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Daliy Rendezvous    ·- Recovers One Pump Action, handsets, chains, pard-locks charms, others   The Adamawa state police command has dislodged a criminal gang hideout at Damare, Maiha local government of Adamawa state. The police during the crackdown killed 3 of the criminal elements, rescuing four kidnapped residents of Holma and Sorou communities in Song and Maiha local governments respectively, recovered 2 AK-47 rifles and a pomp action gun, among other items. This is contained in a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer,  Suleiman Nguroje, over the weekend in Yola, Adamawa' state. The police command said it has rescued four persons unharmed including, a 50 year old woman, Hafsatu Musa, two 20 year old men, Idirisa Hammadu and Abdul Adamu and a 22 year old, Musa Hammadu from the den of the kidnappers. The statement reads in part, "Further to the Command's renewed commitment to enhance proactive strategies on the 30/7/2...

Daily Rendezvous The relentless wave of killing spree has continued in the far northern part of Nigeria in Kaduna and Zamfara where over 60 lives have been killed and properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed. Twenty-five persons, including two military personnel, were reportedly killed, while a riot policeman allegedly shot a passerby and no fewer than 70 houses were razed on Sunday following an attack by terrorists on Agban Kagoro in Kaura LGA of Kaduna State. Similarly, in Zamfara State, bandits were reported to have killed 37 persons and kidnapped 62 others in Juyi and Doruwa villages in the Bungudu Local Government Area, while 20 others were killed in Ganar-Kiyawa village in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area on Saturday. The Kaduna killings sparked protests on Monday as irate youths from the affected area blocked the road and attacked travellers. It was learnt that a bus was set ablaze during the protest as riot policemen fired into the protesting youths,...

Daily Rendezvous Gunmen suspected to be bandit-terrorists have surrounded Nasko Divisional Police Office and killed the DPO in Niger State. The DPO, one Umar Mohammed Digari, was killed on Tuesday, alongside two other policemen. Dakingari, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, was the DPO of Nasko Division of the State Police Command, before his death. A source inform Newsmen that the bandit-terrorists were on revenge mission after the recent attack on their hideouts and recovery of rustled cows. “Recently, a police and vigilante joint clampdown operation had led to the killing of bandits and recovery of over 800 rustled cows. “He was having a meeting with his security team for another operation when the bandits suddenly surrounded the station and started shooting sporadically. “The DPO, alongside his personnel were gunned down around 3pm at the Nasko Division of the Nigerian Police in Magama town. “Though they killed the DPO, and two other policemen, other police officers...

Daily Rendezvous The  Police Command  in Katsina State said that  it recovered no less  than 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition (AA) and other items from bandits between January and  December 2021 in the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Gambo Isa, disclosed this in Katsina. He said that 999 suspects were arrested across the state, while 109 anti-aircraft ammunition and four GPMG were recovered during  the period under review. “Also, 44 AK-47 rifles, one LAR rifle, one G3 rifle, 20 locally-made guns and 689 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition used by AK-47 rifle, 1,243 domestic animals which consist of 867 cows, 352 sheep, 24 goats and one donkey were equally recovered from hoodlums. “A total of 999 suspects were arrested in connection with 608 reported cases, out of which 874 arrested suspects are undergoing prosecution in various competent Courts of Law in the state. “Also, a total of 157 suspected armed robbers were arrested, 145 suspects charged to co...

Daily Rendezvous The attention of the Member representing Gombi/Hong Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives,Rt. Hon.( Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub,has been drawn to a piece of fake news dated December 27,2021, and captioned as below: _Terrorists Take Over Hometown of Buhari's SGF,Boss Mustapha, Residents Flee Homes Over Impending Attacks_. It is purported to have been published by a New York, United States-based online media outfit ,Sahara Reporters. The piece,in what did not go past two paragraphs,informed its readers that residents of both Dabna and Kwapre communities of Garaha Ward in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State have been taken over by terrorists and bandits such that the residents of these communities have now fled their homes for fear of attacks. While noting that this publication is yet again another instance of fake news against which the Federal Government of Nigeria has in the past few months continued to canvas to instil some form of reg...

Daily Rendezvous A member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly representing Giwa West Constituency, Rilwanu Gagadau, has been killed by bandits. Rilwanu was the chairman of the House Committee on Local Government. He was among those recently attacked by the bandits along Zaria-Kaduna Highway, leading to his death. The Kaduna State House of Assembly confirmed the incident through the house clerk. Also confirming the incident, the Speaker of the Assembly, Yusuf Zailani, described the lawmaker’s death as tragic. In a statement on Wednesday, he revealed that Gadagau died during the attack by bandits along the highway and his body was recovered two days later. “This is tragic and painful. We are in deep grief over this sad incident,” said Zailani, who condoled with the lawmaker’s family and members of the legislature over the incident. “Our prayers at this time, go to his immediate family. Honourable Gadagau was a young and dynamic lawmaker, who had a passion for hi...

Daily Rendezvous Suspected gunmen are reported to have abducted over 300 female students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government area of Zamfara state. Local sources said, the gunmen stormed the school in droves at around at around 1am -2am while the students were fast asleep and made abducted about 300 female students. Efforts to obtain official confirmation from governmnent sources proves abortive. Details later...

Daily Rendezvous The lawmaker representing Gombi Constituency in the Adamawa state house of  assembly, Japhet Kefas, has called for immediate military intervention in Garkida to forestll a possible second attack by the Boko haram insurgents on Garkida. Kefas said local sightngs suggests that some Boko Haram fighters have been spotted in 9 trucks around kalamba, in the outskirts of Garkda, Saturday evening. He explained that the sightings has triggered panic and unrest in the community adding that movements was similar to the kind which the insurgents made in the attack on Garkida on the eve of Christmas. Japhet said, his community would not be care free with the information on the movements of the insurgents, because it was in a similar  manner that the insurgents operated on the eve of Christmas, resulting in the deaths of six persons. Kefas said, " Information has just reached us now that Boko Haram men are mobilizing themselves to Garkida for another...