Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has condemned the action of some northern governors in the country, who negotiate with bandits and other criminal elements, describing the...
The abduction of six siblings and one other girl by bandits in Kadauri village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State has been confirmed...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Thursday attacked the Katarma village in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State and abducted an unspecified number of women....
The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello has said foreigners, especially from Mali and Sudan, are being recruited as bandits in the North through social...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has accused desperate politicians of aligning with bandits in the South-East to destabilise Nigeria. Umahi stated this after a meeting...
Gunmen, suspected to be bandits struck again on Sunday along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna Highway killing nine travellers, including infants in Zankoro village, Kaduna State. Also, the bandits...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday killed 19 people in Kaya village, Giwa local government area of Kaduna State. Nine other persons were also injured...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Thursday rescued 10 persons held hostage by bandits in Katsina and Zamfara States. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen....
Suspected bandits on Monday killed an uncle to a member of the Katsina State House of Assembly simply identified as Rufa’i. The hoodlums also killed a...
The Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU), a socio-cultural group in the state, says some residents of Gbagyi community in the Chikun local government area of the...
An angry mob of villagers have killed six bandits in Sanga and Lere local government areas of Kaduna State, according to the state Commissioner for Internal...
The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke on Thursday foiled an attack on passengers traveling from Bayelsa to Jos, Plateau State. The Coordinator...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) claimed on Friday that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji had killed 38 suspected bandits in separate operations in Katsina and Zamfara States....
Tragedy struck in Galadimawa in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, when heavily armed gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on people in the area...
Bandits have once again killed seven people, injured four, while three others were kidnapped in separate attacks in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State in...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi has called on state governors in the country to come down hard on banditry, kidnapping...
A monarch in Zamfara State, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, on Sunday urged the state Governor, Bello Matawalle, to authorize the use of weapons by residents of the...
About 80 students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya School, an Islamic school in Mahuta community in the Dandume local government area of Katsina State, were abducted on Saturday,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday lamented the growing rate of insecurity in the country, expressing his displeasure in the efforts of military service chiefs. According to...
Some of the 344 freed students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara local government area of Katsina State, have revealed that the bandits who kidnapped...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Tuesday hit President Muhammadu Buhari hard, declaring that Nigeria was no longer safe under his watch. The group was reacting...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammed Matawalle has insisted that dialogue with bandits remains the best way to restoring peace in his troubled state. Governor...
Bandits have killed two of the students kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, said an escapee student. The escapee, whose name was not...
One of the students taken away by gunmen suspected to be bandits from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed a farmer, Bashir Mandela Jibiya, in Jibia local government area of Katsina State. The hoodlums also abducted three...
Armed bandits on Thursday killed a pastor at Chukuba village, Shiroro local government area of Niger State. The deceased, Pastor Jeremiah Ibrahim, who was a resident...
The Defence Headquarters said on Sunday troops of Operation Whirl Stroke has killed three suspected bandits during raids on their hideouts in Benue State. The Coordinator,...
Protest broke out in Katsina State on Sunday over the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area of the state...
Some farmers who fled the Gudu and Tangaza local government areas of Sokoto State to seek refuge in Niger Republic, have narrated how constant attacks and...
At least three suspected armed bandits were on Sunday night reportedly gunned down by troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, (OPWS), at Adaka community in Makurdi local...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that scores of bandits have been neutralised and their camps destroyed during airstrikes at the Kuduru Forest area of Kaduna...
Just when it appeared that the dust had settled on claims that former President Goodluck Jonathan left an empty treasury in 2015, top lawmaker in the...
The rampaging bandits terrorising parts of the North-West have killed seven farmers and abducted 30 others in three communities in Katsina State. The victims of the...
Bandits terrorising residents of Kaduna state, sharing borders with Niger State, have reportedly been attacked by the Nigerian Army and Air Force troops. It was gathered...
It is now as clear as day, Northern Nigeria has sunk steeply into the abyss of despair. The fright is glaring like a pray staring at...
The Defence Headquarters said on Friday at least 17 suspected bandits have been killed and their camps destroyed by troops during air raids on their hideout...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday launched a manhunt for the mastermind of Monday’s abduction of some commuters along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The troops had identified the...
Suspected bandits had kidnapped 12 police officers on a special assignment in Nigeria’s North-West. The BBC reports that the officers were abducted along the Katsina-Zamfara highway...
The governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has blamed bandits from Zamfara State for the killings, kidnappings and other acts of banditry in his state. Masari...
Former Kaduna State lawmaker, Shehu Sani has claimed that heavily armed bandits on Sunday blocked the Kaduna-Abuja road and kidnapped scores of persons travelling to their...
A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas who is the Chairman, House Committee on Army, has called on the Federal Government to increase funding...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the existence of those it described as ‘bandits’, in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was responsible for...
The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday paraded 27 suspected bandits, kidnappers and armed robbers, who were recently arrested in the state. One of the suspects...
Two repentant bandit leaders named, Sale Turwa, aged 30 and Muhammed Sani, aged 33, on Wednesday surrendered themselves to the Katsina State police and state Governor,...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Wednesday directed security agencies to be ruthless with bandits terrorizing the state. The governor gave the directive when the state’s...
The Nigerian Army on Monday said its Operation Sahel Sanity operating in the North-West has killed 38 bandits and 98 of their logistics suppliers and collaborators...
Suspected bandits have abducted a District Head of Lingyado, Dalha Danjago and four residents of Maru Local Government Area, the state Police disclosed on Sunday. The...
Bandits on Tuesday night killed 22 people in Tungar Kwana village, Talata-Mafara local government area of Zamfara State. A resident of the village, who declined to...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has informed that several bandits have been killed and their camps destroyed following airstrikes executed by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin...
Twenty-three suspects were on Thursday paraded by the Katsina State Police Command, who were alleged to have committed various crimes including banditry, kidnapping and theft. According...