The Katsina State Police Command has detained a 21-year-old man who was planning to join and submit the names of targets he intended to kidnap to a terrorist gang. The suspect, Yunusa Sani, was nabbed by the policemen based on a tip-off and collaboration with the vigilantes of Unguwar Nakaba village in Sabuwa Local Government…

Terrorists early Tuesday morning killed three people and abducted six others at Jajar Kanwa village, in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred at about 2:00 am when terrorists rustled several domestic animals and carted away household valuables, including money, phones, and food items. A source in the area said that the…

The Katsina State Police Command has rescued 18 persons from their terrorists at Baushe, Gatakawa village, in Kankara Local Government Area. Katsina police spokesman Gambo Isah in a statement said the rescue followed an attack carried out by the terrorists on the community in the wee hours of Thursday. Isah said the terrorists attacked the…

The Katsina Police Command, yesterday, said it has commenced an investigation into Thursday’s armed robbery attack in the state capital, where one Aminu Darma, a cashier in the office

The Katsina Police Command says it has arrested a 42-year-old woman for allegedly committing a job scam, and also another woman suspected of supplying illicit injections to bandits.

Four people have lost their lives in the twin attacks that occurred on Sunday night by gunmen at Faskari and Dandume Local Government Areas of Katsina state. The gunmen killed two people and injured scores of residents at Mahuta community in Dandume council. At Faksari in the Tafoki community, a shootout between the gunmen and…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted eight pupils of an Islamic school at Sakkai community in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The gunmen also abducted a teacher of the Islamic school and whisked them away ostensibly to a dreaded forest in the area. The victims were abducted Tuesday evening while conducting an…

The Katsina Police Command says it has foiled an attack by suspected bandits at Layin Minister, in Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

The Katsina State Police Command has rescued 30 out of 40 people abducted by gunmen at a mosque in Jibiya Local Government Area of ​​northwestern Nigeria. The victims were abducted in a mosque by gunmen at Kwata community in the early hours of Monday morning while the victims were holding midnight prayers, known as Tahajjud.…

More than 40 women and children have been abducted in a mosque by gunmen at Kwata community, in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday morning while the victims were holding midnight prayers, known as Tahajjud. Tahajjud is a special Islamic prayer mostly held during the…

Four suspected leaders of bandits have surrendered themselves to the police along with several arms and ammunition, as well as rustled cows in Katsina state. Parading the repentant bandits at the police headquarters in the state, Police Commissioner, Sanusi Buba identified the four to include Sale and Mani Turwa, Ado Sarki and Sani Mai-daji. Buba,…

Gunmen, at the weekend, abducted Head of Department (HOD), Computer Engineering of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, Bello Atiku, and two children.