The Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), says the Command has rescued 10 female kidnap victims and a one-year old baby after they were abducted...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday killed two people and abducted seven others in Gulu village, Lapai local government area of Niger State. The spokesman...
Police operatives in Kaduna on Wednesday killed two suspected bandits in Kidandan, Giwa local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Two village heads and four villagers in two communities in Kulias chiefdom Bokkos local government area of Plateau State, were on Sunday night, killed by gunmen...
At least 30 people, including women and children, have reportedly drowned while fleeing from bandits who attacked their community in Zamfara State when two canoes they...
The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) in Kaduna State has raised the alarm over alleged threats issued by bandits to some communities in the Birnin-Gwari local...
Troops of Operation Forest on Wednesday rescued three kidnapped victims during a raid on bandits’ den around Chikun-Birnin Gwari boundary in Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner...
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued seven kidnapped people in two local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home...
A group of bandits who abducted a heavily pregnant woman in Kaduna State have threatened to kill the woman and the new born baby she was...
Bandits reportedly killed three people in Tauji area of Kanoma North, Maru local government area of Zamfara State on Sunday morning. They also abducted eight women...
Bandits reportedly killed 13 worshippers in a mosque at Ruwan Jema community, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Friday afternoon. A resident told journalists...
The umbrella of the Southern Kaduna ethnic nationality, Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has raised the alarm over the renewed insecurity in the area following the...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Nigerian security forces to maintain the current pace in the country’s conflict with insurgency. According to MURIC, militants, kidnappers,...
A civil society group under the aegies of Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has called on the Department of State Services (DSS), to immediately arrest...
Operation Forest Sanity on Tuesday killed some bandits and rescued 10 hostages during clearance operations in the Chikun and Igabi local government areas of Kaduna State....
The Kaduna State government has confirmed the killing of several notorious bandits responsibe for the attack on Nigeria’s premier military institution, the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA),...
Bandits who abducted a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kaduna State two weeks ago, have vowed to kill their victim if his family does not increase...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five suspected bandits in Sokoto State. The suspects were paraded before journalists by the NSCDC Commandant...
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, on Saturday killed three suspected bandits in the state. The Director of Army Public Relations Officer, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,...
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity on Thursday killed two suspected bandits in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and...
A committee set up by the Zamfara State government to review activities of bandits and terrorists in the state has revealed that between 2011 and 2019,...
The Presidency has lauded the Nigerian security agencies and the current administration over the renewed offensive against banditry and terrorism across the country. This was contained...
The Zamfara State government claimed on Sunday the state’s bandit leader, Bello Turji, has repented and embraced its peace overtures. The state’s Deputy Governor, Hassan Nasiha,...
Bandits on Wednesday attacked eight villages in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The villages are Zagi, Tungar Rafi, Tungar Tudu, Keke, Kwaido, Sabongarin Kwaido,...
Bauchi State Government claimed that it had so far been able to rescue no fewer than 69 abductees from the dens of kidnappers across the state...
Police operatives in Katsina on Monday killed an unspecified number of bandits at two communities in Kurfi Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for...
At least 3,420 people were abducted across Nigeria between July 2021 and June this year, a report revealed on Saturday. The report titled: “The Economic of...
The Kaduna State government claimed on Saturday troops of the Nigerian Army and their Nigerian Air Force counterpart killed scores of bandits in Galbi, Chikun local...
Bandits on Saturday released 35 out of the 36 people abducted at Millennium City in Kaduna State last month. A resident of the community, who confirmed...
No fewer than 13 persons, including a vigilante member have been reported killed in an attack by bandits in Karekuka village of Gassol Local Government Area...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the elimination of a notorious killer bandit kingpin identified as Alhaji Shanono who was killed alongside 18 other terrorists...
Bandits have reportedly abducted a woman and her four children at Yakawada village, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The woman is the daughter-in-law of...
The Kaduna State government on Wednesday dismissed a report on the presence of bandits along the Kaduna-Zaria highway. A report on the huge presence of bandits...
Suspected bandits on Tuesday killed one Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officer and injured two others in Birniwa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The NIS Comptroller...
Bandits who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train killing some passengers and abducting many more over four months ago, have released seven more of their captives. The additional...
Bandits on Wednesday killed three people at Dantsauni village in Batagarawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Residents told journalists on Thursday the criminals stormed the...
The member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has advised his constituents to defend themselves against attacks by bandits...
Hundreds of villagers in Damari town in Kazage Ward of Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State have fled their homes after bandits invaded and took...
A clash between bandits suspected to be Fulani militia and vigilantes in the Bangalala town of Wase local government area of Plateau State, has left 18...
Bandits have killed three people during an attack on Damari village in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits also abducted at least...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday morning attacked a commercial bus belonging to the Katsina State Transport Authority (KSTA) and killed the driver. The Managing...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, has disclosed that no fewer than 1,837 persons were killed by bandits and terrorists...
Bandits on Thursday abducted nine people at Kuchi Village, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. Residents told journalists on Friday the gunmen who invaded the...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday branded youths killed by the South-East security outfit, Ebubeagu, at a wedding ceremony in Awomamma, Oru West local government...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, declared on Monday that his government was battle ready to confront bandits, kidnappers and other criminals in the state. Mohammed...
Bandits on Thursday killed two people and abducted one other during an attack on Garin Gabas village in Malam Madori Local Government Area of Jigawa State....
Armed bandits have killed the immediate past secretary of the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Abubakar Aliyu. Aliyu, who was abducted three weeks ago,...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has made a pledge to wipe out bandits and terrorists in the state and make it a paradise for all. Matawalle...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday morning abducted a Catholic Priest of St. Charles Catholic Church in Zambina, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State,...
Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sani Musa, has lamented the horrendous killings of residents of Shiroro Local Government Area of the...