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At least five people dead after a violent strrom hit Bauchi State in northern Nigeria, according to the first toll. The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, announced in a statement, that heavy rains and a strong storm had occurred in Bauchi. Ahmed Mohammed Wakil noted that …

A 23-year-old man has been arrested by police in Bauchi State for allegedly raping a 10-year-old mentally handicapped boy in Nigeria’s Bauchi State. The suspect was arrested by operatives attached to Operation Restore Peace in the state, the command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, said. “The suspect lured the victim with a …

Gunmen have attacked and killed nine members of a local vigilante group popularly known as Yan Ba Beli in Bauchi state, Nigeria, according to reports. “The vigilantes were killed in Gamji village forest while they were searching for bandits who have been killing and kidnapping innocent people for ransom,” reports …

A 40-year-old man has been arrested for killing two casual laborers for ritual purposes in Taranka village, Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. “The suspect suspected to have come to the village for charcoal business, and in the course of his stay, the two persons went missing,” according …

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested for killing her co-wife’s four-day-old baby with an insecticide at Bantu Village in the Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The suspect entered the co-wife’s room with liquid insecticide and applied it to the baby’s unhealed umbilical cord,” reports …

Gunmen have killed seven people in Gara and Gamji villages in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State,Nigeria. “The bandits have attacked the villagers and shot sporadically into the air and in the process, killed seven people and injured many others,” reports said. Operatives of the command …

Gunmen shot dead a businessman living in Balele village, Ningi Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria. “The gunmen stormed the village and started shooting indiscriminately,” according to a resident. “The gunmen went to the house of the late 37-year-old businessman and shot him many times in his stomach and head,” …

Four people have been arrested for allegedly torturing a suspected watermelon thief to death in Bauchi State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased was caught after stealing seven watermelons valued at N2,000 from a summer farm in Dallaji Village,” Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil said. “His hands …

Gunmen have killed four people in Gambar Sabon Layi community in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria, according to reports. The hoodlums also kidnapped one person while leaving the community, information gathered. “The gunmen stormed the area and shot into the air to scare people away …

A 50-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her co-wife in Bauchi, Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspects strangled her co-wife, 60 years old, following a physical confrontation on January 1, 2023. The suspect, criminally used force on the victim by strangling …