A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, was one of the passengers shot and abducted when bandits attacked a Kaduna bound train from Abuja...
Fifteen people have been confirmed killed in a fresh attack by bandits who invaded the Hayin Kanwa village in the Yakawada ward of Giwa Local Government...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Very Rev. Father Leo Raphael Ozigi, the Parish Priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Sarkin Pawa,...
Several people were feared dead as suspected bandits on Monday night bombed the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train with 970 passengers on board. Eyewitnesses told journalists the train derailed...
Apex pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has accused the Federal Government of pampering bandits and terrorists in the country, following Saturday’s invasion of the Kaduna Airport by...
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of another priest of the Catholic Church, Rev. Father Felix Zakari, the parish priest of St. Ann’s...
Bandits on Saturday killed one person during an attack on the Kaduna International Airport. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan,...
Police operatives in Zamfara on Saturday foiled an attack by bandits in Kwaren Ganuwa Village, Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the...
Not less than 50 people have been killed, with scores of others injured and kidnapped, while churches, houses, vehicles, and motorcycles were burnt, as bandits went...
A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday slammed the Federal Government for turning a blind eye while bandits wreaked havoc in the country. Sani, who...
Bandits on Sunday night killed 34 persons, including two soldiers during attacks on several communities in Kaura local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner...
Bandits on Sunday killed 16 persons in a fresh attack in Ganar Kiyawa village, Bukkuyum Local Government area of Zamfara State. The spokesman for the state...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared 24-hours curfew in two local government areas in the state due to unending banditry in the...
The Zamfara State government on Sunday accused some selfish politicians of sabotaging the peace initiative with bandits in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim...
The Niger State police command says the state Joint Security Task Force killed 100 suspected bandits in an operation at Bangi village in Mariga Local Government...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits killed a divisional police officer and nine others at Magama local government area of Niger State on Tuesday. The state Commissioner...
Bandits killed at least five people during an attack on a vehicle along the Yantumaki –Danmusa road in Katsina State on Saturday. An eyewitness told journalists...
Police operatives in Katsina on Friday killed four suspected bandits in failed attacks on two communities in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
The Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, has attributed the recent massacre of 19 soldiers, five policemen and 68 members of a vigilante group, Yan Sa...
As terrorism and other forms of vices continue unabated in Nigeria, the former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on Friday warned government at...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested 220 suspected bandits and armed robbers in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mudasiru Abdullahi, disclosed this to journalists...
Armed bandits on Tuesday killed 19 security agents, including 13 soldiers at Kanya village in Danko-Wasagu district of Kebbi State. Five police officers and one vigilante...
The Secretary to the Niger State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, on Wednesday, confirmed the killing of not less than 68 persons and the abduction of...
Police operatives in Katsina on Sunday repelled bandits’ attack and recovered six motorcycles at Barawa Village in Batagarawa local government area of the state. The spokesman...
At least 62 members of a vigilante group popularly known as ‘Yan Sa Kai,’ have been confirmed murdered as bandits in the Anemi community of Sakaba...
The leader of the notorious bandit group in Zamfara, Bello Turji, on Sunday explained why insecurity persisted in Zamfara. In a chat with Daily Trust in...
The Niger State government claimed on Wednesday the state joint security task force killed over 200 bandits during a clash at the weekend. The state’s Commissioner...
Bandits on Monday abducted two construction workers in Niger State. An eyewitness told journalists the incident occurred at about 4:00 p.m. along the Lambata-Izom in Gurara...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday morning killed three people in two communities in Niger State. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, who confirmed...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Saturday cautioned herdsmen on cattle rustling and banditry as both come with dire consequences. Ganduje, who spoke at the...
The District Head of Pushit in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Da Chief Dikyet Gupiya, has been kidnapped by bandits suspected to be Fulani...
The Nigerian Military on Thursday, said its troops killed 55 bandits and injured several others who were on their way to attack the Nigerian Defence Academy...
Police operatives in Katsina State have arrested a suspected supplier of charms to bandits in the state and others in North-West. The spokesman for the state...
As insecurity persists in most states in Nigeria, bandits on Monday reportedly killed a traveller identified as Yakubu Musa Gicci along the Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highway. One...
Eight persons, including five women and three children, have been killed, while 14 others were kidnapped by gun wielding bandits who attacked some communities in Niger...
The former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district at the 8th National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has blamed the boldness and audacity of bandits in...
Niger State government said on Friday it would start paying for credible intelligence on the activities, movements and whereabouts of bandits across the state. The Chief...
The Middle Belt forum has joined the call from some quarters that the Southern region of Nigeria should produce the next President, on the premise that...
Armed bandits have killed 33 people during attacks on some communities in three local government areas of Zamfara State, Premium Times reports. Sources told the newspaper...
Bandits reportedly killed 11 people in Kagoro and other neighbouring communities in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna on Thursday. An unspecified number of people were...
Bandits killed at least 30 people including security agents in separate attacks in Niger State last week. The hoodlums attacked Galadiman Kogo and other communities in...
Bandits on Sunday killed 11 people at Kurmin Masara in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home...
The Nigerian Army has blames poor telecommunications network, bad roads and vast landmass for attacks and killings by bandits in parts of Zamfara and Niger States...
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of an Inspector, Omolayo Olajide, who was gunned down during a shootout with gunmen suspected to be...
President Muhammadu Buhari, has once again, reassured Nigerians of the resolve of his government to eliminate and crush terrorists, bandits and other criminals operating in different...
The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed report on the relocation of bandit leader, Bello Turji, and his gang from Zamfara to a forest in the...
The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has confirmed that over 220 people, comprising of 165 civilians, 25 security personnel, and 30 local vigilantes, were...
Some communities in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State have been burnt down after heavily armed bandits laid siege to them from Sunday to...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has accused Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, of encouraging bandits and killer herdsmen in the state by negotiating...
Some communities in Zamfara State have been thrown into panic after they were served a notice by terrorists to pay a levy of N24 million or...