Some students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene, in Kogi State, have been reportedly abducted after suspected bandits invaded the university’s campus on Thursday night. According to an eyewitness, the bandits attacked the university’s campus around 9 pm while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said that the…
Suspected bandits, on Thursday morning, invaded LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped scores of pupils and teachers. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 8:20 am, immediately after the morning assembly. According to locals, the Headteacher of the school and some other staff were among…
A N50m bounty has been placed by the Katsina State Police Command to any individual who provides valuable information that will lead to the arrest of two bandits’ kingpins in Katsina. According to a statement by ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, the police spokesperson, said that the wanted individuals, Modi Modi and Jan Kare, are operating…
No fewer than three notorious bandits on Friday, neutralised by the operatives of the Special Intervention Squad, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, in a forest within the Bwari area of Abuja. According to reports, the bandits were killed in the early hours of Friday, January 26, at about 2 am, in a forest linking Abuja…
The Nigeria Police force has said it is intensifying plans to rescue the children of six abducted by the bandits in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory while assuring Nigerians that plans are ongoing to prevent further kidnapping cases across the country. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, made this known…
Barely 24 hours after the attack on the Maulud gathering where at least 25 persons were reportedly killed, suspected gunmen have again in the early hours of Tuesday, attacked the Sayaya community in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing no fewer than five persons. Matazu and Musawa are neighbouring local governments where some…
No fewer than three policemen were, on Tuesday, reported killed after gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state. According to a reliable source, the police officers were conducting a stop-and-search operation along the Funtua-Gudau Highway when the bandits struck, adding that the checkpoint, which is located less than 2 kilometres…
Tragedy struck on Tuesday when bandits attacked a mosque in Kaduna, killing the Chief Imam and two other worshipers. The incident, which also left some worshippers injured occurred at Ga Allah Babba Village, near Sabon layi in Birnin-Gwari local area of Kaduna State. Although the police authorities in the state are yet to confirm the…
A newly-wed bride has been reported to have removed her wedding gown while she ran kilometers in the bush to escape abduction by suspected bandits who attacked them while the bride was being taken to her matrimonial home in Niger State The Informant247 gathered according to City & Crime that the bride, who was taken…
Ahmed Aliyu, the Sokoto State Governor, on Tuesday, visited the three communities that were attacked by bandits last Saturday. The Governor, who was accompanied by his deputy, Idris Gobir, heads of security agencies in the state and the Sultan of Sokoto, during the visit, condemned the attacks as senseless and ungodly while assuring the people…
Some armed bandits have been neutralized by the troops of the Joint Task Force of Operation Hadarin Daji, in their clearance, in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Informant247 gathered that the troops on Thursday conducted intense operations where they engaged the bandits on fire-for-fire operations, pointing out that all bandits’ camps in…
Suspected bandits have invaded the palace of the Emir of Kagarko, Kaduna State, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. They whisked away nine of the emir’s children, grandchildren and three other persons in the location. While confirming the incident, a person residing at the affected location said the gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded the place around 11:15pm…
Three bandits were on Sunday April 30 killed by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji at Anka-Dan Kapani crossing in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. This was revealed in a statement released by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami on Sunday in Abuja. The troops, according to the director also recovered three…
Bandits have invaded Atak’Njei, Ungwa Gaiya community, Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State, reportedly killing 8 persons in a renewed attack. The chairman of Zango Kataf local government, Mr. Francis Sani confirmed the sad development, saying that the bandits invaded the community around 9pm Wednesday night. Sources within the affected area said the…
Two young men have lost their lives to the cruelty of bandits, after the sum of N2m ransom been collected by the said bandits in Sokoto. Ibrahim Abubakar Rabah, a POS operator who finished from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, and two other persons, Ummaru Ahmad and Mustapha Muhammad Rabah were kidnapped over a month ago…
The former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has revealed the identities of two notorious bandits who are allegedly terrorising and kidnapping people in the North. The socio-political commentator said cases of kidnap would not cease in the region as long as Bello Turji and Ado Aleru are moving about freely in the country. The former…
Bandits on Sunday, April 2, 2023 stormed a female hostel housing students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State. They invaded Sabon Gida village in Bungudu and gained entrance into the rented female hostel of the university. The suspected criminals overpowered the two civilian guards and took their handsets. They kidnapped two female students of Microbiology…
Nigerian army have killed eleven bandits during a gun battle in Birnin Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The troops were reported to have moved to various identified areas and destroyed bandit camps in Bagoma, Rema, Bugai, Dagara, Sabon Layi, Gagumi, Kakangi, Katakaki and Randagi. This was revealed in a statement released by the state’s…
Suspected Bandits in Kaduna on Sunday went berserk, killing a baby born by an abducted pregnant house wife, Mrs Shamsiya Mustapha. The Informant247 gathered that the woman, her husband, Mustapha and her 16-year-old daughter, Mahapuza Mustapha, were abducted by bandits at their residence in Janjala community in Kagarko local area of the state on February,…
Kidnappers whisked away Hon. Lukman Ibrahim, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, on Saturday March 25 in the Mareri District of Gusau, the capital of the state. This was revealed by the son of the victim, Maaji Ibrahim on Saturday. He narrated that the kidnappers invaded their house through…
