The umbrella body of Fulani herders, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has alleged that Fulani people have also been victims of attacks by...
Human rights lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying while it is sympathetic and weak in handling bandits, it...
The Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja has called on the Federal Government to offer amnesty to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous...
If there were doubts regarding how Nigeria’s territorial integrity had been breached under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Army General, and now Commander-in-Chief...
Nigeria’s military authorities on Monday confirmed that one of its aircraft crashed in Zamfara on Sunday. The confirmation was made by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday killed 13 mobile police officers during a fresh attack on a police formation in Kurar Mota community, Bungudu local...
During the week in review, the Senate literarily became a war zone as supposedly distinguished lawmakers turned into warriors as the debate on the need to...
The senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Sani Uba has contended that ransom should not be paid to bandits to secure the release of...
In the first half of 2021, a total of 2,371 persons were kidnapped and N10 billion demanded in ransoms. This is contained in a report released...
Bandits who abducted the provost of the College of Arts and Animal Science, Bakura, Habibu Mainasara, in Zamfara State, have demanded a ransom of N5 million...
Abductors of the Emir of Kajaru, Alhassan Adamu have issued a demand of N200 million ransom payment for his release. Ripples Nigeria had reported that the...
The Emir of Kajaru and some members of his larger household have been reportedly kidnapped by suspected bandits in a late-night attack in the Kajaru Local...
On July 7, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in a report on the abduction of children from various Nigerian schools in the North, said over...
Bandits on Friday morning killed 10 persons in communities in Zangon-Kataf and Chikun local government areas of the state. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and...
About 42 persons have been reportedly killed by bandits in five communities of Faru district in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident which...
At least 19 people have been reportedly killed by bandits at Tsauwa village, Batsari local government area of Katsina State. Residents told journalists the hoodlums stormed...
Reaction trailed the attack by bandits on Bethel Baptist School in Maraban Rido, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna, where many students were reportedly abducted at...
But for the timely intervention of soldiers in the early hours of Monday, bandits would have succeeded in abducting students of the Faith Academy, Kaduna, a...
Mayhem was unleashed in Kaduna on Monday as suspected bandits attacked Bethel Baptist School, a private college located at Maraban Rido area in Chikun Local Government...
Armed bandits in the early hours of Sunday attacked the staff quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre, Zaria, Kaduna State and abducted a nursing...
Armed bandits have killed at least seven people and abducted 10 others in separate attacks in Chikun, Kajuru, and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State....
Armed bandits reportedly abducted seven women and four children along the Birnin Gwari Road in Kaduna State on Friday. A community leader, Alhaji Umaru Udawa, told...
An aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has blasted the Federal Government over its he described as dishonesty in the handling of bandit activities...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has said the Boko Haram terrorists and bandits are different from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and their...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, escaped death on Tuesday night when gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly attacked his convoy. According to the state Commissioner of...
A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Mohammed Ahmed, has been reportedly killed by suspected bandits along the Sheme-Funtua highway in Katsina State, while...
The government of Kaduna State has disclosed that troops of Operation Safe Haven have foiled an attack on Gidan Zaki town in Zangon Kataf Local Government...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has met with controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, to demand the release of hundreds of abducted students across...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has called on residents of the state to defend themselves against bandits as the criminals are not spirits....
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has stated that no excuse should be made for the actions of bandits and kidnappers in the country. According to the...
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government...
Armed bandits on Friday abducted some travelers along the Kaduna-Kachia road in Kaduna. An eyewitness told journalists that the incident occurred along the highway at about...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has implored President Muhammadu Buhari to commence an inquest into claims by Shiekh Ahmad Gumi that security operatives...
Some suspected kidnappers have abducted the Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan, Oyo State, Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife. Apanpa and wife were kidnapped by...
An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Federal Government to accord bandits and herdsmen the kind of treatment that was given to the...
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle traveling from Zuru to Ibadan...
The Headmaster of Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger State, Abubakar Alhassan, said on Monday 15 teachers abducted from the school last month have escaped from...
Bandits who abducted students and teachers from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State last Thursday, have released a...
Armed bandits have reportedly killed the village head of Dogon Daji community in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Anja Mallam. According to the...
About 14 armed bandits were reportedly gunned down in the early hours of Sunday during a gun duel with the police in the Katsina-Ala town, Katsina-Ala...
The governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, has vowed to lead the rescue operation of students and teachers abducted on Thursday from Federal Government College (FGC),...
Operatives of the Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) have arrested suspected suppliers of drugs, bread, and other food items to bandits operating in...
The lawmaker representing Shanga/ Yauri/ Ngaski federal constituency of Kebbi State, Tanko Sununu, has disclosed that before the latest attack in the Yauri area of the...
The Kebbi State Police Command said on Thursday its operatives are in “hot pursuit” of the abductors of students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri....
Some female students of the Federal Government Girls College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, have reportedly been abducted from their school. No less than 30 students and...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed one person and kidnapped two nationals of the Peoples Republic of China in Taraba State. The incident was confirmed...
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has said that there is no truth in reports of bandits’ presence in Falgore Forest. Ganduje made this statement...
Residents of Zungeru community in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, have reportedly had to contribute N5m, motorcycles and handsets to pay as ransom to...
The Zamfara State Police have successfully repelled and foiled an attack by bandits at the Dogon Larga community of Bakura Local Government Area of the state....
Bandits in the early hours of Sunday abducted eight members of the same family at the Kofar Gayan/Kofar Kona axis of Zaria, Kaduna State. A resident...