Tag: bandits
Shafa’atu dies after narrating how bandits burnt her 4 kids, mum
30-year-old widow, Hajiya Shafa’atu, has died after she narrated how bandits killed her four children, mother and some relatives of…
65 abducted Baptist Church members freed 35 days after
Bandits have released 65 members of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State after 35…
Niger Police nab 2 suspected bandits
The Police in Niger said it has arrested two suspected bandits and recovered 71 cows and 23 sheep which they…
Gani Adams lied: Bandits not relocating to Kwara – Police
The police command in Kwara said there is no relocation of bandits or kidnappers to the state as claimed by…
Bandits’ errand boy Abdullahi arrested in Kaduna
The suspect, Mohammed Abdullahi Dayabu, was arrested in Saminaka, Kaduna State while conveying 250 rounds of live ammunition and five…
Kaduna gun-battle: Five bandits shot dead
The Kaduna State Government has said security operatives have killed five bandits in Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas(LGAs)…
FG now ready to crush bandits – Malami
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has said the Federal Government's determination to crush…
Bandits are now terrorists, court declares
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared bandits anywhere in the country as terrorists.
Zamfara shuts bakery, filling station for ‘working with bandits’
The Zamfara State Taskforce Committee on Compliance to Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Executive Order on insecurity has ordered the closure of…
Bandits hit Sokoto again, wipe out 15 people
Bandits have wiped out 15 people in a fresh attack in two Local Government Areas in Sokoto State.
Katsina police repel bandits’ attack, rescue 11 victims
The Katsina Police command said it has repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government…
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…