Bandits operating in Zamfara State have reportedly imposed N15 million levy on some communities in Tsafe local government area of the state with a threat to...
Armed bandits have reportedly killed seven farmers, including a member of a vigilante group, in Bangi, Mariga local government area of Niger State. They also set...
The police in Katsina State have arrested a middle-aged man identified as Jibril Falalu, for allegedly conniving with bandits to kidnap his own mother for ransom....
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the killing of several terrorists in Kebbi and Zamfara states following targeted airstrikes. The strikes also resulted in the...
Rampaging bandits have struck again in Zamfara State, Nigeria, leaving a trail of terror and despair in their wake. Over 100 people, including women, children, and...
Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji, has countered the refutal by the Nigerian Army that bandits have not taken over their...
Bandits have reportedly taken over a military training camp at Nagwamase Military Cantonment in Kontagora, headquarters of Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. A motion...
Bandits have attacked several communities in Katsina State, North-West Nigeria, destroying healthcare facilities, kidnapping and killing scores of health workers and residents. In this report, ARINZE CHIJIOKE looks...
The Chairman of Isa Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Alhaji Sharifu Kamarawa has informed the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, that certain...
Police operatives in Katsina State have arrested one Usamatu Adamu, the Village Head of Unguwan Tambai, Runka, in Safana Local Government Area for allegedly supplying information...
Farmers in Old Kuyello and neighboring villages in Kaduna State’s Birnin Gwari Local Government Area are living in fear, abandoning their crops unharvested as bandits continue...
Suspected bandits have killed the abducted District Head of Kanya in Kebbi State, Alhaji Isah Daya. The district head was abducted alongside eight others in Kanya...
The Zamfara State government has confirmed the killing of nine members of the Community Protection Guards (CPG) by bandits. Bandits on Sunday killed the operatives of...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said on Thursday Nigeria is winning the war against terror and banditry. He stated this at the...
Not less than 20 bandits including top leaders and their foot soldiers have reportedly been killed as rival bandit gangs clashed in a territorial battle in...
Bandits have reportedly killed two soldiers, a village head, and six residents in Egwuma, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident, according to locals...
Following the heat being mounted on him by troops of the Nigerian Army and the killings of many of his comrades in arm, notorious bandit leader,...
It’s been two weeks now after Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Chris Musa vowed to arrest notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, but the renegade is...
The order by President Bola Tinubu for the Nigerian military top brass to relocate to Sokoto State in a bid to flush out bandits and terrorists...
Bandits have finally released students and staff of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State. The victims were abducted seven months ago by bandits. The victims were...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed four suspected bandits and rescued 20 hostages in Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State. The...
Bandits on Sunday morning attacked two churches at Bakinpah-Maro Community in the Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State and killed three persons. They also abducted...
Outspoken Sokoto State-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Murtala Bello Asada, has again, accused Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of sponsoring another notorious bandit leader identified...
Armed bandits on Thursday killed three soldiers and four police operatives along the Zamfara highway on Thursday. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Dalijan, confirmed the...
Armed bandits have disrupted traffic on the busy Gusau-Funtua highway, abducting an unspecified number of travellers. According to Channels Television, Yusuf Tsafe, a stranded commuter, reported...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday attacked a Primary Healthcare Centre in Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State and abducted several people, including...
A Sokoto State-based Islamic cleric, Mallam Bello Asada, has accused the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle of sponsoring several bandit leaders including Bello Turji,...
In response to recent video footage purportedly showing bandit leader Bello Turji seeking reconciliation with the government, the Arewa Elders Progressive Group has advised President Bola...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday attacked Magamar Jibia town in Jibia local government area of Katsina State and abducted three people. Five people, including...
In the early hours, suspected armed bandits killed a police officer and a local vigilante in Sokoto. Confirming the incident, state police spokesman ASP Ahmed Rufai...
In response to the escalating violence from terrorists and bandits in the North West, particularly in Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kebbi States, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, the...
The Federal Government has launched a military campaign against the bandits terrorising states in the North-West. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, disclosed this...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed nine suspected bandits and recovered dangerous automatic weapons and ammunition in Kaduna State. The army said in a post...
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Thursday killed eight suspected bandits during a fighting patrol in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s...
The Katsina State Police Command has successfully foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap a girl in Faru village, Jibia Local Government Area of the state....
A Nigerian soldier has practically put the blame for the inability of the Nigerian military in defeating terrorists and bandits and putting an end to insurgency...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has condemned the murder of the Head of Gatawa District in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto...
Bandits on Wednesday abducted 10 people in the Moriki community, Zurmi local government area of Zamfara State. A resident of the community confirmed the incident on...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday killed 13 persons on their farms in the Alawa community of Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State....
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has expressed sadness and condemnation over the kidnap and killing of the District Head of Gatawa in...
The abducted district head of Gatawa, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, has reportedly died in bandits’ captivity due to non-payment of ransom. A family source disclosed the news...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday night abducted the wife and two children of the head of Galadimawa Village, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna...
The Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of two notorious gunrunners and an informant for kidnappers, as well as the rescue of two kidnap...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly killed six persons in four communities of Kauru local government area of Kaduna State on Monday. The terrorists also abducted...
Police operatives in Kaduna have rescued three kidnapped persons and killed a suspected bandit in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Tuesday reportedly killed a lecturer with the Federal University, Dutsinma in Katsina State. The victim, Dr....
A group of over 30 terrorists attacked the Guto area of Bwari Area Council in Abuja on Sunday morning, killing one person and kidnapping four others....
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have successfully raided a forest in Plateau State, arresting bandits and arms couriers, and recovering several weapons. The operation, which lasted...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday morning abducted the parish priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba in Gusau, Zamfara State, Rev. Fr. Mikah Suleiman....
Troops of Operation Whirl Punch have killed several bandits in another coordinated attack in the Giwa local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for...
