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...
Popular Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, made the trends across social media platforms in Nigeria on Friday following his meeting with kidnappers. The Sheikh urged the...
An Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Thursday reportedly met with the kidnappers of the Kagara schoolchildren. Ripples Nigeria gathered that the criminals relayed their demands...
The Minister of Defence, Major Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd), on Wednesday, challenged Nigerians not to leave the fight against insecurity to the military alone. The minister,...
Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi has accused the Nigerian military authorities, saying they do not want the fight against insurgency to end because they make...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday frowned at state governors in the North-West negotiating with bandits, insisting that such negotiation is fuelling banditry in the country. The...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has come to the defence of the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, saying it is unfair to...
Bandits have killed 23 persons in attacks across five local government areas of Kaduna State in the last 24 hours. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Monday, February 8, warned that efforts by a prominent northern Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to ensure bandits embrace peace...
A notorious leader of bandits, Auwalu Daudawa, and six members of his gang on Monday, February 8, repented and surrendered 20 AK-47 rifles and one RPG...
Suspected bandits on Saturday killed 19 persons in Birnin Gwari and Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs,...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has lamented the invasion of farms in different parts of the country by herdsmen and their cows. The Islamic group, while...
Kaduna based popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dr Aimed Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, has reportedly visited bandits operating in forests around Shinkafi and Gumi local government areas of...
Suspected bandits on Saturday killed at least 12 persons and injured several other persons in Na’ikko village, Giwa local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s...
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday killed several suspected bandits in air raids in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi, and Chikun local government areas...
Residents of Bassa community in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State have been left in shock following an early morning attack that saw bandits...
Abuja is under siege. Terror lives and breathes here. Citizens are kidnapped every day from their homes but sadly, some of these tragedies escape outrage and...
Armed bandits on Sunday attacked some communities in Munya and Paikoro local government areas of Niger State and killed three persons. The bandits who stormed the...
The Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Saturday proposed the same punishment for kidnappers, armed bandits, and their informants in the state. The governor, who...
Armed bandits on Friday killed at least six persons in separate attacks in Chikun and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has denied rumours making the rounds that he donated some new Hilux vehicles to repentant Boko Haram bandits in...
Worried by rising cases of bandit attacks on communities in Zamfara State, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered his ministers and security chiefs to immediately end the...
The Director-General, All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh. Lukman, on Thursday advocated for the death penalty for kidnappers, bandits and their beneficiaries....
Crime has no ethnic face. When criminality is defined according to ethnic origin or religion, social cohesion is threatened. There are people of criminal inclinations in...
The Zamfara State government on Tuesday dismissed reports of its alleged support for bandits in the state. An online media platform had on Tuesday accused the...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed that it lost one of its Special Forces (SF) personnel during a fierce gun battle with heavily armed Boko...
Armed bandits on Monday attacked Igabi and Zaria local government areas of Kaduna State and killed four persons. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the killing of no fewer than 35 Boko Haram terrorists and the recovery of many rustled cows stolen by bandits...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of eight people by suspected bandits who invaded Janbako Community of Maradun Local Government Area of...
Armed bandits on Sunday killed five people including an 80-year old woman in some communities in Kaduna State. Other victims are ward head and three residents...
At least five policemen were reportedly killed on Friday after armed bandits attacked Farinruwa village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The Chairman...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday killed scores of bandits terrorizing residents of Farin Ruwa in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The...