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☆ Nigerian Army Hunts for Kidnapped Students, Parents Seek Answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

The source said the army's Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and "will soon have the bandits in their sights". "The security agencies and the state government are working tirelessly to ensure the freedom of all the abducted students and pupils. We are making progress," said Muhammad Shehu Lawal, a spokesperson for Kaduna state governor, without giving details. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesThe mass kidnapping last Thursday, the first since July 2021, shattered the dusty town of Kuriga, 90 km from Kaduna state capital, with parents waiting for answers from authorities. According to Lagos-based consultancy SBM Intelligence 4,500 people have been kidnapped throughout Nigeria since Tinubu took office last May.

Persons: Garba Muhammad, Hamza Ibrahim, Muhammad Shehu Lawal, Bola Tinubu, Bala Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Tinubu, Ikemesit Effiong, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Reuters, SBM Intelligence, Security Locations: Hamza Ibrahim KADUNA, Nigeria, Kaduna, Nigerian, Kuriga, Chibok, Borno, Niger, Birnin, Lagos

☆ Gunmen Kill One, Kidnap at Least 150 in Nigeria's Northwest, Residents Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Hamza Ibrahim and Ahmed KingimiKANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 150 people, including women and children, were abducted with one person killed in a coordinated attack by gunmen on four villages in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. The Zamfara police spokesperson did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment on the attack, which took place late on Friday. Residents told Reuters that gunmen on dozens of motorcycles stormed the villages of Mutunji, Kwanar-Dutse, Sabon-Garin Mahuta and Unguwar Kawo in the Maru local government area of the state. Dankandai Musa, a resident of one of the villages, told Reuters he managed to slip away unnoticed during the chaos. "I managed to escape after they were regrouping us and the people from the three other villages that were attacked," he said.

Persons: Hamza Ibrahim, Ahmed Kingimi KANO, Garin Mahuta, Dankandai Musa, Lawali Damana, Bola Tinubu, Elisha Bala, Mark Potter Organizations: Reuters, Residents Locations: Nigeria, Nigeria's, Zamfara, Mutunji, Sabon

☆ Gunmen Kill 14, Kidnap 60 in Attacks in Northern Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Ahmed KingimiMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and abducted at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional leader said, two days after armed men kidnapped dozens from a university in the state. The attackers set fire to five vehicles and drove off with one truck, the witness said. Residents said gunmen early on Sunday tried to attack a forward army base in a rural Magami community of Zamfara, but were repelled. Zamfara is one of the states worst affected by kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs known locally as bandits. Attacks in the northwest are part of widespread insecurity in Nigeria.

Persons: Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Bola Tinubu, Shuaibu Haruna, Haruna, Isa Mohd, Ahmed Kingimi, MacDonald Dzirutwe, David Holmes Organizations: Reuters, Gunmen, Residents, Sunday, Police Locations: Nigeria, Zamfara, Magami, Kabasa, Maiduguri

☆ Fact Check-Miscaptioned video shows Nigeria state governor’s cars, not central bank head
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Footage of luxury cars outside the home of a former Nigerian state governor is circulating with false captions that they belong to Nigeria’s central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, who was recently suspended from his role. Social media users claim the video shows cars outside Emefiele’s home (here and here). “Video Trends of Suspended CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele Residents With Flirts of Cars,” one caption reads (here). The Zamfara state government ordered Matawalle to return all state vehicles in his possession but he refused, a spokesperson for the current governor reportedly said on June 9 (here). The video of luxury cars was filmed outside the residences of former Zamfara governor Bello Matawalle.

Persons: Godwin Emefiele, Bola Tinubu, Bello Matawalle, Matawalle, Read Organizations: Social, Zamfara, Premium Times, YouTube, Reuters Locations: Nigerian

☆ Bombing of herders highlights deadly air attacks by Nigerian military
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +19 min

The letter said the Nigerian Air Force is committed to human rights and “further deliberations” on the issue, according to the report. “The absence of details raises the question of whether the air force carried out the air strike based on mere suspicion,” Human Rights Watch said. The U.S. State Department and the Pentagon had no immediate comment about the airstrike or the U.S. relationship with the Nigerian Air Force. Before now, neither the Nigerian government nor the military had provided any public explanation for what happened on Jan. 24. ACLED data show Nigerian Air Force strikes continued to claim the lives of noncombatants, inside and outside the northeast.

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☆ Gunmen kill dozens and kidnap children in northern Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Gunmen in Nigeria have killed dozens of people and kidnapped a number of children in separate attacks in two northern states, police and residents said on Sunday, the latest incidents in a region dogged by armed violence. Armed gangs on motorbikes frequently take advantage of thinly stretched security forces in the region to kidnap villagers, motorists and students for ransom. Residents said armed men had attacked Janbako and Sakkida villages in northwestern Zamfara state on Saturday, killing 24 people. The gunmen also abducted several children who were collecting firewood in a forest in neighboring Gora village. In north central Benue state, gunmen killed 25 people and set their houses on fire during an attack on Saturday on the Imande Mbakange community, two residents said.

Persons: Janbako, Hussaini Ahmadu, Abubakar Maradun, Yazid Abubakar Organizations: Reuters, Gunmen, Police Locations: Nigeria, Zamfara, Gora, Janbako, Benue

☆ Gunmen in Nigeria free 74 children after ransoms paid
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MAIDUGURI, April 29 (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria have released 74 children out of more than 80 people who were abducted earlier this month in northwestern Zamfara state, after ransoms were paid, parents and a village head said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while Islamist militants continue to stage attacks in the northeast. Two parents from Zamfara's Wadzamai village said they paid 20,000 naira ($43.50) each and their children were among those released on Friday and had suffered from severe malnutrition. A village head in Wadzamai said 11 people were still being held but two were killed trying to escape from their captors. Reporting by Ahmed Kingimi Writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe Editing by Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Gunmen kidnap 80, including children, in northwest Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Ardo Hazzad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BAUCHI, Nigeria, April 8 (Reuters) - Gunmen abducted at least 80 people, mostly women and children, in Nigeria's Zamfara state, a hotspot for kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs targeting remote villages, residents said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while Islamist militants continue to stage attacks in the northeast. The latest kidnapping took place on Friday in Wanzamai village in Tsafe local government area in Zamfara, three residents said. The gunmen had not yet made ransom demands, the residents said. Amina Tsafe said her daughter was also abducted and that most of the children taken were aged between 12 and 17 years.

☆ Nigeria: Gunmen abduct more than 100 in northeastern Zamfara state
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

More than 100 people, including women and children, were abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Sunday, the information commissioner and residents said on Monday. Kidnapping has become endemic in northwest Nigeria as roving gangs of armed men abduct people from villages, highways and farms, and demand ransom money from their relatives. More than 40 people were abducted from Kanwa village in Zurmi local government area of Zamfara, Zamfara information commissioner Ibrahim Dosara and one local resident said. “Right now Kanwa village is deserted, the bandits divided themselves into two groups and attacked the community. They kidnapped children aged between 14 to 16 years and women,” the Kanwa village resident said.

☆ Nigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Garba Muhammad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KADUNA, Nigeria Oct 16 (Reuters) - Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria ordered five media outlets to close on Sunday after they covered a political rally for the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which took place in violation of a state ban on political activities. "Zamfara State Commissioner of Police has been directed to enforce full compliance and arrest of any staff of these media organizations... performing any duties in violation of the shut down," said a statement from the state security council released on Sunday. The statement named five outlets, Pride FM Radio Gusau, NTA Gusau, Amji TV Gusau, Gamji TV Gusau and Alumma TV Gusau. Zamfara's political activity ban came alongside other measures, including restricting movement in some local areas and shutting down several roads. The statement directed security officials to "deal ruthlessly" with anyone found violating the orders.

☆ Armed bandits kill 15 at mosque in northwest Nigeria, residents say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMAIDUGURI, Nigeria Sept 24 (Reuters) - A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. "The armed bandits came on motorbikes while holding their guns and moved straight to the mosque and began to shoot sporadically us," resident Amimu Mustapha said. Gangs of heavily armed men, known locally as bandits, have wreaked havoc across northwest Nigeria in the past two years, kidnapping thousands, killing hundreds and making it unsafe to travel by road or farm in some areas. The military last week warned residents in Zamfara and two other states to leave forested areas ahead of a bombing campaign targeting bandits and terrorists. ($1 = 430.0500 naira)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting By Maiduguri newsroom, writing by Libby George, editing by Clelia OzielOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Un nou atac în Nigeria; Mai mulți bărbați înarmați au răpit copii mici și asistenți medicali dintr-un spital
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: TwitterUn nou atac în Nigeria; Mai mulți bărbați înarmați au răpit copii mici și asistenți medicali dintr-un spitalMai mulți bărbați înarmați au răpit cel puțin opt persoane dintr-un spital din nord-vestul Nigeriei, printre care copii mici și asistenți medicali. Totodată, mai mulți bărbați înarmați au atacat o secție de poliție din oraș. "Atacul asupra secției de poliție a fost ca să distragă atenția, în timp ce un alt grup a atacat centrul de sănătate", a declarat un localnic. Un muncitor din spital a declarat pentru BBC, sub protecția anonimatului, că de fapt, bărbații înarmați au răpit cel puțin 12 persoane, inclusiv trei copii mai mici de trei ani și un adolescent. Un oficial guvernamental a declarat că au fost intensificate căutările pentru găsirea victimelor.

Organizations: BBC Locations: Nigeria, Nigeriei, Zamfara

☆ Liderul grupării care a răpit 300 de copii în Nigeria, în luna decembrie, a fost ucis în timp ce fura vaci
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Liderul unei grupări din Nigeria care a răpit peste 300 de elevi în decembrie 2020 a fost ucis de o grupare rivală, au anunțat autoritățile locale, citate de digi24. Auwalu Daudawa a fost prins într-o ambuscadă, în timp ce încerca să fure o cireadă de vaci de la o grupare armată din nord-vestul statului Zamfara. Sub condițiile armistițiului, Daudawa a fost grațiat în statul Zamfara după ce și-a manifestat regretul pentru faptele sale și a predat armele către autorități. Răpirea a sute de elevi din statul Katsina, petrecută în decembrie, care ar fi fost comisă de banda lui Daudawa, a fost doar unul dintre raidurile făcute de bandiți pentru a obține recompense. Gruparea islamistă Boko Haram a revendicat atacul în decembrie și a spus că a recrutat grupări locale pentru a desfășura atacul.

Persons: Auwalu, Daudawa, El, Bello Organizations: digi24, News Locations: Nigeria, Zamfara, Katsina

Aproximativ 100 de indivizi, care au venit pe motociclete, au deschis focul vineri împotriva unor musulmani adunaţi pentru rugăciunea săptămânală, în satul izolat Dutsen Gari, în statul Zamfara. „Bandiţii au ucis cinci credincioşi şi au răpit alţi 18, între care imamul”, a declarat pentru AFP purtătorul de cuvânt al poliţiei de stat, Mohammed Shehu, citează Agerpres. Un martor contactat de AFP a declarat că peste 30 de persoane au fost răpite. „Au atacat moscheea în timpul predicii imamului şi au răpit peste 30 de persoane”, a spus Ibrahim Altine, un locuitor al oraşului Dutsen Gari. În nord-vestul Nigeriei acţionează bande de infractori înarmaţi care jefuiesc sate, fură animale şi practică răpirea pentru răscumpărare.

Persons: Mohammed Shehu, AFP, Ibrahim Altine Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Zamfara, Dutsen, Nigeriei

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