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...
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have killed four suspected bandits and recovered three rifles in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) quarters in Kaduna, was reportedly attacked in the early hours of Saturday by unknown gunmen. It was learnt that...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday dismissed the report on the killing of several soldiers by armed bandits during the invasion of a military base in Katsina...
Kaduna based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has renewed his call for government to grant amnesty to terrorists commonly referred to as bandits terrorizing the North-West...
The Muslim Rights Concerns (MURIC), has called on Nigerians to praise Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, instead of villyfying him for putting his life at risk...
The continuous mass abduction of students in the Northern States of Nigeria by bandits is almost bringing the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to its knees....
Armed bandits have killed at least 10 people in fresh attacks in some communities in Zango-Kataf and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s...
Kaduna State-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Monday described kidnapping of students as a lesser evil compared to ransacking and killing in Nigerian communities by...
Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has advised against granting “blanket amnesty” to bandits, stating that it has the tendency to breed new forms...
Armed bandits have killed at least seven persons including a Catholic priest in Igabi and Kajuru local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members urging them to “urgently hold a special...
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa, says terrorists and kidnappers in Nigeria now demand for drugs as payment...
The Zamfara State Government has confirmed the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of the state....
Incoming reports say about 300 students may have been abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State....
Popular Nigerian comedian, Okey Bakassi has called out state governors and religious clerics for supporting and vindicating the actions of bandits. Ripples reported earlier that some...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ruled out amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents and armed bandits in the country. The President stated this at a meeting of...
Kaduna based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Thursday carpeted Nigerian journalists for referring to bandits as criminals. Gumi, who accused the media of fuelling insecurity...
“The pen is mightier than the sword.” Written by the famous author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the maxim holds great significance with simple yet profound meaning. The proverb...
Armed bandits have killed at least 18 persons in attacks on soft targets in Igabi and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner...
Did the activities of militants in the Niger Delta qualify as crime? Hell Yes! Militancy and kidnapping were a profitable pursuit in that oil-rich region in...
Some of the freed passengers who were kidnapped on February 14, along the Kontagora-Minna Road in Niger State, and were rescued on Sunday, have been narrating...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has insisted that the Nigerian government cannot afford to destroy forests where bandits use as their hideouts to...
Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has refuted reports of negotiations with armed terrorists wreaking havoc on different parts of the country. According to the cleric,...
The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, said on Sunday the abducted students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara, have not been released by the bandits....
Armed bandits have razed the building of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Kikwari village, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for...
The Niger State government has secured the release of 18 bus passengers abducted by bandits in the state. The Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, confirmed the...
Bandits in army uniform have reportedly attacked Gurmana village in Niger State, abducting mostly women and children. A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the Senator,...
Suspected bandits have killed a herdsman and truck driver in Kajuru, Giwa local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home...