The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 13-year-old boy, for killing two men suspected to be bandits in the state. According to the police, the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday faulted Nigerians claiming he is treating bandits and Boko Haram insurgents with a kid glove. The President, who stated this in...
Claim: A viral video showed a helicopter landing in a forest location, and claimed it was dropping arms for bandits to wreak havoc in South-West region....
Once again, armed men suspected to be herdsmen have invaded a community in Benue State, killing 40 people, injuring scores and destroying properties. The deadly attack...
Bandits on Saturday killed five people in Chikun and Igabi local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel...
To stop the spate of the mass abduction of school children, the controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has urged the Federal Government to support splinter...
Heavily armed bandits numbering over 150, late Thursday, invaded different communities in Katsina State, killing a number of residents before the police was able to repel...
Nigeria has many serious problems. I reckon that one such problem is poor English comprehension. This may seem far-fetched or misplaced on the surface, but hear...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Thursday bandits have taken over the Falgore Forest and others in the state and converted them to hideouts....
Police operatives have arrested 84 suspected criminals in various parts of the country. The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, who paraded the suspects at the Force Headquarters...
11 out of the 200 abducted students of Islamiyya school in Niger State have been released by their captors. The children who were between the ages...
The residents of Abia State are in a state of unease after reports suggested an imminent attack by bandits. This report, however, was dispelled by the...
A police inspector, three bandits, and three residents have been reported dead after bandits attacked Zandam Village, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Monday...
The Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan, on Tuesday, reported a deadly attack by bandits on the Goska community in...
At least 13 persons died in a bandit attack on Beri town in Bobi district of Niger State on Monday. The bandit also attacked a police...
39 days after their abduction, the remaining 14 students and staff of Greenfield University, Kaduna, regained freedom on Saturday. Armed bandits had on April 20 abducted...
Armed bandits reportedly abducted scores of people along the Kaduna-Abuja road on Friday. A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle,...
The police in Katsina State repelled bandits’ attack on Dangeza village, Batsari Local Government Area, and neutralised four suspects. This is contained in a statement issued...
The Katsina State Police Command has said it neutralised five suspected bandits, arrested 16 others, and recovered about 69 rustled cows. The spokesman of the state’s...
Bandits on Monday evening killed 10 people in five villages in the Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State. The bandits, who came on motorcycles, also...
Not less than 100 people have been reportedly killed by suspected bandits in four communities in Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, according to Tertsea...
The Police Command in Zamfara State on Sunday said several bandits were neutralised in the state on Saturday night when criminals attempted to attack Magami village...
The Senator representing Niger North senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sabi Abdullahi, says bandits dislodged from Katsina and Zamfara States by security operatives, have now...
Due to his alleged complicity in the activities of bandits and insurgents, the District Head of Kankara, otherwise called Sarkin Pawwan Katsina, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal has...
Armed bandits have killed four people in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has established a Female Squad, aimed at enhancing security in schools susceptible to bandits’ attack. The NSCDC Commandant-General,...
Armed bandits on Thursday killed the son of the Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Bashar Saidu Namaska, in his father’s farm in Niger State. The deceased was...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday killed eight persons at the Ungwan Gaida community in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner...
Residents of some villages in Kontagora local government area of Niger State, have been thrown into panic following the sighting of a strange helicopter said to...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday abducted a Sharia court judge, Alhaji Hussaini Samaila, in Safana local government area of Katsina State. Residents told journalists...
Three soldiers were killed in a bandit attack in Niger State on Monday. The state governor, Abubakar Bello, who confirmed the incident to journalists shortly after...
Parents of the recently rescued students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State, have debunked reports that their children were sexually molested by...
The former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, has joined those clamouring for amnesty for bandits, saying they are tired of...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for an open and transparent investigation into the helicopter reportedly arrested while dropping supplies to bandits. In a statement...
Residents of Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State were thrown into fear when seven unknown gunmen inclusive of a woman attacked the vigilante...
No less than 40 Muslim worshippers have been reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits while observing Tahajjud, a midnight prayer observed during the Holy...
There was confusion at Golkofa community in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, when bandits killed a local community official alongside his wife and daughter-in-law....
Residents of Benue State were on Sunday sent into confusion and panic after military aircraft and helicopters were seen hovering over some areas of the state....
The apex northern socio-cultural body, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed concerns about the payment of ransoms to bandits and terrorists to secure the release of...
Activist and co-convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group (CNG) Deji Adeyanju, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to arrest Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, near Kaduna. The president in a statement...
In what seemed an appeal to bandits, President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a call regarding the release of the Greenfield University, Kaduna students still in captivity....
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his elation at the release from captivity of the students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Afaka, Kaduna State....
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has suggested the arrest and investigation of Shiekh Ahmad Gumi over his liaison with bandits and terrorists in the Northern...
The Arewa Youths for Progress and Development (AYPD), has joined its voice to calls for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as his administration has been unable...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, has stated that the Federal Government was not responsible for the prosecution of suspected bandits....
Despite the threat to kill them, the bandits have reportedly released one of the students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State. This was confirmed via an...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Saturday, expressed displeasure over the spate of insecurity in the country, saying that bandits and kidnappers now have...
No fewer than 323 persons were killed by bandits in Kaduna state between January and March 2021, the state government has revealed on Friday. The state...
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi has called on his fellow politicians to forget about their political ambitions ahead of the 2023 elections and...