Bandits don attack Oga Presido Muhammadu Buhari’s advance convoy for Katsina State. Oga Presido Senior Special Assistant on top Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirm this one for statement. Shehu explained say the convoy wey de go Daura to go prepare ground before Oga Presido go come for Sallah celebration this weekend been come under attack near…
Terrorists have killed at least ten soldiers in a fresh attack in Kaduna State. The latest incident happened at the Army Forward Operational Base in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Military authorities are yet to confirm the attack, but Channels Television quoted a security source saying that it happened at about 6:30PM on Monday. Recall…
Armed bandits operating in Zamfara State have imposed levies on people in nine communities, which they must pay to avoid being attacked. Reports say the terrorists operating from Gando forest in Bukkuyum Local Government Area made the demands in letters written in Hausa language, which they sent to the communities. Each of the communities were demanded to…
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has asked the Nigerian military to provide evidence of bombardment and the killing of two notorious bandits at Zamfara forest last week. Gumi also insisted that what was required to win the war was dialogue. The media consultant to the cleric, Tukur Mamu, who spoke on behalf of Gumi, told newsmen…
The police in Zamfara State have confirmed the release of ninety-seven persons who were abducted by bandits in Shinkafi and Tsafe local government areas. The Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkanah, told newsmen in the state capital, Gusau, said the victims include seven pregnant women and twenty-five children. C.P. Elkanah said the kidnapped victims were seen stranded near…
A section of the rail track around Rijana and Dutse in Kaduna State was found to have been destroyed from the force of explosives. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, said the incident was being investigated. However; Okhiria faulted claims in some quarters that terrorists fired gunshots at the train driver and the…