Tag: Niger State

Insecurity: Bandits abduct 19 in Niger community

Aminu Imam

Ø  “They’re still maiming, killing people in Kaduna” – Uba Sani Bandits have reportedly abducted nineteen people from Kutunku village, in Wushishi local government area of Niger State. A source said the bandits invaded the village in the early hours of yesterday, and shot sporadically in the air to scare the residents. The source said the bandits also beat up some residents during the attack. He added that the bandits have not communicated to the families of the abducted persons. The spokesperson, Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, did not respond…

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Again, suspected bandits kidnap over 50 persons in Niger

Aminu Imam

Over fifty persons were reported to have been kidnapped by armed bandits along the Tegina-Minna road in Rafi local government area of Niger State. It was gathered that the recent abduction occured yesterday when the three commercial vehicles conveying nine passengers including the drivers ran into the road block at Kundu set up by the bandits. It was said that the passengers in the three cars were kidnapped and conveyed to an unknown location and the vehicles were left by the road side. In a related development, armed bandits also…

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Four killed, 25 kidnapped in another bandits’ attack in Kagara

Aminu Imam

…As GSC schoolboys were released after 9 days in captivity Bandits have once again attacked Kagara district, in Niger State, killing four people and abducting twenty-five others. This is coming even as the community in Niger State were jubilating over the return of the abductees of the Government Science College, Kagara, in the State. According to a source, the attacks were in Madaka, Karaku, Sambuga and Yakila, which are all villages within Kagara district. It was learnt that the bandits abducted seven women including two nursing mothers in Gidan Wamban-Karaku,…

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Breaking! Four killed, 25 kidnapped in another bandits attack in Kagara

Aminu Imam

Bandits have once again attacked kagara district, killing four people and abducting 25 others. This is coming even as the community in Niger State still jubilates over the return of the abductees of the Government Science College. It was learnt that the attacks were in Madaka, Karaku, Sambuga and Yakila, which are all villages within Kagara district. According to a Source, the bandits abducted seven women including two nursing mothers in Gidan Wamban Karaku while in Madaka, they kidnapped the Imam of Rubo village. Sources in Karuku said four people…

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Breaking: Kidnapped Kagara students, staff regain freedom

Ishaku Yohanna

By Ishaku Yohanna The students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara, in Niger State, kidnapped by armed bandits have finally regained freedom, Voice of Liberty has gathered. The Governor of Niger state, Abubakar Bello, will receive the students at the Government House later today, according to our source. A total of 27 students, three staff members, and 12 members of their family were abducted while a Senior Secondary School 3 student was killed after an attack on the Kagara School in the early hours of Wednesday, February 17, 2021…

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“Death of my son will not deter me from sending my other children to school” – Father of slain GSC, Kagara student

Aminu Imam

The father of the slain student of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, Ayuba Dansabe Bawa, has said that the death of his son will not deter him from sending his other children to school. Bawa stated this when the Niger State Commisioner Of Education, Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu, paid a condolence visit to the family on Sunday.  Recall that Benjamin Habila, an SS-3 student was shot dead by bandits during the attack on the school last Wednesday. The Commissioner, who was accompanied by her counterpart of the Ministry of…

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Breaking! Abducted Kagara students, teachers regain freedom

Aminu Imam

The 42 persons abducted by bandits in Government Science College Kagara, Niger State have regained freedom. The abductees include 27 students, 3 staff and 12 members of their family. Sources said the abductees, who were at a different location from the kidnapped passengers, are also on their way to Minna. The abducted passengers were said to be in Minna but yet to get to the Government House to meet Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello, who will receive them officially. Details to follow…

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Niger govt. secures release of all abducted bus passengers

Aminu Imam

The Niger State government has secured the release of 18 bus passengers abducted by bandits in the State. The Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, confirmed the development on his Twitter handle yesterday. He wrote: “The Niger State Government has succeeded in securing the release of all Abducted #RescueNSTApassengers. Details shortly”. Armed bandits had about two weeks waylaid a Niger State Transit Authority (NSTA) bus conveying 19 passengers to Minna, the State capital. The bandits later took away 18 passengers and left behind a nursing mother and her child at the…

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Niger: Youths shut down Zungeru dam over lack of jobs, compensation

Aminu Imam

Youths from host communities to the Zungeru Hydro Electric Power Dam, in Niger State, have staged peaceful demonstration and blocked all access roads to the dam site in protest of incomplete compensation and not offering employment to indigenes by management of the construction firm handling the project eight years after commencement. It was learnt that the youths, under the umbrella of Gbadagun Youths Association, (GYS), issued a 72 hours’ ultimatum to the dam management on Thursday, while they blocked the roads leading to the project site and all quarry depots…

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Zamfara bandit’s leader meets Niger govt., promises quick release of abducted Kagara students

Aminu Imam

Ø As Sheikh Gumi seeks ‘blanket amnesty’ for bandits The leader of armed bandits in Zamfara State, Dogo Gide, yesterday assured that the abducted students and staff of Government Science College in Kagara, Rafi local government area of Niger State, would soon be released. Gide, whose group controls the Southern part of Zamfara forests, gave the assurance when he met with officials of the Niger State government in Gusau. The meeting was initiated by a prominent Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Mahmud Gumi. Although he said the abducted students are not in…

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