All posts tagged "Banditry"

Bandits: Gumi is pure evil, a terrorist – Fani-Kayode

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Agamas Gumi as a pure evil. Fani-Kayode made the remark while insisting that Gumi was a terrorist. In a tweet, the former minister warned against trusting the Islamic scholar. He wrote: “Sheik Ahmad Gumi is the physical manifestation and...

Abuja Schools Shut Down As A Truckload Of Bandits Arrives Border Town

Despite assurances by the police authorities that the Abuja is safe, private schools in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday, hurriedly shut down their activities over fear of possible attack by kidnappers. LEADERSHIP learnt that some schools hurriedly sent their students home when news got to them...

Bandits Kill Journalist, Abduct Many Travellers In Katsina –

A cameraman attached to the Information Unit of Jibia Local Government of Katsina State, Ibrahim Dankabo, was on Monday killed during a kidnap operation by bandits. The hoodlums also abducted many travellers in the area, local sources said. A community leader in the area, Gide Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES that...

Our rescue plan was to lose a few students but kill all the bandits in planned bombardment of their hideout – Governor El-Rufai

Bandits kill journalist, abduct many travellers in Katsina

  Armed bandits have killed a journalist, Ibrahim Hamisu Dankabo, during a kidnap operation in Jibia Local Government of Katsina State.    It was gathered that the armed bandits also abducted many travelers in the area    A community leader in the area, Gide Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr....

Female bandit, two others killed and set ablaze by angry youths after failed attack in Sokoto community (photos)

Three suspected bandits, including a woman, were killed by angry youths after a failed attack on a Fulani community in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state.    It was gathered that the armed bandits stormed Ruga, a Fulani community on the outskirts of Goronyo, around midnight on Wednesday, May...

Bandits kill 7 in fresh attack in Niger State

  An attack launched by bandits in Yangalu Community in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, has left 7 people dead.    Daily Trust reports that the bandits invaded the community in large numbers on motorcycles and shot sporadically to scare away the people.   Eyewitnesses alleged that the bandits destroyed properties...

”After talking to them, they are now lowering their bar”- Sheik Gumi says bandits will no longer kill abducted Greenfield university students

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said bandits have agreed not to kill the 16 remaining students of Greenfield University, Kaduna still in their captivity.   The bandits had threatened to kill the students if their parents fail to pay N100 million ransom in addition to 10 motorcycles.    Sheik...

Bandits Prevent Cultivation Of 50,000 Hectares In Katsina – Gov Masari Cries Out

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has said over 50,000 hectares of farmland were abandoned by farmers in the state in 2020 due to bandits’ attacks. Masari made the disclosure on Thursday in Katsina at the 2021 Maize Wet Season Farming launch and first Maize Pyramid in Nigeria, NAN reports....

Bandits Kidnap Abia State University Students, Ikpeazu Reacts

BREAKING!!! Bandits Kidnap Abia University Students, Ikpeazu Reacts By Wisdom Nwedene, Umuahia  Suspected bandits have kidnapped yet to be determined number of students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), Igbere TV reports. IGBERE TV gathered that the students ran into the bandits who were operating along the Okigwe-Uturu Road,...

No adequate satellite to monitor bandits- National Space Agency DG, Halilu Shaba, says

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said that inadequate satellite and other facilities inhibit the agency’s efforts to monitor the activities of bandits and other criminal elements operating in the country.   The newly appointed Director-General of the Agency, Halilu Shaba, disclosed this to newsmen at a media parley in...

How Obasanjo, Gumi & Father Of A Bandit Facilitated Release Of Afaka Students

After nearly two months in captivity, students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, regained freedom. Daily Trust reported how 27 students of the 37 abducted from their school dormitories were freed on Wednesday. Their captors had earlier released 10...

“My brother didn’t die as a coward” – Man mourns volunteer killed by bandits during rescue of kidnapped victims in Kaduna

Two volunteers were shot dead by bandits during the rescue of 13 persons kidnapped by armed bandits in Kaduna State.   wikirise reported that troops rescued the victims from bandits in Gwagwada, Chikun local government area of the state after a fierce gun duel.    The 13 citizens, originally from Dutse,...

Bandits Attack Churches In Kaduna, Many Killed, Others Kidnapped

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 white garments at Gwagwada road in...

Troops rescue 13 kidnapped persons from bandits after fierce gun duel in Kaduna

  Troops have rescued of 13 kidnapped persons from bandits in Gwagwada, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.   The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, May 5, said the 13 citizens, originally from Dutse, went to work at a...