Suspected bandits on Sunday morning launched a deadly attack on Lata Nna community in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing a woman, abducting another resident and leaving several others feared dead. Multiple residents who spoke to SaharaReporters said the attack was still ongoing as of the time of filing this report. They said…
News Quick Read The troop responded swiftly after detecting the terrorists through real-time surveillance systems and deployed a Quick Response Force to pursue the attackers, according to a statement issued by the Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni By Ayorinde Oluokun Troops of Nigerian…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a farmer, Funke Agbaje, along with two others in Agbaje community, Ala-Elefosan axis of Idanre Local Council Area of Ondo State. The victims, comprising two women and one male, were seized while working on their farm settlement in the agrarian community. According to a source who spoke on…
More details have emerged about Monday’s mass abduction of candidates sitting the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) practical examinations in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, with a security source alleging that the attackers exploited a suspicious security vacuum after soldiers stationed near the school departed on what residents believe was a questionable…
Fresh tragedy struck two Adara communities in Kufana Ward of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, on Thursday night as terrorists attacked Umaso (Rafin Kunu) and Unguwa-Ku villages. SaharaReporters learnt that the terrorists killed two persons, injuring four others, abducting seven residents, and looting property. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the attackers invaded Umaso (Rafin Kunu)…
Armed bandits launched a brazen attack on Government Secondary School in Iluke Bunu, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday morning, killing the school’s vice principal, two other residents, and abducting an unknown number of students in the latest assault on Nigeria’s crumbling education sector. The attack occurred around 9:45 am while…
At least 39 elderly residents of Magamin Diddi village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State remain in captivity after a reconciliation meeting with a notorious bandit leader failed, Daily Trust has reported. The victims were among a 50-member committee from the community that reportedly travelled to meet a bandit kingpin known as Jammo,…
Suspected bandits have abducted seven students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, after invading their off‑campus residence on the outskirts of the Low‑Cost Area in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attack occurred around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 3 June, when the assailants stormed the students’ lodge and whisked the victims away…
A group of terrorists in the early hours of Monday invaded Kemanji community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing at least four soldiers, leaving a local vigilante critically injured, and abducting several residents after overpowering security operatives. SaharaReporters gathered that the attackers struck at about 3:00 a.m., executing a threat earlier issued…
The Zamfara State Police Command on Thursday confirmed that suspected gunmen abducted two councillors and an Imam in Tsauni community, Gusau, on Wednesday night. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the incident to newsmen via telephone. He said the councillors, representing Gidan Gona and Tsibiri wards in Maradun local government areas of…
