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that during the two-day raid, the hoodlums destroyed property in the community, attacked passersby and broke into homes and shops to dispossess residents of their valuables. According to the aggrieved members of the community, the armed men also took advantage of the tension created during the attacks to rape housewives and whisked away two residents to an undisclosed location. A landlord in…

Friday, 12 November 2021 05:54

Police arrest fake police officer, journalist, Islamic scholar, 11 others over invasion of Mary Odili’s home

Police have arrested 14 persons in connection with the raid on the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. During a briefing on Thursday, Frank Mba, force public relations officer, said the suspects include a fake chief superintendent of police (CSP), a journalist, and an Islamic scholar. Mba said 10 other suspects, including two military personnel, are currently at large. “The inspector-general of police (IGP) ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incident,” he said. “Earlier on, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice had also submitted a written petition into the office of the…

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