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...
The Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, on Monday explained why bandits and other criminals have intensified their activities in the state. Matawalle, who addressed State House...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed three people in four communities in Niger State. In the attacks that took place between Friday and Saturday...
In order to ensure the elimination of Boko Haram terrorist acts in Niger State and environs, President Muhammadu Buhari has decreed a robust military offensive aimed...
Nigerian moviemaker and Nollywood thespian Bimpe Akintunde, has taken to her Instagram stories to narrate how she and her daughter escaped an attack by bandits along...
Bandits on Tuesday killed 13 people in Nakundna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday he would not relent in the fight against bandits causing mayhem in Zamfara and other states in the country. The...
A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday decried the menace of bandits and Boko Haram insurgents in the country. Sani, a staunch critic of President...
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), believes the recent designation of bandits as terrorists by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has not changed anything as the terrorists...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would crush the bandits and Boko Haram insurgents before the end of...
After weeks of foot-dragging, the Federal Government, last week, designated bandits as terrorists in order to ramp up the war against the mass murderers across the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed sadness at the killing of villagers by bandits in Zamfara State. Gunmen had during the week killed at least 60...
Not less than 143 corpses were said to have been recovered and given a mass burial on Saturday following a spate of brutal attacks by bandits...
Kazakhstan President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has come under fire after he reportedly ordered security forces to “kill without warning” to crush the violent protests that have paralyzed...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has disclosed the rationale behind the delay in officially designating bandits as terrorists. Malami...
The Imo State Government has disclosed that some suspects have allegedly implicated former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers. Nwosu...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday charged the security agents to completely flush out the bandits from their hideouts in the North-West. The governor,...
The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign a gazzete designating bandits as...
Bandits on Sunday killed eight persons including a housewife during attacks on communities in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Home...
Two more students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kaduna, who were abducted by bandits have been released, leaving one out of the 121 students there...
Armed bandits reportedly killed one person and abducted 12 others at Kerawa village in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State on Friday. The victims include...
Bandits on Friday abducted the wife of a lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Gusau, Zamfara, simply known as Dr. AbdulRazaq, and his two...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday described as unfortunate, call by the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, for people of the state to defend...
Abductors of the Paramount Ruler of Gindri in Mangu local government area of Plateau State, Mr. Charles Mato, have demanded N500 million ransom. Gunmen suspected to...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly killed 10 people and abducted 33 women in Zamfara on Sunday. Sources told journalists on Monday the bandits carried out...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) has arrested three suspected bandits in Zamfara State. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Ikor...
Hunters in Kaduna State have rescued nine persons kidnapped earlier in a convoy after raiding a kidnappers’ den in Udawa-Birnin Gwari forests. The community leader, Malam...
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has attributed the boldness and temerity of terrorists and bandits operating “with reckless abandon” to the silence...
Bandits in Zamfara State have reportedly given seven communities in the Tsafe Local Government Area of the state a four-day ultimatum to pay the sum of...
Police operatives in Katsina have arrested a 45-year-old man, Sani Mamuda, for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in the state and Zamfara. The spokesman...
An attack on two villages in Faskari Local Council of Katsina State has left seven people dead and several others injured. Disturbed by the rate of...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday criticized the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for comparing the group with bandits. The governor had on Tuesday...
Bandits reportedly abducted scores of passengers along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Highway on Wednesday. Birnin Gwari is a local government area in Kaduna and many of the...
Armed bandits on Sunday killed seven people and injured 11 others in Kajuru and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal...
The Magajin Garin Idasu, Malam Magaji Ibrahim, of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has been shot dead. The incident comes on the heels of...
Not less than 20 people have been killed, with scores injured after heavily armed bandits invaded three villages in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State...
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Thursday urged Nigerians to unite and fight the bandits and other criminals troubling the nation. The governor stated this...
A member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Rilwanu Aminu Gadagau, has been killed by bandits who attacked him in the early hours of...
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Tuesday, held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on the security and other socio-economic developments in the state....
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has revealed his mandate to entrench a synergy with the Niger Republic to end banditry in the North West. This was...
It was a bloody Monday along the Kaduna-Zaria highway after a band of heavily armed bandits took over the road, killing scores of travellers while abducting...
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of Men” – Abraham Lincoln I am old enough to clearly remember thirteen Administrations from that...
Some communities in Zamfara State have been thrown into panic following the expiration of a deadline for them to pay N1 million levy each to bandits...
During the week, Special Adviser to President Buhari, Femi Adesina, dropped a strong hint that his principal may not give his assent to the Electoral Amendment...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday abducted a woman and her four children at Oil Village in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna State....
A pastor who was kidnapped from his farm in the Nariya area of Kaduna State on November 8, has been killed by his abductors after collecting...
