Kankara
11 Jun
Gunmen from criminal gangs killed 26 people, including four policemen, and kidnapped dozens more in a raid on a northwestern Nigerian village, the latest in a spate of attacks, police and a local official said. Katsina is one of several states in northwestern and central Nigeria terrorised by heavily armed gangs, who carry out mass…
10 Jun
Terrorists have killed many people and injured scores of others in a series of attacks on several communities in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. The attacks, which occurred late Sunday night into the early hours of Monday morning, also saw several residents of the affected communities abducted by the armed hoodlums. A…
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