Tag: villages
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Bandits to Zamfara villages: Pay N24m tax or be attacked
Nine communities in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State were asked by bandits to pay a compulsory tax of the sum of N24 million or be attacked. The communities would pay from N500,000 to N5m, according to the bandits. Journalists were told that the communities have started mobilizing to pay the bandits, even as…
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Death toll rises to 38 in bandits’ attacks on Kaduna villages
The Kaduna State Government says the death toll in an attack by suspected bandits in Giwa Local Government Area of the state on Saturday has risen to 38 from 20. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the new figure in an update in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. READ…