Bandits have again attacked Bethel Baptist School, a private college in the Maraban Rido area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and abducted an unspecified number of the Baptist students. The report said the kidnappers invaded the school located along the Kaduna – Kachia road in the early hours of Monday and started shooting sporadically into the air before the kidnapping of the students. Four of the students escaped while the rest were...

KADUNA — In an operation that lasted 72 hours in three local government areas of the Kaduna State by Armed bandits seven persons were killed in the fresh attacks. The attacks were carried out in Chikun, Kajuru, and Giwa local government areas. According to the agencies, bandits shot four kidnapped citizens at the outskirts of Tsohon Gayan general area of Chikun LGA. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan in a statement issued...

MINNA — The upsurge of armed banditry and kidnapping activities in Niger become a source of concern to the State branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), calling on the government and security agencies to rise up to their responsibilities. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the body Barr.  A’ishatu Yusuf in a statement made available to newsmen at the weekend in Minna, expressed dismay and apprehension over the recent abduction of no fewer...

KATSINA — The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested no fewer than 258 suspected drug traffickers in Katsina State from January to date. The NDLEA Commander in Katsina State, Mr. Sule Momodu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Friday. According to him, the Command during the period under review also seized over 415.01 kilograms of illicit drugs from the various operations within...