Bandits struck again in Shiroro. This time, the security forces struck back harder. Fourteen vigilante members including their commander, and two civilians have been killed in a fresh bandit attack on Bagna and Yelwa communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack, confirmed in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information…
A family that had already lost a father to herdsmen violence has now been wiped out entirely. Suspected armed herders killed a widow and her three children in Benue State on Tuesday, attacking Imande Dem settlement in Guma LGA at around 2:00 a.m. while residents slept. The victim, Utsuwa Chicha, had already lost her husband…
A funeral meant for mourning turned into a flashpoint for protest. The death toll from last Sunday’s deadly attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos, has risen to 33, after several victims succumbed to injuries in the hospital. The figure, up from an earlier count of 28, was disclosed by Jeremiah Satmak, Chief of Staff at Government…
