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Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Laleye Dipo in Minna The search for the 42 people, including 27 pupils that bandits kidnapped on Wednesday from Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State continued yesterday with the reinforcement of security operatives on the trail of the abductors. A statement by the Force PRO, Mr. Frank Mba, a commissioner of police, said the police had deployed additional tactical, investigative and intelligence assets, including police aerial helicopter, in support of the rescue effort. It said the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, Mr. Usman Adamu, is coord...

Translate Home » News » 24hrs after Kagara school invasion: Bandits kill one, injure two, abduct 10 in Niger State 24hrs after Kagara school invasion: Bandits kill one, injure two, abduct 10 in Niger State On …Niger govt releases names of abducted students, teachers …How my daughter, seven others in her house were abducted by bandits—Mother of abducted teacher …We took information about attack as rumour — Resident …IGP deploys 4 additional rescue assets to Niger State …Says ‘we are committed to the safe rescue of all abductees By Kingsley Omonobi & Wole ...

• As bandits launch another attack in Niger, killing five, abducting 40 • Govs volunteer excess crude, stabilisation fund for military equipment • Buratai says insurgency may last 20 years • NEC announces move to include non-indigenes/minority residents in security initiatives Concerns over insecurity in the country reached a feverish point yesterday as bandits launched another attack in Niger State. Yesterday’s attack took place in Magami, Kokki and Kurebi communities in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Council of the state. Five persons were killed and 40 abducted in the...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Maiharaji Altine and Adebayo Ayinla Niger State Government on Thursday stepped up efforts to rescue students and workers of Government Science College, Kagara who were abducted on Wednesday. A competent source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons,  told one of our correspondents that officials of Niger and Zamfara state governments met some bandits at Dutsin Magaji of Kotonkoro forest in the  Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Thursday evening. The source stated, “The committee from Niger State went to Kotonkoro fo...

Punch Newspapers Sections Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna AT least, 302 officers and men of the Anti-riot policemen and Counter-Terrorism Units as well as Police Special Force of the Operation Puff Adder II have been deployed in Kaduna to battle bandits. The policemen are to be drafted to five local government areas of Birnin-Gwari, Giwa, Igabi, Chikun and Kajuru in the state to restored peace. Governor Nasir El-Rufai, at the flag off of the deployment in Kaduna on Wednesday, reminded the troops that the state was facing security challenges ranging from banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling to armed r...