Tag: TERRORISTS

Terrorists kill 3, kidnap many travellers in Katsina

Aminu Imam

Gunmen, suspected to be terrorists, yesterday attacked motorists on the Katsina-Jibia Road in Katsina State, killing three persons and kidnapped scores of other road users. Sources disclosed that the gunmen opened fire on a commercial bus belonging to the Katsina State Transport Authority (KSTA) and other vehicles plying the road, adding that the driver of the state-owned commercial coaster bus, with registration number KT 14D-58 KT, was among the three people killed during the attack. It was learnt that the gunmen also stormed a village called Farun Bala, where they…

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Insecurity: Terrorists threaten to kidnap Buhari, el’Rufai, kill Abuja-Kaduna train victims in fresh video

Aminu Imam

The terrorist group who abducted over 60 passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train on March 28 have threatened to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari. The terrorists made this revelation via a fresh video. In the video, the terrorists could be seen flogging some of their captives. This threat is coming a few weeks after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked in Katsina State. Recall that the convoy of an advance team of the number one citizen was attacked on its way to the president’s hometown of Daura ahead of Sallah.…

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60 killed, dozens displaced in Taraba communities

Aminu Imam

At least 60 people had been killed and thousands displaced in recent attacks on communities in Ussa, Takum and Yangtu Special Development Area by suspected herdsmen. The member representing the Ussa State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Habila Anderifun, disclosed this at a press conference in Jalingo, yesterday. Anderifun said the communities had come under coordinated and sustained attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen who had dislodged thousands of people from their ancestral homes and forced them into Internally Displaced Persons’ camps. The lawmaker, who likened the invasion…

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Zamfara: Outrage, as wanted terrorist gets traditional title

Aminu Imam

A notorious terror kingpin, on Police ‘wanted list’, Ado Aliero, has been turbaned as the Sarkin Fulani (the chief of the Fulani) of the Yandoto Emirate, in Zamfara State. By his new title, Aliero is now the leader of the Fulani clan in the entire emirate. According to reports, the turbaning ceremony was held at the palace of the Emir of Sabon-Birnin Yandoto on Saturday, and was attended by the council chairman of Tsafe LGA and the State Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, DIG Ibrahim Mamman Tsafe (rtd). Speaking…

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Terrorists abduct pregnant woman, 7 others in Kaduna community

Aminu Imam

Some unknown terrorists yesterday invaded a community, Lema, in Mando, opposite Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Zaria, Kaduna State, and abducted eight people, who included a pregnant woman and her sick mother. A source in the area, Ali Hoto, said when the bandits invaded the area, they started sporadically shooting. He said the gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have been terrorising the people of the area.  Another resident, Musa Danladi, said they were all afraid to step out of their houses because of gunshots. “They came around 1:am and took…

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Army of Bandits: North-West harbours 30,000 terrorists – CDD

Aminu Imam

The Centre for Democracy and Development, (CDD), has disclosed that the North-Western part of the country is harbouring over 30,000 terrorists often referred to as bandits who terrorise the entire region. In its February report, titled: ‘Northwest Nigerian Bandits Problem: Explaining the conflict drivers’, the CDD said these terrorists are responsible for the killing of over 12,000 people and the displacement of over a million homes in the region. The report added that the criminality had also forced over 1 million children out of school in the States of Zamfara,…

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War on Terror: Buhari orders robust military operation to eliminate terrorists, bandits

Aminu Imam

In order to bring lasting peace to the country and the African continent in general, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the armed forces to wipe out terrorists, bandits and other enemies of the country from the surface of the earth with immediate effect. The president, who gave the directive yesterday during the graduation ceremony of the Senior Course 44 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, vowed that the masterminds of the recent Kuje Correctional Facility attack and other attacks across the country must not be…

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Kaduna: Ansaru freely preaching rebellion against govt. in Birnin-Gwari ungovernable LG areas

Aminu Imam

Members of the Ansaru terrorists group are openly preaching in many villages of Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna State, as part of their activities to mark the Eid-el-Kabir festival, according to people in the affected communities. They said the terrorists group are trying to convince the locals to accept their kind of religion which detests democracy, formal education and respect for constituted authorities. Unlike what they did during the Eid-el-Fitr festival, a little over two months ago, when they simply went round communities and shared candies and other edibles as Sallah…

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Terrorists demand N4.3bn to free 43 other Kaduna train passengers – Report

Aminu Imam

The terrorists, who abducted passengers of Abuja-Kaduna-bound train on March 28, are demanding a N100 million ransom for each of the 43 persons still in captivity. The terrorists had collected N800 million as ransom payment from seven abductees they freed last week, with six of the victims paying N100 million each and the only Pakistani among them paying an equivalent of N200 million in dollars. According to reports, the demand was communicated to the families of the hostages last week. This is coming five days after the alleged masterminds of…

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Terrorists free seven more Kaduna train passengers

Aminu Imam

Terrorists, who abducted passengers of the Abuja- Kaduna-bound train after the attack on March 28, have released seven more persons. One of the negotiators and Media consultant to Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, Tukur Mamu, disclosed this yesterday. He said through his singular efforts, he successfully negotiated the release of “another seven victims”. Recall that more than 100 days ago, terrorists attacked the train and abducted scores of passengers while many were killed during that attack. The terrorists had demanded the release of their children in security custody as part…

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