Terrorists on Sunday night attacked Ikulu Fari, a Catholic parish located in Chawai, in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The terrorists kidnapped the parish priest, Rev Fr Joseph Shekari, and killed a yet-to-be-identified cook working in the parish house during the attack.
The cook was killed when the marauders stormed the place at 11:30pm on Sunday.
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Ninety students and members of staff of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, who were kidnapped four months ago, have regained their freedom.
Father of one of the kidnapped students, who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday.
According to him, all the kidnapped students and staff were released on Tuesday.
The parent did not disclose whether parents of the abducted students have reunited with them. As at the time of this report, the state government and the police were yet to issue any statement on the development. Nigerian Tribune.…
The corpse of a 13-year-old mentally challenged boy, who went missing on Saturday in Danzomo village, Suletankarkar Local Government of Jigawa State, has been recovered.
This was contained in a statement by ASP Lawan Shiisu, the Public Relations Officer, Jigawa State Police Command, in Dutse on Tuesday.
Shiisu the corpse of the deceased, identified as Gambo Yusuf, was recovered in an open well at about 1230pm.
He said: “On August 29, at about 0740hrs, a man, Yusuf Makeri of Danzomo village Suletankarkar LGA, reported at the Danzomo police outstation that his 13-year-old son, who was mentally challenged, was missing and all efforts made to trace his whereabouts failed. “However, on Sunday, his corpse was discovered in an open well in the area.” The PPRO added that the corpse has been evacuated and handed over to his relatives for burial as no foul play suspected in connection with the incident.…
Bandits in three months in Kaduna State have been reported to have killed 222 persons and abducted 774 during heavily armed attacks.
This was disclosed by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan.
The Commissioner, who spoke on Tuesday when he presented the second quarter security report in the state, said bandits raped 20 women between April and June 2021.
He noted that 159 persons out of the total number killed were from Kaduna Central Senatorial District, which falls under Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi, Chikun and Kajuru Local Government Areas. He said 54 persons were killed in Southern Kaduna Senatorial District.
Five of those killed were women, with four minors.
Aruwan said for Kaduna Northern Senatorial District, nine deaths were recorded, adding that among those abducted were 239 women and 32 minors.
He said 87 bandits were killed by security agencies and 24 suspects arrested by the Department of State Services.
He put the total number of cattle rustled by bandits at 8,553.
Aruwan added: “Insecurity, particularly in frontline communities, have threatened food security because most farmers in those communities have abandoned their farmlands for fear of being killed or kidnapped for ransom.”…
Bandits, who abducted children attending Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town in Rafi Local Government of Niger State, have demanded N110m ransom for their release.
The school headmaster, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan, disclosed this on Tuesday.
He said the bandits made contact with the school on Monday to demand for the ransom.
Alhassan told reporters the bandits claimed to have 156 children in their custody, adding they threatened to kill them if the ransom is not paid.
It was gathered that parents of the children and the community have started soliciting funds for release of their children.
Niger Deputy Governor Ahmed Ketso has stated the government would not pay ransom for the release of the children.
He said the government believes that negotiation would work like it did during Kagara boys abduction.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the nation’s security and intelligence agencies to expedite efforts towards the recovery of the 200 children kidnapped from an Islamic school in Niger.
The President gave the order in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday.
According to the presidential aide, Buhari, who received briefing on the latest incident of school kidnapping, condemned it.
He urged all the agencies involved in the rescue operation to do their utmost in securing their immediate release.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Niger State Police Command had on Sunday confirmed the abduction of school children and some residents of Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of the state.
Adamu Usman, the Commissioner of Police in the state, told NAN in Minna that the children were abducted from Salihu Tanko Islamiya School. He also confirmed that the abductors killed one person in the process.
He explained that the incident occurred at about 3pm when a large number of bandits on motorcycles attacked the town.…
