More than 70 travellers have been reportedly abducted along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road in Kaduna State. According to Channels Television, the incident occurred around Udawa village after Buruku in Chikun Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. A witness account said the vehicles conveying the travellers, mainly traders, were attacked by gunmen suspected to be bandits in their large number. While witnesses said the travellers, who were later taken into the forest were more than 70, the state police command said 48 were later rescued. Spokesperson of the command, Mohammed Jalige, said operatives of the Buruku Divisional Police station,…

Some youths suspected to be thugs on Monday laid siege to some parts of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife and attacked the Vice-Chancellor, Eyitope Ogunbodede, and other management team members of the university. The youths, who were armed with dangerous weapons including guns and cutlasses, prevented the VC and his management team from accessing some parts of the university land from the Parakin axis, shooting sporadically and brandishing dangerous weapons. The thugs also attacked and harassed the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the University, Abiodun Olanrewaju, and reporters, threatening to kill them. The thugs were believed to have been hired…

A gang of kidnappers has abducted two Islamic clerics after taking time to eat at their residence at Ayetoro in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The kidnappers reportedly took the two friends, AbdulJelil Hussein and Ilyas Jamiu on Saturday around 10pm shortly after they arrived from a public lecture. The elder brother of one of the victims, Ibrahim Hussein, told our correspondent on Monday that the kidnappers took their time to carry out the operation. Ibrahim said the kidnappers seized the phones of the occupants of the house, went to the kitchen and ate the food the…

Thirty eight (38) persons have been killed in an attack by bandits on several villages in Giwa LGA of Kaduna state. In a statement on Sunday, Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the attacks were reported to the state government by the military and police authorities. He said according to the report, bandits attacked Kauran Fawa, Marke and Riheya villages in Idasu, Giwa LGA, leaving a total of 38 residents dead. “Houses, trucks, and cars were also burnt, along with agricultural produce at various farms,” the statement reads. “Governor Nasir El-Rufai received the reports with…