Terrorists operating in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, have attacked Hayin Dan Miciji, burned down farms, and killed an unspecified number of people in the early hours of Tuesday, Feb. 8, HumAngle can report. According to Yusuf Ahmad, a resident of the area who escaped the attack, the terrorists started with torching …
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A policeman, Yohanna Amos (not real name), drove a Peugeot 406 along Juji’s dusty and bumpy road. He was making another return trip from his former neighbourhood in Babban Saura in the Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, to Unguwan Gimbiya where he currently lives with his wife and four children. …
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Residents of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria have continued to live in fear as terrorists carried out a series of attacks, abducting several villagers, miners, and a lecturer of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Gusau. The lecturer, Anas Bashiru, was kidnapped at his residence in Kwatarkwashi, Bungudu Local Government Area LGA), around 1 a.m. (WAT) …
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The three Catholic seminary students kidnapped on Monday, Oct. 11, in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, have been freed, the catholic authorities in Kaduna have announced. The victims were abducted during an attack on Christ The King Major Seminary, a Catholic-run seminary situated in Fayit community in Kagoma Chiefdom in the Jama’a Local Government Area (LGA) …
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A vice principal and 73 students were Wednesday, Sept. 1 abducted by a group of terrorists from Day Secondary School Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. A resident of Kaya village, Abdullahi Kaya, who witnessed the incident told HumAngle that “the attack occurred around 11:45 a.m. and lasted till 12:50 …
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Two suspected members of a kidnap gang were killed in a gun battle with police operatives, the Ogun State Police Command in Southwest Nigeria has said. Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police spokesperson in the state said in a statement released on Monday, Aug. 30 obtained by HumAngle that the two kidnappers were killed on Sunday, Aug. 29 …
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Terrorists on Wednesday, Aug. 11 abducted the wife and seven-month-old son of Babangida Ibrahim, a former local government councilor in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. According to the state Police Command, the attackers had visited the house of the politician at Damba in Gusau at about 12.30 a.m. leaving him with a gunshot wound. Muhammad Shehu, …
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Muhammed Sanni Idris, the Commissioner for Information in Niger State, North-central Nigeria has been abducted by suspected terrorists. Idris was abducted from his home in Baban Tunga town, Tafa Local Government Area of the state, in the wee hours of Monday, Aug. 9. Mary Noel-Berkje, the spokesperson for Abubakar Bello, the Governor of Niger state, …
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A terror gang has abducted the parents of Nasiru Muazu Magarya, Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, in Northwest Nigeria. According to BBC Hausa, the terrorists forced their way into the home of the Speaker in Magarya town of Zurmi Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday evening after attacking surrounding villages. …
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More than 100 children in Niger State, North-central Nigeria, are yet to be released over two months after their abduction. HumAngle reported how a terror gang invaded the Salihu Tanko Islamiya school in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of the state on May 30, abducting 136 students. Eleven of the schoolchildren were later released because …
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Four more students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria who were abducted earlier this month, have regained freedom. Reverend John Hayap, Kaduna State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the students escaped from the abductors on Sunday and were found …
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Suspected terrorists on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 abducted the wife of Ahmed Yahaya Marke, a former chairman of Kaugama Local Government Area in Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria. The armed group of about 10 persons, on Wednesday at 1 a.m. WAT attacked the residence of the former local council chairman in Marke town and whisked away …
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