Niger Delta Avengers Returns, Threatens To Crash Economy

A deadly militant group in the Niger Delta region known as the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has threatened to crash the country's economy sending it to permanent recession as released in a statement on its website on 26th June 2021.

Gunmen Kidnap Schoolgirls In Kebbi

Suspected bandits in their numbers struck in Birnin Yauri under the Yauri Local Government Area of kebbi state and abducted many students of Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri. It was gathered that some mobile police officers on ground engaged the assailants in a gun duel but unfortunately, they were overpowered. The bandits then forced themselves into the school premises and grabbed some of the girls and made away with them to an undisclosed location. A source said the bandits who came on motorcycles and shot sporadically into the air, while they attacked also wounded some of the students. They also took five teachers with them. Adeleke Adeyinka-Bode, the state commissioner of police, told NAN that the number of students kidnapped is not yet known.

Police Confirm Killing Of 14 Bandits In Benue

The Police in Benue State has confirmed that on Sunday, 14 bandits who attacked a police cell in the Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of the State with the intention of freeing detainees were killed during a gun duel. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the State command, DSP Catherine Anene said this in a statement. According to Anene, gunmen numbering “about 50” launched an attack on the station in the early hours of Sunday. The suspects had been arrested by police on Saturday and detained, she said.

Again, Bandits Abduct Dozens From Islamic School In Niger

Unknown Gunmen suspected to be Bandits have on Sunday attacked Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting over 150 school children. The Niger State Police spokesperson confirmed the attack, saying the gunmen came on motorcycles about 2 pm “shooting indiscriminately and abducted a yet to be ascertained number of children at Salihu Tanko Islamic school”.