Tag: Tegina

One of the bandits’ leaders was killed in the gunfight

The police fired multiple gunshots into the air to scare and disperse the fighters, residents said.

Niger State government says security patrol in Shiroro and Rafi council areas will last until the security agents review their ...

Locals say after Saturday's attack, the bandits left behind a message that they would return for the affluent residents of ...

Tegina is the town where 136 pupils of an Islamiyya school were abducted on May 30.

Some parents and the headteacher of the school also speak about their experiences.

“It is a tragedy and utterly unacceptable that one of these children died in captivity. Hayatu Hashimu was just six ...

The ransom bearer says the pupils are being kept by the bandits in poor conditions in 25 different camps.

The abducted man, Kasimu Barangana, was one of seven persons sent by the community to deliver the N30 million ransom ...

Over 700 students have been kidnapped from their schools since December.

Governor Bello says the situation in Niger has reached crisis level and has to be confronted without further delay.

The school's proprietor says the number of the students abducted was not yet determined

A witness says the bandits stormed the village on motorbikes "and started shooting sporadically into the air".