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kidnapping and banditry in Nigeria


Popular influential Catholic bishop, Matthew Kukah, on Tuesday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over its handling of Nigeria’s security challenges. Rev Kukah spoke at a funeral mass for a seminarian who was killed after he and others were kidnapped from a seminary in Kaduna State. “No one could have imagined that in winning the Presidency, …

……. it is confirmed that at least 30 people were killed while 100 were feared kidnapped along Kaduna-Zaria Highway. Among the injured is The Emir of Potiskum, Umar Bubaram was amongst those who sustained severe injuries and still receiving treatment at the hospital as of Wednesday night, police said. Gunmen opened fire on Mr Bubaram’s …

The United Nations said on Tuesday that over 1,400 Nigerians have been murdered in the nation within a period of six months as a result of kidnapping and banditry. In a meeting with Governor Samuel Ortom, the UN Country Director, Edward Kallon, revealed this in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, stating that killings by armed …