The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Thursday armed bandits are currently operating in at least in 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....
A 100-level student of the Plateau State University, Bokkos, identified as Israel Emmanuel, has died after he fell off a vehicle during a protest by the...
Armed bandits on Tuesday killed four persons and injured one other in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and...
A father and son have met an untimely death as gun-wielding bandits attacked Wawan Rafi II village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State...
A commissioner in Ekiti State House of Assembly, Segun Erinle revealed on Sunday that a monarch in the state, Oba Adetutu Ajayi who was attacked on...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has restated his stance about not paying ransom to bandits, even if his son were to be kidnapped. According to...
Some stakeholders in the North-West region have cautioned the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle to stop romancing bandits causing mayhem in the state in the name...
Nigeria is at a tempestuous crossroads. It will be a failed attempt at casuistry to play down the multi-pronged encumbrances the country is contending with. All...
Kaduna State was thrown into further mayhem as suspected bandits reportedly killed eight people and abducted four female members of the Anglican Church at Kasuwan Magani...
Armed bandits have killed eight people and injured four in separate attacks in Kajuru and Kachia local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Police Command in Zamfara has revealed that it has neutralized a notorious bandits’ kingpin who was terrorising communities in parts of the state. This was...
An economist, Professor Pat Utomi has lamented that Nigeria wastes a lot of resources that can be put to good use for the benefit of it’s...
An economist, Professor Pat Utomi has lamented that Nigeria wastes a lot of resources that can be put to good use for the benefit of it’s...
Bandits have attacked Katarma village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing five people and leaving one injured during the attack. The Kaduna State...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to establish special courts for bandits, kidnappers and other...
The Kaduna State Government has refuted media reports that it had appointed intermediaries to negotiate with bandits, on its behalf. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has blamed the Nigerian government for the increased cases of banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and armed robbery in...
Two leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), have been killed by gunmen believed to be bandits in Nasarawa State. The victims, Alhaji Mohammed...
The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, on Friday condemned the killing of soldiers, policeman, and others in a fresh attack by bandits in Shiroro local government...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, said on Friday bandits killed 2,619 people and abducted 1,190 others in eight years in the state. The governor, who...
Suspected bandits on Thursday killed a former councillor and one other person in Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan,...
Armed bandits have reportedly killed five soldiers in fresh attacks in some communities in the Shiroro local government area of Niger State. Residents told journalists that...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday killed a Catholic priest and three other parishioners in the Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. The deceased...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the service chiefs to identify individuals behind banditry and kidnapping in the country and take them out in order to...
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore (MAKH), one of the umbrella bodies of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria, says the bandits currently wreaking havoc in many parts of...
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have killed two suspected bandits and destroyed the criminals’ camps in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner...
Bandits have again attacked the Igabi and Jema’a local government areas of Kaduna State, killing four persons and injuring several others. The state Commissioner for Internal...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 13 people and injured seven others in separate attacks in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s...
Pan-Yoruba elders have accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of allowing the Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to continue to make unfounded comments that aggravate the...
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Aviation to invite the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika to explain how bandits gained entrance into the...
At least three soldiers and four civilians were reportedly killed in a gun duel between troops and armed bandits in Kabasa village in Gusau local government...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, said on Wednesday security situation in Nigeria has improved since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015. Masari, who stated...
The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSDC), Ahmed Audi, said on Wednesday the bandits terrorizing Nigerians are backed by foreign elements....
The Kaduna State government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the Kajuru local government area of the state over students...
Following a warning speech given by President Muhammadu Buhari after bandits abducted scores of students in Kaduna, former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has faulted the...
A former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned against the payment of ransom to bandits. According to the former Vice-President,...
Bandits have reportedly attacked a primary school in Kaduna, abducting some teachers and pupils of the school. The bandits reportedly attacked UBE Primary School in Rama,...
There was mayhem at the Kaduna Airport on Sunday, as suspected terrorists attempted to kidnap aviation workers in the staff quarters of the Federal Airports Authority...
Suspected terrorists on Sunday, March 14, reportedly launched an attack on the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara in Kaduna State. It was gathered that the gunmen...
The abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Saturday, March 13, were depicted in a...
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike on Saturday killed two suspected bandits along the Gwagwada-Chikun Road in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Saturday there would be no more amnesty for criminals in the state. Ortom, who stated this during the...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has claimed that informants alerted the bandits who invaded the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government...
Scores of Islamic faithful attending the annual Eid- Maulud celebration have been reportedly abducted by bandits in Katsina State. Sources told journalists the victims were abducted...
The Niger State government has ordered the closure of all secondary schools from March 12 to March 26 following the increase in kidnapping and banditry. Hannatu...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, on Wednesday, March 10, mandated the troops to be more aggressive in dealing with unrepentant terrorists in...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said on Wednesday 937 people were killed and 1,972 others abducted by bandits in...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday gave bandits in the state a two-month ultimatum to either repent and surrender their weapons to the state...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has lauded Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State for exposing sponsors of banditry in the state. In a statement released on...
The Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has pledged to procure arms for vigilante groups in order to tackle the menace of terrorism and insecurity. Bello...
