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Notorious bandit leader, Turji embraces peace, launches campaign against terror in Zamfara
Notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, has finally embraced the peace initiative of Zamfara State government as part of efforts to end banditry.…
Kidnapping and Insecurity
Reports on kidnapping, banditry and attacks, and what security agencies are doing about them.
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Bandits kidnap 6 wedding guests, 4 reverend sisters in Katsina, Imo
Bandits have kidnapped six wedding guests in Dutsinma town, headquarters of Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State. Reports have it that…
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Bandits abduct six in Katsina
Six persons in Dutsinma town, Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State have been kidnapped by bandits. A source told newsmen that…
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BREAKING: Gunmen kill APC chieftain in Osun
MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain named Kazeem Kekere was shot and killed by gunmen in Apomu in the…
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Police secure 2 suspected kidnappers from angry mob in Delta
The Delta State Police have rescued two suspected kidnappers from an angry mob. The Police Command in Delta State, led by Commissioner…
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Unknown gunmen kill popular religious scholar
Unknown gunmen have killed a popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Goni Aisami Gashuwa while on his way back to Gashu’a town from Kano…
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FG given 24 hours ultimatum to rescue kidnapped Christian girl, set to be married off to terrorist
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has given a 24-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to, with immediate effect, secure the…
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Top bandit commander planning to marry young victim of Abuja-Kaduna train attack- Negotiator
A top commander of bandits who kidnapped passengers from the Kaduna-Abuja train on the 28th of March, 2022, is set to marry…
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BREAKING: Kidnappers free Nasarawa commissioner
Nasarawa Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism Hon Lawal Yakubu who was kidnapped last Monday has regained freedom. He was released around…
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Unknown gunmen shot dead NBA member while trying to kidnap him in Zamfara
The Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has expressed sadness as unknown gunmen kill one of its members, Barrister…
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Security agents rescue 69 kidnapped victims in Bauchi
Alhaji Abdulrazaq Nuhu Zaki, Bauchi State commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs has revealed that security men rescue 69 kidnapped victims…
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Suspects in Ondo monarch’s kidnap arrested in Ibadan
Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested five persons suspected to be involved in the kidnap of the Oniku of…
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NSCDC arrest 18-year-old student over attempt to kidnap Provost
An 18-year-old student has been apprehended by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, over an alleged attempt to…
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Nigerian gov approves death penalty for informants, bandits, others
Zamfara State Government has approved death penalty for anyone convicted for banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as a bandits’ informant…
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Stop promoting, paying ransom to bandits in Southeast – Kanu tells govs, politicians
A brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Kanunta Kanu, has told political actors and governors to…
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Nigerian gov orders free treatment for bandit attack victims
Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, ordered free treatment for victims of a terrorist attack in the state on Friday. The Governor,…
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Kidnap kingpin, Wadume sentenced to seven years imprisonment
Justice Binta Nyako has sentenced the Taraba based kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly called Wadume, to seven years imprisonment without an option…
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Unknown gunmen storm school, kill teacher in Nasarawa
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have shot to death Mr Auta Nasela, a teacher in Government Science Secondary School Nassarawa-Eggon, Nasarawa…
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Kidnapped MAPOLY beauty queen, killed in Ogun
Happiness Odeh, a student of the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, has been reportedly killed by her kidnappers. It was gathered…
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Unknown gunmen kill POS operator in Ibadan
Some gunmen on Friday, launched an attack on a shop belonging to a Point of Sale (POS) operator in Ibadan, the Oyo…