Troops of Operation Safe Haven have rescued 15 commuters abducted by bandits in Jagindi, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the 15 persons were kidnapped from two vehicles in the area while on transit,…
The leadership of Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Taraba state has handed over 11 suspected kidnappers and gun runners to the police. The suspects were handed over to the state police commissioner, Mr Abimbola Sokoya, on Sunday. They were presented during the formal inauguration of a 16-man committee set up to tackle criminal…
Fifteen people have been killed in an attack by gunmen suspected to be fulani herdsmen in an attack on Ma-Dooh village, Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirm the killings, however he said nine people were killed in…
The Jos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has cautioned the Plateau state governor over his recent statement ordering the arrest of those who “rush to bail” suspects arrested in connection with the recent killing of over 20 commuters in the state capital. In a statement on Saturday in Jos, Chairman of the NBA,…
Fifteen of the remaining 80 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have been released, leaving 65 of them in captivity. Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, confirmed the release in a telephone chat on Sunday. Hayab said, “15 of the students were…
Survivors of the recent attack that occurred in Plateau state have returned to Ondo. Over commuters traveling from Bauchi to Ondo state were killed in an attack along Rukuba road, Jos, August 14, 2021. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the deputy governor of Plateau state, Prof. Sonni Tyoden, accompanied the survivors of…
