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  • 60 killed in Nigerian village attacks

    At least 60 people were killed in Nigeria Tuesday when some gunmen stormed four villages of Zamfara state early morning, residents and security sources said. About 100 gunmen, first stormed Kizara village around 3.00 a.m. and began attacking the residence of poor villagers. In the process, an unknown number of people were killed, including the District Head of Kizara, Bello Ibrahim, who was ...

  • Gunmen Kill Dozens in Northern Nigeria Village

    Witnesses say dozens of gunmen arrived on motorbikes early Tuesday in the village of Kizara, moving from house to house and shooting at residents. Some of the gunmen climbed on top of a hill and opened fire on villagers who tried to escape the attack. Zamfara state officials say the gunmen were part of a group of cattle rustlers that have been terrorizing the local community. The gunmen ...

  • Armed robbers kill 48 in northwest Nigeria

    KANO, Nigeria -; Police say armed robbers have shot and killed 48 people in a revenge attack on villagers in northwest Nigeria who have formed vigilante groups to try to end a spree of violent ...

  • Pirates attack ship off Nigeria kidnap four - sources

    ABUJA (Reuters) - Pirates in speedboats attacked an oil supply vessel and kidnapped four Indian and Polish crew members in increasingly dangerous waters off Nigeria's coast last week, two security sources said on Wednesday. The gunmen launched their assault on the Singapore-flagged tugboat MDPL Continental One around 30 nautical miles from land on June 13, the security sources said. The ...

  • Nigeria 22 Killed As Boko Haram Launches Reprisal On Youths in Maiduguri

    Maiduguri - At least 22 people including students and fishermen have been killed in Maiduguri yesterday, a few hours after Boko Haram insurgents declared war against youths in Borno and Yobe states who have captured many insurgents and handed them over to the Joint Task Force (JTF). Witnesses, survivors and reliable security sources said the first incident which appeared like a revenge mission ...

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  • Armed gang kills 48 in Nigerian raid

    An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official says."There was an attack by armed bandits early Tuesday on Kizara village where 48 residents were killed in apparent targeted killings by cattle rustlers that have been terrorising the state for some time now," said Ibrahim ...

  • NigeriaDrug Barons Devise Strategy To Evade Jail 110 Accused Persons Jump Bail

    By SaharaReporters, New York An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed what one insider called an increasing boom in Nigeria’s hard drug business, with serious lapses in the prosecution of suspects. "It is well known that a cartel operates within the courts, the prisons and at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to assist drug convicts to evade jail terms," said a ...

  • Boko Haram Islamist militants kill nine school children in northern Nigeria as punishment for youth gangs working with the army

    Members of the Boko Haram Islamist militant group have killed at least nine children at a school in northern Nigeria - the second attack on students in the area this ...

  • Barber in prison over alleged robbery

    An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a barber,Oriyomi Saliu, 27, in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos, over alleged armed robbery. The Magistrate, Mrs A. Ipaye-Nwachukwu, said that the accused would stay in prison, pending when legal advice from the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP) would be ready. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plea of the accused ...

  • Gunmen Kill 48 in Zamfara

    Gusau - Gunmen yesterday raided a village in Zamfara State and killed at least 48 people including the district head, chief imam and the local vigilante leader. The attack in Kizara village of Tsafe local government area started at about 4am and lasted for more than five hours, residents told a Daily Trust reporter who visited the area soon after the incident. Witnesses said dozens of ...

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