The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stated that bandits are just criminals who don’t have an ideology compared to groups such as...
An attack by bandits on a village market in the Goronyo district of Sokoto State on Sunday has left about 30 people dead, the state government...
After 32 days in the hands of kidnappers, the abducted Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru, has regained his freedom. The development was...
No fewer than 12 people have been killed in an attack by bandits who invaded Sakajiki village in Kaura Namoda Emirate in Zamfara State. The incident...
Last week, the Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, shocked several Nigerians when he claimed that, apart from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday night abducted three seminarians at Christ the King Major Seminary in Fadan Kagoma, Jema’a local government area of Kaduna...
Unknown gunmen on Monday night attacked Saint Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, in Fayit community of Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A number...
The Federal Government has debunked reports about granting preference to bandits while prosecuting secessionists. This was clarified by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday evening killed 20 people at Ungwan Lalle market in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State. The incident...
The Zamfara State government has secured the release of 200 people abducted by bandits in the state. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Nasiru...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday killed 10 people in Yasore village, Batsari local government area of Katsina State. At least 11 others were injured...
Senator representing Bauchi North senatorial district, Adamu Bulkachuwa has joined calls for bandits and their sponsors to be tagged as terrorists. According to the senator, the...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday warned Nigerians against branding terrorists as bandits. The lawyer made the call in a statement in Lagos....
Police operatives in Zamfara have arrested a notorious bandits’ commander, Bello Rugga, and killed five others during a raid in Gummi local government area of the...
Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has urged Nigerians to show more understanding and empathy to bandits in order to aid their repentance and re-integration into the society....
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Information, Mr Ibrahim Dosara Dosara, has disclosed that security operatives in the state have arrested over 2,000 bandits’ informants and their...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday killed at least 30 people in Kachiwe and adjourning villages in Munya local government area of Niger State. Residents...
The Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits wreaking havoc in the North-West part of the country as terrorists. The call followed the...
At least eight people are feared dead after an attack by unidentified men in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Also, six other persons...
The Nigerian Army on Monday confirmed the attack on a joint military base in Sokoto State. Gunmen suspected to be bandits in the early hours of...
Gov Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has issued a condemnation over the murder of 34 residents in the wake of an attack on the Madamai community...
Mr Joe Igbokwe, Special Assistant on Drainage and Sewage to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has blasted members and supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
Bandits suspected to be armed herdsmen on Sunday, invaded the Evangelical Church of Winning All (ECWA) Gabaciwa, in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Friday attacked a military base codenamed “Burkusuma camp” in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto...
Three female suspects who were allegesly in the illegal business of supplying petrol to bandits in Katsina State, have been arrested by a team of policemen...
Angry youths on Wednesday burnt down the country home of the Sokoto State Commissioner for Security and Career Studies, Col. Garba Moyi (retd), for allegedly working...
A national of Niger Republic, Lawal Shu’aibu, has been arrested alongside four others by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly supplying fuel, bread and other...
The Paramount Ruler of Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State, Agwatyap Dominic Gambo Yahaya, has called on Governor Nasir El-Rufai to...
Angry residents on Saturday, reportedly sacked the Divisional Police Headquarters in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, seizing 13 detained suspected bandits and setting them...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits Friday evening killed one person and abducted several others at a community in Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State. The...
The Kaduna Chapter of the Miyetti Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced the death of its Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi. This was contained in...
Suspected bandits have reportedly killed the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State,...
After close to a month in the captivity of bandits, the officer abducted at the permanent site of Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, on Aug. 24,...
Bandits on Friday killed two persons in separate attacks on communities in Giwa local government area of Kwara State. The state’s Commissioner of Internal Security and...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday explained why the government pulled out of dialogue with bandits terrorizing the state. In a chat with State...
The Federal Government has accused the media of dishonesty and underplaying the successes being recorded by the military in the fight against terrorism and banditry. This...
[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dangyadi, on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari is considering accepting and reintegrating repentant...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits Monday night abducted the priest in charge of St. Matthew Catholic Church at Anchuna village, Zango-Kataf local government area of Kaduna...
Armed bandits have set ablaze the home of the Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, in Zurmi local government area of the...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday killed at least 12 persons during an attack on Peigyim village, Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State....
The 75 students of the Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, who were abducted by bandits on September 1,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday attacked a community in Benue State that border’s Taraba State, killing one person and abducting many. According to reports,...
The Nigerian Army has warned insurgents, bandits and all criminal elements causing havoc in different parts of the country, to surrender now that there is still...
The Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Juma’at Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari yet again, over the increasing insecurity in the...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, said on Saturday the state government would no longer grant amnesty or hold dialogue with bandits in the state. The...
The appeal by a renowned Islamic cleric, Shiekh Ahmad Gumi for the Federal Government to grant amnesty to bandits continues to elicit strong reactions from political...
Islamic cleric and avowed advocate for bandits’ amnesty, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has given reasons why the Nigerian military has been unable to track down bandits over...
Bandits fleeing from the ongoing military operation in Zamfara State killed six persons in Tureta local government area of Sokoto State on Thursday. Tureta which shares...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has blamed the Federal Government for slowing the efforts of North-West governors to end banditry in the region. El-Rufai,...
Again, armed bandits have attacked Ungwan Maje and Ungwan Laka villages in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a police officer and abducting...
