…abductors yet to contact relatives of the victims to demand for ransom Forty four people have been abducted by bandits from Kanwa community in the Zurmi Local government Area of Zamfara State. A source claimed that the bandits moved from house to house on Thursday night. The source added that the community of late has experienced
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…as villagers protest, urge government to halt the activities of Fulani militia in their locality Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia have killed two persons in a fresh attack on NTV community in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State . The DAILY VENDOR learnt that the fresh attack occurred on Sunday night . It was further
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…they came into our trap, at least seven fighters were killed – troops Troops on Sunday neutralized some members of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Niger State. They were gunned down while attempting to free their leaders incarcerated in a Nigerian Army base. A defence intelligence officer told PRNigeria that the military
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…the gunmen invaded a community in Benue and opened fire on residents Gunmen suspected to be herders have once again attacked the Tse Ikyem community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. The unfortunate attack occurred on Saturday in broad daylight around 4pm. The assailants invaded the community and opened fire on residents, killing
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…within the last five months, 13 Chibok girls have been rescued by the military The Nigerian military has disclosed that two more Chibok girls, Yana Pogu and Rejoice Sanki, have been rescued in Borno alongside their children. The Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation, Hadin Kai, Major Gen. Christopher Musa, disclosed this in Maiduguri, the state
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…the sporadic gunshots fired by the bandits woke the residents who scampered to different directions Bandits operating in Maijaki village in Birnin Maza/Tashibo ward of Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State have abducted ten persons, shot one and left many injured. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday when the villagers were
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‘Exhibits recovered include the sum of N8,466,000.00 which is believed to be ransom, 1 SMG rifle with 92 live ammunition, 1 empty magazine SMG OFN rifle, one 7.62mm calibre of live ammunition’ A 20-year-old man suspected to be a kidnapper has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command. The command said that its operatives
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‘Sources claim the terrorists are refusing to free the captives despite collecting huge amount money from the family’ Terrorists have released a video of the abducted daughters of a prominent Zamfara indigene, Abubakar Bello Furfuri. The attack on the residence of the former Accountant General of the state occurred four months ago. In the trending
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‘The lynching occurred after the suspects forcefully snatched a motorcycle from a farmer’ The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union, (BEPU) says available records to villagers in Birnin-Gwari show that the ‘herders’ lynched by a mob in Kaduna State on Sunday were terrorists mercenaries from the Republic of Sudan. Chairman of BEPU Ishaq Kasai, in a statement,
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“It’s unfortunate that Nigerians who comment on insecurity fail to start from where we were in 2015 and where we are today” The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Nigeria is witnessing a progressive decimation of terrorists and insurgents. Lai Mohammed said the North East is again accessible because of the government’s
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A bandits’ leader, popularly known as Dogo Rabe and over 45 other members of his gang have been neutralized in Zamfara forests by the Nigeria Air Force operating in Zamfara State. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the Nigeria Air Force operatives bombed the bandits’ camps located within communities between the Zurmi and Birnin Magaji areas
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After sustained aerial bombardments and elimination of terrorists, surviving fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have burried 26 members in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria. The terrorists were eliminated on Sept 9, in a coordinated air strike by the Nigerian military on two camps of the ISWAP
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A civil society organisation, under the auspices of Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has advised the Department of State Services (DSS), to without hesitation, arrest a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi for terrorism related activities. COPIN opined that owing to Gumi’s persistent call on the federal government to grant the terror elements
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The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave the Department of State Services(DSS), permission to further detain the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnap negotiator, Mr. Tukur Mamu, for 60 days. The detention order, granted by Justice Nkeonye Maha, is to allow the security agency to conclude its ongoing investigations into Mamu’s alleged involvement with terrorists. It
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Islamic cleric, Ahmed Gunmi has described the arrest of terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu by the Department of State Services(DSS) as an act terrorism. Recall that Mamu who negotiated the release of Abuja-Kaduna train victims, was arrested on Tuesday at Cairo International Airport alongside his family. After he was repatriated on Wednesday, the DSS alerted the
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