LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have killed three children and abducted their mothers along Kaduna Birnin Gwari highway in Kaduna State. The armed men also abducted the four other children of one Muhammadu Gagare, a former official of the Nigerian an Correctional Center. Daily Trust gathered that the gunmen had opened fire on commuters around…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-300 female officers have been deployed to Abuja-Kaduna highway as part of measures to curb the menace of banditry and kidnapping along the road and other surrounding communities. While this is the first time female officers are being deployed for internal security operations, their role will be to complement the existing operations along the…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Katsina State Police Command has arrested an arm and ammunition dealer, Haruna Yusuf who confessed to have sold over 10,000 arms and ammunitions to bandits in the forest. In a press statement made available to NewsRangers, Katsina State Police Commissioner, CP Sanusi Buba disclosed that Haruna Yusuf claimed to get his supply…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 37 people in Dutsin Gari village, Kanoma district in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents told SaharaReporters that the armed men arrived at Dutsin Gari on motorbikes after blocking the community’s entry and exit points before unleashing terror on the defenceless residents…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The banditry activities in Niger state have taken a different dimension as the bandits have now adopted a different approach of asking communities to contribute certain amount of money every month or risk attack. Rather than the usual kidnapping and demanding for ransom from relations of victims, the bandits are said to…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some bandits killed no fewer than nine travellers, including infants, in Zankoro village along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highway on Sunday. Also, a total of 11 people were kidnapped by the bandits on the same day at Dan Kungi village in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was contained in…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits have killed the chief Imam of Kawaran Rafi village Danleeman Isah and a community leader in Nisama village Yohanna Abu. In a statement sent on Saturday, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the Muslim cleric was killed for preaching against banditry and killings in the area….
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the Peoples Democractic Party in Kampala ward of Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state Alhaji Ahmodu Mohammed, has been killed by bandits. Ahmodu’s three daughters were also kidnapped by the bandits. An eyewitness told THISDAY that the murder of Alhaji Mohammed, a successful farmer, took place Thursday after…