A weekend attack killed six Beninese soldiers with the army having “neutralised” 17 unnamed assailants in response, a military source said on Monday. Observers are increasingly...
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa The Police Command in Katsina State has wasted 11 suspected bandits and saveed 85 kidnapped victims in January 2025. The Police Public Relations...
The bandits who kidnapped the Head of the Zamfara State Office of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, Alh. Bashir Aliyu Abara Gummi, are demanding...
*Alerts residents as bandits flee military operations By Francesca Hangeior The Sokoto State Government has issued a warning to residents to remain vigilant as military operations...
The Katsina State Police Command said its operatives successfully foiled a bandits’ attack on Ruwan Doruwa village, Dutsinma LGA, Katsina State. Seven suspected bandits were neutralized...
A school building in Fakai village, reportedly used as a food storage facility by the notorious bandit leader Bello Turji, has been destroyed. The facility, which...
Armed bandits executed a brutal attack on Nasarawa Gabas, a locality in the Dunkawa region of Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State, pillaging food...
The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of four persons by suspected Lakurawa bandits in Gumki village, Arewa Local Government Area of the state....
Suspected bandits have kidnapped at least 46 people, including women and children, during a violent raid on Gana town in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. The attack...
The Benue Volunteer Security Guard has arrested an alleged bandits’ informant in Ohimini Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, who was arrested on Tuesday,...
Armed bandits led by a notorious kingpin, Danisuhu, have imposed a crippling levy of ₦172.7 million on 25 villages in Tsafe West, Zamfara State, plunging the...
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa Suspected bandits launched an attack on Unguwar Rogo in the Ugom community, Maro Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, setting fire...
Bandits have snatched foodstuffs and drinks from a man on a motorcycle at Gidan Abe community in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. A community leader from...
There are indications that notorious bandit leader Bello Turji has established a new base. The base is reportedly located in the Indaduwa Forest, approximately three kilometres...
Atsi Kefas, the sister of the Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, who was “accidentally shot” by a police escort while wading off bandits’ attack, is dead,...
Bandits in Zamfara State have rejected N3m offered as ransom for the release of 26 abducted persons from Gidan-Goga village, Maradun Local Government Area. An indigene...
The Katsina State Police Command has foiled two separate kidnap attempts in Jibia and Faskari Local Government Areas of the state. The command also rescued 20...
Troops under Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have eliminated three bandits and rescued 25 kidnapped victims during an operation in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State....
Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, reportedly attacked Jumai Kefas, the mother of Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, along with her daughter, Atsi Kefas. The attacks which...
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State on Monday presented the State’s 2025 Budget Proposal to the state House of Assembly. This is the second full year...
