Tag: bandits
Bandits attack Zamfara: Police, NSCDC give conflicting details
The Zamfara Police Command and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have given accounts of the attack on…
Villagers burn three suspected bandits’ informants to death in Kaduna
Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has directed security agencies to investigate the lynching of three suspected bandits’ informants in Zangon…
Declare bandits terrorists now: Speakers tell Buhari
Bandits have been ravaging the northern part of Nigeria, especially Northwest with thousands of people killed and many kidnapped for…
N20m bribe to bandits: FG speaks, says it’s fake news
The Federal Government on Monday described report that the Nigerian Air Force paid N20 million to bandits in exchange for…
Bandits Kill 30 in Sokoto as Army Chief Visits
About 30 people are feared dead as a result of bandits’ attack on Goronyo township, the headquarters of Goronyo local…
We didn’t pay N20m to bandits in exchange for anti-aircraft gun – NAF
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has rubbished report that it paid N20 million to armed bandits operating in Jibia Local…
Bandits on rampage, shoot 20 villagers dead in Sokoto
Bandits have invaded a market at Ungwan Lalle in Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State and shot 20…
Police arrest suspects supplying fuel to bandits in Niger
The command announced that it arrested 12 suspects for alleged conspiracy, robbery, gunrunning and kidnapping.
Bandits commander Bello Rugga busted, five others shot dead in Zamfara
Elkanah said that the suspect had many bandits under his command at the time of his arrest, adding that AK47…
Abducted ex-Provost Oshadumo killed by stray bullet in Kogi
A retired civil servant, Chief Julius Oshadumo, who was abducted by unknown gunmen about two weeks ago has died in…
Bandits on rampage in Niger, shoot two soldiers dead, injure 12 others
Bandits have shot two soldiers dead and injured 12 others in an attack on Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of…
Declare bandits as terrorists now: Senate tells Buhari
Nigerian Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare rampaging and deadly bandits as terrorists.
Two notorious bandits busted, 10 victims rescued in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested two suspected bandits, two informants and also rescued 10 victims of…
Customs confiscates 202 motorcycles from bandits in Katsina
The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has intercepted 202 motorcycles from suspected bandits and their collaborators in Katsina State between August…
Six suspected bandits set ablaze in Sokoto
Six suspected bandits have reportedly been set ablaze in Sokoto by angry mob in Tangaza Local Government Area of the…