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Bandits strike Dankade village in Kebbi, kill soldiers, others

By Ismail Auwal Residents fled after a bandit attack on Friday, leaving at least 50 bodies in Dankade village, Danko Wasagu, Local Government of Kebbi...

Breaking: Gunmen abduct Plateau polytechnic students

Agency Report Gunmen on Wednesday night invaded the main campus of the Plateau State Polytechnic and abducted an unspecified number of students. Details later…. (NAN)

Engr. Da’awah appoints 28-year-old Kwankwasiyya Scholar as Personal Assistant

By Ismail Auwal Engr. Yusuf Abdullahi Da'awah, a House of Representatives aspirant in Kano, has appointed a 28-year-old kwankwasiya Scholar as his personal assistant. Aminu Rabiu...

Kano lawmaker’s mother kidnapped

By Ismail Auwal The mother of a Kano State House of Assembly member, Isiyaku Ali Danja, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen in Gezawa Local...

Bandits abduct village head, 11 others in fresh Zamfara attack

By Ismail Auwal Bandits abducted 12 persons in two fresh attacks in Zamfara State, barely seven days after at least 200 people were killed in...

DSS operatives descend on journalists in Kano destroy gadgets

By Ismai Auwal The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, descended and seized a phone belonging to a Guarantee Radio Journalist, Usman Hamza Usman...

I sold my house’s roofs, other belongings to pay ransom ― Father of kidnapped victim cried

By Ismail Auwal A father in Katsina State said he was forced to remove and sell off his house's roofs in order to pay a...

Troops Kill 950 Boko Haram terrorists in 8 months – DHQ

By Ismail Auwal The Defence Headquarters, troops from Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) killed 950 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North-east between May 20, 2021 and...

Just in: Bandits kidnap 2 Chinese workers, kill 2 security guards in Niger

By Ismail Auwal Bandits kidnapped two Chinese workers at the Zungeru Hydro Power Dam project in Niger State, killing two security guards in the process. Alhaji...

Bandits abduct married women, 17 others in Kaduna

By Ismail Auwal Bandits abducted a number of persons, including a married woman, in the early hours of Sunday in Angwar Zalla Udawa, Kaduna State's...

Internal rifts put Zamfara, Katsina camps of bandits on collision course

By Ismail Auwal An internal conflict between two bandit camps is said to have worsened in recent days. The conflict occurs between bandits from the Batsari...

Just In: Bandits block Abuja-Kaduna highway, rain bullets at commuters

By Ismail Auwal Bandits blocked the Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the late hours of Sunday,  Ibrahim Umar, an eyewitness, told SAHELIAN TIMES that they were moving in...

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