Twenty persons were slain by gunmen who were thought to be herders on Friday night in Taraba State‘s Ussa Local Government Area and Yangtu Development Area, according to local sources who spoke with our correspondent
Agents from the Department of Force Intelligence’s Intelligence Response Team and the Police Special Tactical Squad have captured a notorious bandit commander in Zamfara State. ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the force’s public relations officer, announced this
Bandits holding inhabitants of Zamfara State’s Birnin Magaji hamlet hostage have refused to release them after their wives were freed by the youths who had kidnapped them, In vengeance for a recent kidnapping episode in
On Wednesday night, bandits attacked Gidan-damo village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing three people, injuring seven, and kidnapping eight more. Local resident Umar Sani told The PUNCH on Friday that the
Residents of at least 23 local government areas in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states are battling to survive as kidnappers, cattle rustlers and bandits activity has become irresistible and making live difficult. The News Agency
Two teachers were killed when bandits stormed a secondary school in Plateau State‘s Riyom Local Government Area. According to information obtained, the victims were a young married couple who worked as teachers at the BECO
A deadly terrorist named Dogo Gide and his followers have taken credit for shooting down a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter close to Chukuba Ward in Niger State’s Shiroro Local Government Area. According to a
Friends and family members have posted before and after images of one Saalabata Lawal Maisaje, who was released on Friday, April 7, after being held captive for three months. Maisaje was reportedly kidnapped by bandits
Bandits operating in Katsina State have ‘arrested’ a suspected thief found with stolen materials in a community. According to reports, the middle-aged man specializes in pulling out metal rods and removing iron bars from uncompleted
The headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba, Bali town, State was on Sunday night attacked by bandits. Eyewitnesses told Punch that the bandits who rode into the town on motorcycles, killed a personnel
Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa has said that bandits are terrorists and carry out attacks that not different from those of known terrorist groups. The Senator who is one of the latest high-profile Nigerians to have joined
Nigerian Military has captured a dreaded bandits’ leader and cattle rustler, Alhaji Goma Sama’ila. Eyewitnesses’ reports indicated that Sama’ila was responsible for organising several thefts of cows in Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and other North-West states
Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari, has posited that the bandits who are ravaging the North are mostly the Fulani people. According to Masari, their same Fulani kinsmen form a majority of the bandit’s population
Bandits have invaded the Afaka barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna State, killing a naval officer. The bandits were also said to have also kidnapped two majors. According to Daily Trust, the bandits
The Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has appealed to bandits to stop the incessant abduction of school children across the nation. The minister made the appeal on Tuesday night when he featured as a