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Gunmen Kidnap Nine Persons In Pegi Community Of Abuja

October 8, 2019 3:02 pm

Gunmen clad in military camouflage violated the peace in Pegi resettlement community when they kidnapped nine persons during a brazing attack on the community, located in the Kuje Area Council, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Members of the community, who confirmed the attack, said the kidnappers struck about 8 p.m. on Monday night.

They disclosed that some of the kidnappers had established contact with the families of some of the kidnapped persons, demanding ₦10 million ransom.

They said that one of the kidnapped persons included a 12-year-old boy.
The kidnappers were said to have cordoned off the community …

Bandits attack: 2,277 people displaced in Niger

16 persons murdered by bandits in Zamfara on Sallah day

June 6, 2019 12:12 am

Bandits were said to have allegedly killed 16 persons in Kanoma District of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara on Sallah day.

Confirming the attack in a press statement in Gusau on Wednesday, the Director-General on Media to the state governor, Yusuf Idris, said “the governor visited the community and sympathised with them”.

“During the visit, the governor also directed security agencies to immediately “swing” into action and bring the perpetrators to book.

“The governor also directed the movement of 14 persons, who sustained injuries from gun shots from Kanoma General Hospital, to the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, for better …

Again, 3 persons, 300 cows dead in Jos attack

May 1, 2019 10:10 am

Plateau state police command has reported the death of one person and more than 300 cows in a fresh attack in Bassa local government of Plateau state.

The incidence occurred at about 8pm on Monday evening when unknown gunmen launched an attack on Maiyanga village in Miango district of Bassa LGA Plateau state.

The Police Public Relation Officer DSP Terna Tyopev, in a statement on Wednesday, explained: “The Plateau State Police Command, Jos received an information on 29/04 /2019 at about 0800hrs to the effect that unknown gunmen attacked Maiyanga area of Miango District as a result, one Jummai Jah …

Fulani herdsmen kill 17 persons in Benue

February 20, 2019 4:13 pm

Suspected Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Wednesday attacked Ebete, Usha ward in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State and killed no fewer than 17 persons.

The unprovoked attack on Agatu people started at around I am when people were asleep.

An eyewitness to the attack, Daddy Seni, whose father was among those killed alongside his siblings, said he received a call from his father while on a fishing trip asking him to come back home as his father said he had been shot by Fulani herdsmen.

He said on getting back to where his father was, he …