UPDATED: Death toll climbs to 18 in Niger land dispute
PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that the crisis, believed to have stemmed from a longstanding land dispute between two communities ...
PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that the crisis, believed to have stemmed from a longstanding land dispute between two communities ...
The Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, said the police had visited all the schools mentioned and found no evidence ...
The kidnapping and release of the students and staff members comes amid a resurgence of mass kidnappings across Nigeria.
He added that investigations were ongoing, while efforts had been intensified to rescue the abducted woman and apprehend the gunmen.
"From our record, 215 pupils and students including 12 teachers were abducted by the terrorists."
Isah Mokwa, a student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, was arrested on 23 October for accusing Governor Bago of lying ...
The student activist, who is also a Master's student at IBBU, advised the governor to curtail banditry in the northern ...
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Wasiu Abiodun, said acting on a tip-off, the Crack Squad of the ...
The police spokesperson for the Niger State, Wasiu Abiodun, said the suspect and his friends were hiding in Kaduna, waiting ...
The police said the operation occurred on Tuesday between 3 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
The police said the two unnamed suspects confessed to the crime.
“The suspects demanded N10 million from the student’s family, later negotiating to N500,000, before they were arrested,” the police spokesperson ...
Preliminary findings suggest the victims were illegally mining at the site on the night before the collapse.
The Commissioner of Police, Shawulu Dammam, had directed the divisional police officer (DPO) of Maitumbi to investigate and identify the ...
The police said the suspects offered a pregnant woman N30 million for her foetus.
When the terrorists invaded through Wushishi Tuesday evening, news of their arrival reached other neighbouring villages in Lavun and Rafi-Kagara ...
The police confirmed the incident but said the victims were members of a local vigilante
The police confirmed the incident on Wednesday but said normalcy had been restored to the area, and the clash was ...
Police say hoodlums looted and vandalised the LG secretariat before setting the building and two cars within the premises on ...
The two friends quarrelled over a mobile phone set
The LG boss was beaten up during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations over an alleged debt of over N1 million
Philip Adefemi, 46, and Joseph Michael, 42,, both of Masaka Area of Nasarawa State, were arrested on 18 May 18 ...
Mr Abiodun said that the children were found to have suffocated in the vehicle, while their bodies were later removed.
The hooligans fought themselves with dangerous weapons before turning on other members of the community.
Residents say the bandits arrived at the village Thursday afternoon when the community market was in full swing
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