Tag: BANDITS
Bandit kingpin Bello Turji’s deadline for N30m payment worries Zamfara community
Residents of Moriki town in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State have expressed worry as the deadline given to them by the leader...
Sheikh Gumi confirms meeting DSS operatives over bandits
Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has confirmed he met with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over his comments on the activities...
Kaduna schoolchildren’s kidnappers demand N1 billion ransom
Gunmen who kidnapped 287 pupils last week at a public school in Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have made a...
Six sisters kidnapped in Abuja, eldest Nabeeha killed as bandits demand...
Bandits have reportedly killed a young woman identified as Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar after kidnapping her and five other sisters in Abuja.
Nabeeha and her sisters were...
JUST IN: Catholic priest burnt to death in Niger, assistant shot
Catholic Priest Rev. Fr Isaac Achi has been killed by bandits who invaded his residence in Niger State in the early hours of Sunday.
Achi...
Bandits to face death penalty as Zamfara gov signs anti-banditry bill...
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle on Tuesday signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law.
The law has death penalty for those found...
Bandits invade Kaduna airport, shoot official dead
Several gunmen invaded Kaduna International Airport on Saturday, killing an official in the process.
The manager of the airport Amina Salami told Channels TV that...
Bimpe Akintunde thankful for escaping ‘bandits attack’
Actress Bimpe Akintunde has expressed gratitude to God for escaping an attack from suspected bandits along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday.
In an Instagram post...
Rahama Sadau calls on authorities to protect northerners against banditry
Kannywood actress Rahama Sadau has called on the Arewa leaders to protect northern against bandits.
The actress cried out on Instagram, lamenting the killings of...
Bandits place N2m ransom on two corps members kidnapped in Zamfara
Bandits have allegedly placed a ransom of N2 million for the freedom of two members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) kidnapped in...