Dare devil bandits have reportedly invaded Buda Hausa community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting 61 people. A member of the State House of Assembly representing Kajuru constituency, Hon. Usman Danlami Stingo, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview on Tuesday evening. Stingo said the bandits invaded the community in the early…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Stakeholders of Kuteb ethnic nationality in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba state have dragged the state government before a Jalingo high court, challenging the appointment of three third class Chiefs and the proposed appointment of a first-class Chief of Takum on rotational basis. The stakeholder also sought for the…
Seven people have been reportedly killed in an attack on Sunday by bandits in Compani Zurak market, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. Several others were said to have been injured during the incident. Abdullahi Hussaini, a resident of the area disclosed this on Monday in a telephone interview, saying that the bandits arrived…
Bandits who abducted 16 residents of Gonin Gora area of Kaduna metropolis have demanded for a ransom of N40 trillion for their release. John Yusuf, a community leader of the area, disclosed this in a telephone interview on Monday in Kaduna. Yusuf said the bandits called and demanded N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150…
The Kaduna state government has dismissed a newspaper report, stating that a private bandits negotiator has been hired to facilitate the release of the 287 school children abducted by bandits on Thursday. The newspaper report had claimed that the state government had reached out to the bandits through a private negotiator for the release of…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on security forces to adopt more effective strategies to end banditry and terrorism ravaging communities. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, the forum condemned Thursday’s abduction of 287 school children and their teachers in LEA Primary School and Government Secondary, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna…
