Tag: bandits
Katsina governor sympathises with Batsari community
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has sympathised with people of Batsari Local Government Area, where 18 farmers were killed…
NAF kills 12 bandits, rescue 15 kidnap victims
The Nigerian Air Force says 12 bandits were killed in airstrikes conducted in Kamuku Forest area in the north-western part…
Bandits abduct 3-month old baby, 7 others, kill 2 in Zamfara
Security forces are now trailing yet to be identified gunmen who invaded Kanoma village in Maru Local Government Area of…
NAF neutralises 12 bandits, rescues 15 kidnapped victims in Kaduna
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says its Operation DIRAN MIKIYA Air Task Force (ATF) in collaboration with troops of the…
Emir asks FG to probe Zamfara banditry
Zamfara Council of Chiefs has requested the Federal Government to set up a panel or commission of inquiry to establish…
Nigerian govt launches massive operations against bandits, kidnappers
There are at least five security operations, counter and preemptive being undertaken by the Nigerian police, the army and the…
Katsina attack: Bandits kill One, injure three – Police
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the attack on Wagini village in Batsari Local Government Area of the state.…
Troops kill 2 bandits In Kaduna, recover weapons
Troops killed two bandits and recovered some weapons after they raided one of their den in Gonan Bature East of…
20 bandits massacred in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) for “Operation DIRAN MIKIYA” has destroyed the camp of…
Bandits killed 10 in Katsina communities – Police
The police in Katsina State have confirmed the killing of 10 persons by bandits at Gobirawa and Sabawa villages in…
Bandits block Kaduna-Abuja highway again, hundreds of motorists unaccounted for
Kidnappers on Monday afternoon blocked the Kaduna-Abuja Express way forcing several motorists to abandon their vehicles and head for nearby…
Zamfara under pressure from bandits for more than 10 years — SSG
Zamfara State has been under pressure from bandits for more than 10 years now, the Secretary to the State Government,…
Troops kill 10 bandits in Zamfara
Troops of Operation Diran Mikiya on Monday killed 10 bandits at their camp at Sububu forest, Zamfara State.
NAF aircraft neutralises several bandits in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has neutralised no fewer than…
Troops kill 6 bandits, arrest 18 informants in Zamfara
Troops have killed six bandits in various clearance operations in Zamfara villages and arrested 18 of their informants, including a…
No room for negotiation with bandits – Zamfara CP
The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Mr Celestine Okoye has said that the security agents in the state will not…
35 Bandits massacred in Zamfara, 40 hostages rescued
No fewer than 35 bandits have been massacred in Zamfara and 40 hostages, including children, women and men rescued by…
Many feared dead as bandits attack Katsina
Many people have been feared dead as bandits attacked Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina state and destroyed houses and…
We’ll take decisive action against bandits, kidnappers in Zamfara – IGP
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Tuesday visited Zamfara and pledged more decisive action against bandits and kidnappers…
Bandits kill 3,526 people in Zamfara – Yari
The Zamfara Government has said that a total of 3,526 persons were killed by armed bandits in the state in…
NAF launches operation ‘Tsaftan Daji’ to flush out bandits in Zamfara, other states
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday, launched operation “Tsaftan Daji” (Clean Forest), to flush out bandits in the North-West.…
Bandits’ Attacks: Nigerian Govt Suspends Mining Activities in Zamfara
The federal government through the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu on Sunday announced the suspension of mining…
2 Policemen, 3 bandits die in supremacy battle in Kaduna
Two policemen and three bandits have died in a battle of supremacy to weaken the stranglehold of bandits in some…
NAF destroys bandits’ logistics Base in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has successfully destroyed a bandits’…
Insecurity: Lawmaker seeks reform of police, judicial systems in Nigeria
Rimamnde Shawulu, Chairman, House of Reps. Committee on Army, says reforming the police and judicial systems is the antidote to…
Flogging of suspected bandits unacceptable – NAF
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has condemned the reported flogging and physical assault of suspected bandits by some military personnel…
North Korean doctor abducted by bandits in Zamfara
Bandits have abducted a North Korean doctor attached to Tsafe Local Government General Hospital in Zamfara state, Dr Jen Sunail.…
Bandits kidnap four policemen, kill another in Zamfara
Bandits have kidnapped four policemen and killed another at Anka Local Government Area in Zamfara State.
Bandits kill policeman, abduct four in Zamfara
A group of unidentified bandits attacked a mining site on Wednesday in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara, killing one…
Zamfara: Troops kill 55 bandits, rescue 760 abductees
Troops of Operation Sharan Daji have killed 55 bandits and rescued 760 persons abducted from villages in Zamfara state.