The Niger State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the killing of a foreign national by suspected bandits in Rafi local government area of the state. The...
The Police command in Niger State has confirmed the abduction of a foreign national and a Nigerian by suspected bandits on Monday. They were abducted in...
The Nigerian government has accused world powers of frustrating the war against Boko Haram and bandits terrorizing most part of the country. It has, therefore appealed...
The Kaduna State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 217 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, bandits and cattle rustlers among others, who were arrested between April 29 and...
The Defence Headquarters has claimed that no fewer than seven bandits have been killed and their hideouts destroyed in three theatre areas of Katsina, Zamfara and...
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has promised a gift of two cows in exchange for every one AK47 rifle surrendered by any repentant bandits...
The Defence Headquarters has said several bandits have been killed by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in Zamfara State. A statement by the Coordinator of Defence...
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that some Boko Haram terrorists had relocated to the North-West and North-Central where they operate as bandits. The Coordinator, Defence Media...
Katsina State Police Command, has confirmed the gruesome murder of 15 farmers by bandits at Yar Gamji village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina...
The Nigerian Military has reacted to allegations made by Tiv leaders residing in Taraba State under the aegis of ‘Tiv Cultural and Social Association (TCSA) that...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Wednesday the military would not engage in dialogue with bandits or other criminal elements in a...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that two foreign bandits were arrested at Gama Aiki located at Kasuwan Ango Community in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA)...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of four persons in fresh bandit attack at Yartalata village, Tsafe local government area of the...
Ten bandits’ camps in four states in the North-West zone have been destroyed by ten aircraft with dozens of Special Forces in the ongoing ‘Operation Wutar...
The Kaduna State government has dismissed speculations over alleged 600 killer bandits taking shelter at Zangang Hill. Residents, around the Zangang Hill, had earlier informed the...
The Katsina State Police Command Monday declared wanted a notorious bandit, Adamu Aliero-Yankuzo and placed N5 million bounty on his head. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is lamentable that bandits have become so emboldened by the failure of the APC administration to the extent of...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday morning killed the village head of Mazoji, Matazu local government area of Katsina State, Alhaji Dikko Usman. Eyewitnesses told...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday warned bandits terrorizing states in the North West to surrender their weapons or face “disgraceful and violent ends. The president, according...
The Defence Headquarters said on Saturday the troops of the newly-launched Operation Accord killed at least 70 armed bandits and cattle rustlers during operations in Kashia...
An operation in Kashia Forest in Kaduna State by troops of the newly-launched Operation Accord on Friday has left no fewer than 70 armed bandits and...
Police in Zamfara has refuted media reports that bandits killed about 120 persons in recent attacks in the state. The police said through the state Police...
Troops of the Nigerian Airforce on ground have been ordered to locate and neutralise all bandits taking refuge in Katsina State and to also submit weekly...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, said on Wednesday the state government had pulled out of its peace agreement with bandits terrorizing the people of the state....
The more things change… Yes, it’s been five years since Buhari began another tinkering with Nigeria. The first time, he did so all starched up in...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Friday expressed grief at the increasing banditry in the North-West of the country. El-Rufai, who spoke to State House correspondents after...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Thursday urged the Federal Government to deploy troops to Sokoto to check bandits’ attacks in the state. The forum charged the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts at ensuring an end to banditry and other crimes in the state....
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has charged frontline troops to deal with bandits. He said the troops should not give...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday assured that action would be taken against bandits in Katsina State. Katsina is one of the states in Nigeria where bandits...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government to implement a report of its ad-hoc committee to address killings by bandits in...
An attack by bandits in Gonar Rogo village, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday, has left 15 persons dead. The police in...
Nigerian Army has said that operations conducted by its troops have left no less than 17 bandits killed in Kaduna State. A statement by the Coordinator...
A security guard, simply identified as Emmanuel has been killed by bandits who invaded Danhono II and Doka Mai-Jama’a communities within the Millennium City, Chikun Local...
Troops of Operation Hadarin were on Tuesday ambushed by bandits in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, leading to the death of four of the...
The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday said the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki, on April 19, neutralised several armed bandits at Maguga in Rafi Local Government...
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday condemned the latest attacks by bandits in three local government areas of Katsina State. At least 47 persons were killed by the...
The Katsina State Police Command said Sunday suspected bandits killed 47 people in early morning attacks on communities in three local government areas of the state....
Troops of the Operation Hadarin Daji on Saturday neutralised about 10 bandits terrorising residents of Zamfara and Sokoto states, the Defence Headquarters said in a statement...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Friday confirmed that four people were killed in fresh attack by bandits in Katsira village of Gusau Local Government Area...
Mansur Mohammed, a 300-level student of the Federal University, Gusau has been arrested for allegedly supplying hard drugs to bandits that have been terrorising the state....
The Zamfara State Police Command has said that its unit has killed a suspected bandit while arresting two others in a recent raid in Tsafe Local...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday declared that the bandits committing atrocities in North West are terrorists. Adamu, who spoke at a meeting with...
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has reacted to the deadly attacks suffered by residents of Igabi and Giwa Local Government Areas in the hands...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday warned the bandits and other criminal elements in the country they cannot be lucky always. The President, in a statement issued...
Over 30 persons were said to have been killed by suspected bandits in some villages in Igabi and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State. Several...
Emerging reports say the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and hundreds of other passengers escaped an attack by suspected kidnappers in Kaduna on Sunday evening. The...
Suspected bandits on Friday evening killed at least 30 people in Tsauwa and Dankar villages in Batsari local government area of Katsina State. The District Head...
Reports emanating from Bakali Village, Fika District in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, say 16 members of a family were Tuesday afternoon burnt...
Suspected bandits on Saturday afternoon killed three people during an attack on the Grumana Community in Shiroro local government area of Niger State. At least 50...
