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87 people were reportedly kidnapped by terrorists on Sunday night, in a fresh attack launched on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, confirmed the incident on Monday in Kaduna. Harisu said the terrorists also broke into some shops and stole food items and other valuables. He said they invaded the village around 10 pm. The attack came barely two days after 15 women and a man were abducted in the Dogon-Noma community of the same local government.…

Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for a peacekeeping mission to two warring communities in Bomadi LGA of Delta State, including the commanding officer, two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers, have been killed. The Chief of Defence Staff, General CG Musa, has ordered the immediate arrest and investigation of all those involved in the killing. The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, confirmed the killing of the military personnel. He said, “The troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while on a peace…

N40 trillion has been demanded by terrorists who abducted 16 residents of Gonin Gora area of Kaduna metropolis. On Wednesday, February 28, terrorists attacked the Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in the Chikun Local Government Area, kidnapping 16 residents. The ransom demand comes just four days after 287 schoolchildren were abducted in Kuriga, another community in Chikun. John Yusuf, a community leader in the area, revealed this information during a telephone interview on Monday in Kaduna. He said, “The bandits have contacted us. They are demanding N40 trillion,…

Operatives of the Edo State Security Network have arrested a man identified as Emmanuel Ovwarueso for allegedly beheading his daughter for money ritual in Benin City, Edo State. The suspect was arrested in Uteh, Upper Mission, where he resides last Thursday at about midnight with the head of the deceased in a polythene bag. He was said to have tied and gagged his wife and carried out the killing in her presence. His wife said, “My husband’s attitude changed recently. He kept saying I should not look at him like…

Victor Abayomi, a chef to the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has been remanded on the order of a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday for allegedly stealing valuables worth millions of naira at the former governor’s Ikoyi residence. Chief Magistrate Mr Peter Nwaka, who made the order, remanded the defendant for 30 days at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Abayomi is facing two counts bordering on conspiracy and theft preferred against him by the State Security Service. The SSS prosecuting counsel, Joshua Babalola, told the court that Abayomi…

A 26-year-old lady, Obasanmi Esther Iyanu, who produces and distributes skuchies has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during a raid on her hideout in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. At least, 16.5 litres of the illicit substance and different quantities of molly and cannabis were recovered from her during the raid. This is just as NDLEA operatives in Lagos state also on Wednesday 6th March arrested Aba Thomas at Igbo Elerin area of the state. During a raid, 84 litres of skuchies, 1.1…

The Federal Government has said schools in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are at risk of attacks by bandits and insurgents, following the resurgence of the mass abduction of pupils. The National Coordinator of Financing Safe Schools in Nigeria, Hajia Halima Iliya, confirmed on Sunday, that the data of at-risk schools had been collected for intervention. Iliya declined to identify the states, but the Commander of the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre, Nigeria Security, and Civil Defence Corps, Hammed Abodunrin, said they included Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno,…