Some residents of Kebbi state over the weekend engaged in widespread looting of both government and private-owned warehouses in the state. The hungry residents of the state targeted a government storage facility located in the Bayan Kara area, successfully overpowering the security forces on guard and carted away essential food items. The looters went on to attack private warehouses and retail stores, carting away food items. A truck filled with a variety of grains, which had broken …
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Gunmen have kidnapped ten residents at Sagwari Layout Estate in the Dutse axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Eyewitnesses claimed the kidnappers who appeared like herdsmen, invaded the estate at 7p.m on Sunday, January 7, 2024. One of the victims, who sent a distress message to the estate’s WhatsApp group, had initially raised an alarm that his family was in danger before he stopped responding to subsequent messages. It was gathered that two members of staff …
The abductors of five residents of Yangoji village in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, have held another man in their den for delaying the delivery of ransom. Daily Trust had reported that the gunmen invaded the village two weeks ago, killed two persons and abducted five residents including a father and his two sons. Last week Wednesday, they demanded a N15m ransom for the victims. A family member of one of the abductees, who preferred …
The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) has expressed concern over the mass exodus of residents of Damari town in Kazage Ward in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State as a result of daily attacks by bandits. The chairman of BEPU, Ishaq Usman Kasai, who confirmed the development in a statement at the weekend shared photos of residents fleeing the community. “Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) is deeply touched and heavily concerned over the high level of anxiety in Damari …
Bandits have abducted about 36 residents including children and nursing mothers in Keke B Community in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits stormed the community at about 9pm on Monday night, July 25, when residents were indoors as a result of the torrential rain. An eyewitness, Muhammad Salihu, told Daily Trust that the bandits, who operated unchallenged, moved from house to house. “Many of us were still outside when the bandits attacked because it …
Scores have been feared killed and many wounded while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed following a clash that erupted between Ilaje people (Yoruba residents) and indigenes of Mkpanak in Ibeno, the Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday April 20. The clash was allegedly as a result of a cult war which reportedlyled to the stabbing to death of an indigene of the community before it assumed ethnic dimensions. According to reports, ilaje people, mostly fishermen, …