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A pressure group, the Kwara4Kwara Movement, on Thursday, raised the alarm over the massive influx of bandits and kidnappers to the state from the neighbouring Niger State. The group said the criminals invaded the northern forests of the state to cause mayhem. Speaking at a news conference in Ilorin, the convener, Kwara4Kwara Movement, Mr Abdulrasheed…
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No fewer than 13 people have been killed in an attack by suspected bandits in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday. Making a clarification of the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, said that 13 persons were killed as against 37 reported by some media…
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Suspected bandits on Wednesday abducted unspecified numbers of traders travelling to Kano from Birnin Gwari Local Government of Kaduna State. A driver who witnessed the incident told newsmen that the gunmen blocked the highway between Birnin Gwari and Kaduna at Unguwar Yako forest where they abducted the traders. The source said the abducted persons were…
Wanted bandit leaders, Alhaji Auta, and Kachalla Ruga, have been killed in a forest in Zamfara State, PRNigeria said. The notorious bandit commanders met their waterloo after a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft, under Operation Hadarin Daji, acted on credible intelligence, and bombarded their enclaves, at Gusami Forest and Tsamre Village in Birnin Magaji Local…
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