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Sokoto: Bandits impose new district heads for Sabon-Birni villages

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Orders re-opening of mosques, weekly markets Sokoto bandits have started appointing and posting their members to head some villeges in Sabon-Birni local government area of Sokoto State. Investigations revealed that the bandits, suspected to belong to the camp of Turji, have posted a village leader for Gangara village, who was sent away after the insurgents invited the villagers to a meeting in Saturu village on Thursday, October 4. In attendance at the meeting were 5 Turji�s commanders, namely: ?an Ba??walo, Boka Tamis?e, Hassan ?an-?waro, Dogo as well as Jammu Ba?i.…

Kaduna: Abductors of Baptist Church members demand foodstuff, ingredients

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Threaten to starve victims to death Abductors of 66 worshipers of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakkau Daji, situated in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State have established contact with the families of the victims. They demanded for foodstuff and ingredients to feed the victims. Recall that gunmen had stormed the church and kidnapped the worshipers. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the abduction in a statement, earlier. A resident in the Kakau village, whose relative is among the kidnapped victims, told newsmen on…

Niger: Gunmen kidnap 4 women in Suleja

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Niger State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the abduction of four women by gunmen at Haske Dabara community, Agwan Gwari-Kwamba, of Suleja local government area of the State. An eyewitness said the gunmen entered the community at about 12.46 a.m. with gunshots that scared the residents. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Monday Kuryas, confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen in Minna, the State capital. According to him, �It has happened at about 1 a.m. last night and already the anti-kidnapping team, the army and vigilante had…

IPOB cancels one-week �sit-at-home� directive

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Urges Anambra people to vote on Saturday The proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has cancelled its one-week �sit-at-home� directive across the South-East region. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, who disclosed this in a statement he issued yesterday evening, said the order was called off following consultations with elders, traditional, and religious leaders from the South-East. According to Powerful: �Following the genuine intervention of our elders, esteemed traditional Institutions /Rulers and Religious Leaders, and after due consideration of the positive impacts of their engagement, and sequel to the fact…

Insurgency: 76 farmers held hostage by ISWAP fighters in Borno

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP), held 76 farmers for two days in the north-eastern State of Borno, near the border of Cameroon for two days before releasing them, according to militia sources on Tuesday. The ISWAP fighters kidnapped the farmers from a displaced people�s camp in Ngala last Friday, while they were burning thick vegetation to make a clearing for their harvest, the sources said. The men, women and children were taken to a camp in the nearby town of Chikongudo under ISWAP control where they were kept…

Unknown gunmen reportedly invade Abuja secondary school, abduct vice principal

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Aminu Imam

Some unidentified gunmen have reportedly abducted the Vice Principal of Junior Secondary School, (JSS), Yebu, in Kwali Area Council of Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). A teacher, who spoke under condition of anonymity, disclosed that the Vice-Principal, Mohammed Nuhu, was abducted after the kidnappers invaded the staff quarters brandishing sophisticated weaponry, According to the source, the incident happened on Saturday night. The source further explained that some of the kidnappers surrounded the quarters, while other members of the gang scaled the fence into the compound from where they…

Security operatives on high alert in FCT over �potential attack�

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Aminu Imam

Security has been tightened in the Federal capital territory, Abuja, following security reports of a planned attack on the Nigerian capital by bandits and terrorists. Security reports obtained by the military late Tuesday night, indicated that attackers were planning to enter the FCT through the Abuja-Keffi expressway and other entry points. Troops have been placed on high alert and are deployed to strategic locations where they are mounting security checkpoints to monitor, prevent and arrest any potential attackers. The soldiers have mounted roadblocks at all entry and exit points into…

Katsina: Bandits kill Imam for resisting kidnap, as 23 victims regain freedom

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Aminu Imam

Armed bandits have killed the Chief Imam of Sabon-Garin Bilbis Jumu�a mosque in Katsina State, for reportedly resisting their attempt to kidnap him. Malam Adam was killed on Monday morning on his farm on the outskirts of Sabon-Garin Bilbis, a town on the boundary between Zamfara and Katsina States, is in Faskari local government area of Katsina. An official of the mosque, Lawal Mamman, who announced the death of the Islamic cleric, said the bandits also kidnapped women working for Mamman on the farm during the attack. Mamman said the…

Gunmen abduct Abuja Chief Imam, sons

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Aminu Imam

Scores of gunmen have abducted the Chief Imam of Yangoji Central Mosque, in Kwali Area Council, Abuja, Abdullahi Abubakar Gbedako. The Imam�s two sons, Aliyu Usman Abubakar, 22, and Ibrahim Abubakar, 11, who were also abducted with him were reportedly all nabbed at the cleric�s home in Abuja on Friday. A family member of the chief imam, who preferred anonymity, disclosed that a contact has been established. The kidnappers, he said, are demanding N10 million as ransom. The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, DSP Adeh Josephine, confirmed the kidnap…

�IPOB/ESN responsible for arson, killings in South-East� ? Army

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army has claimed that recent killings, arson and destructions in the south-eastern part of the country Nigeria were orchestrated and executed by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), and Eastern Security Network, (ESN). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this while briefing newsmen on the ongoing army exercises across the country yesterday, in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the group had engaged in the killing of innocent citizens and burning of houses and turned around to accuse personnel of the Nigerian Army of perpetrating…