Fears As Bandits Attack Niger Community Again
Armed bandits on Saturday evening launched another attack on Gurmana Ward in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. ABN TV learnt that over 15 people are suspected to have drowned in River Kaduna as they tried to escape from the bandits attack. Sources said that the bandits were armed with sophisticated weapons and were shooting sporadically when they entered the...
Police Denounce Burning Of Fulani Herdsmen’s Houses In Abia
Abia State Police Command has debunked a viral video in which homes of people said to be Fulani herdsmen were burnt in a Sunday attack in Ogboko Ozuitem, Bende local government area of the state. Speaking with ABN TV on Monday, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede said the video did not emanate from the incident of Sunday,...
Insurgency: What Governor Zulum Told New Service Chiefs In Borno
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has pledged the support of his administration to the new Service Chiefs in their fight against insurgency. Zulum made the pledge while receiving the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor and other service chiefs, who paid him a courtesy visit on Sunday in Maiduguri. Zulum lauded the new security chiefs for their concern...
Boko Haram Releases Video Of Abducted Kankara School Boys
Boko Haram on Thursday released a video claiming it has custody of the students abducted from a government secondary school in Kankara, Katsina State, according to Humangle. The clip which is six-minute-and-30-second long, shows scores of young boys behind him, all covered in dust within a forest area. The relatively older schoolboy who spoke to the camera urged the Nigerian Government...
Police Assure Quick Release Of Kidnapped Abia Catholic Priest
The Imo State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it had begun an investigation and operation aimed at securing the freedom of an Abia State Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Valentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu, who was abducted in the state on Tuesday. Rev. Fr. Ezeagu was kidnapped in Umulolo community, Arondizogu in Ideato North LGA of Imo State, while traveling home for his...
Boko Haram Denies Negotiating With Govt Over Abduction Of Kankara Students
Terrorist group, Boko Haram, has claimed responsibility for the abduction of over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Boko Haram, however, said it had not entered into negotiations with the government contrary to claims by the authorities. The terror group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, stated this in a recording released on Tuesday morning and obtained by HumAngle. Like in the...
Hasten Efforts Before Boko Haram Moves Students Across Border – Sani Tells FG
Shehu Sani, the former Kaduna lawmaker, has warned the federal government to step up its effort in rescuing kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Sani said this following the statement by Boko Haram leader, Shekau claiming responsibility for the abduction of the schoolboys The former lawmaker asked the government to step up efforts to secure the release...
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Abduction Of Katsina Students
Jihadist group Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in Kankara, Katsina State. “I am Abubakar Shekau and our brothers are behind the kidnapping in Katsina,” said the leader of the group that was also behind the 2014 abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Chibok, in a voice message. At least 333 students...
Why Bandits Kidnapped Over 300 Schoolboys In Katsina – Ƙankara Resident
A resident of Ƙankara Local Government Area has revealed why bandits abducted over 300 schoolboys in Katsina State. The man who does not want his identity revealed told Channels Television on Monday that the bandits abducted the students from the Government Science Secondary School, Ƙankara in what he described as a reprisal. He revealed that the bandits had attacked ‘Yar-Kuka village last week...
Shekau Is Crippled – Captured Boko Haram Fighter
A captured Boko Haram fighter says Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, can no longer walk effectively. Mohammed Adam, a teenage fighter, who is currently in the custody of troops of 195 battalions of the Nigerian army, said Shekau got injured during an aerial bombardment on an insurgents’ camp in Timbuktu, Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold in Borno state. In...
