Tag: bandits
Nigerian Troops shoot 15 bandits dead, arrest 48 others
The Defence Headquarters said troops operating in North West and North Central have arrested 48 bandits and eliminated 15 in…
Senate mourns over 120 Nigerians killed by bandits in Sokoto market
The Senate on Tuesday held a minute silence to mourn the killing of over 120 Nigerians by bandits at the…
Dozens of bandits dead in military air strikes in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Government, on Wednesday, said that dozens of bandits had been neutralized and their camps destroyed by air…
It’s fake news, bandits not relocating to Kano – NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has dismissed a statement circulating in the social media…
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…
JUST IN: 10 more students of Bethel Baptist school released after ransom paid
Bandits have released 10 more students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kaduna State.
Bandits kill one, abduct several others in Tangaza Sokoto
The armed bandits killed the trader on the spot and shot another young girl who died after being taken to…
Breaking: Mass arrests of bandits, kidnappers, murderers in Niger
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Saturday…
FG lauded over telecoms shutdown in Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi
Some of them even expressed anger that issues on ‘effect of the shutdown’ were being raised, when such a decisive…
Onslaught against bandits thickens in Zamfara (Photos)
Nigerian troops are overrunning bandits in Zamfara State with massive bombardment and arresting hundreds of them.
War in Zamfara: Nigeria mounts air, land offensive against bandits, many killed
Several camps have been raided, a large number of the bandits have been neutralised, said a security source
Massive gun-battle in Zamfara: Security forces repel hundreds of bandits
The Police tactical operatives, in collaboration with other security agencies, have repelled a large number of armed bandits in their…
Nigerian troops kill 15 bandits, arrest 81 others, free 31 victims
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have arrested 81 bandits, their collaborators and other criminal elements in…
ICYMI: Foreign bandits terrorising Nigerians
Bishop Uzoukwu said that the federal Government should flush out those behind the banditry and deport them to their countries.
Breaking: Bandits abduct hundreds of students in fresh raid in Zamfara school
Suspected bandits have abducted hundreds of students at Kaya Day Secondary School in Zamfara State.
Bishop Martin Uzukwuo: Bandits may not be Nigerians
Bishop Martin Uzukwuo, the Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese on Monday, observed that most of the bandits terrorising residents in…