Southern Kaduna: Community calls investigation into kidnapping, killings of kinsmen by bandits
The people of Dokan Karji community, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have called on the Nigerian military to…
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Bandits set farms on fire, destroy harvested maize in Kaduna
Bandits have set fire to harvested maize on six farms in Kwaga and Unguwar Zako communities in Birnin Gwari Local…
Nigerian troops in gun battle with Turji Bello-led bandits in Sokoto
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday morning engaged in a fierce battle with bandits led by Turji Bello. The…
Bandits kill three, abduct scores along Gusau-Funtua road
Gunmen suspected to be bandits with sophisticated weapons unleashed an attack on workers of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal…
Group decry incessant bandit attacks on Benue community
The Forum of Tyoshim Academics, FoTA, has decried the incessant bandit attacks on Tyoshim community of Gwer-West of Benue State…
One injured, another killed as bandits invade Kwara community
An unidentified person has reportedly been injured while one other was killed on Thursday when bandits invaded the Oreke-Okegbo community…
Man supplying food to bandits arrested in Ekiti
A man by name Musa Abdulai, suspected to be an agent of the bandits in Ekiti State and supplying food…
Insecurity: Communities along Gusau-Funtua Road demand military action against bandits
Residents of Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara State and Yankara area of Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State…
Insecurity: Over 300 Boko Haram, bandit commanders eliminated in my administration – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said that no fewer than 300 commanders of the Boko Haram insurgents and bandits have been…
Zamfara farmer urges Nigerian govt to expose bandits’ sponsors, sustain fight
The federal government and the military have been urged to sustain the ongoing fight against banditry, as it is the…
Bandits attack Kaduna churches, kill 3, kidnap pastor, 30 others
At least three Christian worshipers have been killed following an unprovoked attack by daredevil bandits in Bakinpah-Maro, a community in…
Military, other security forces neutralize scores of bandits in Zamfara
Scores of bandits have reportedly been neutralized by the military and other security forces who engaged them in a gun…
Bandits block Zamfara highway, abduct travellers
Armed bandits have blocked the Gusau-Funtua highway in Zamfara State, kidnapping an unspecified number of travelers in an early-morning attack…
Police kill bandits, recover firearms in Benue
Operatives of the Benue State Police Command have killed suspected bandits and recovered firearms in Mbafyan, Mbachir Council Ward, Katsina-Ala…
Bandits attack mosque, kill two in Zamfara
Armed bandits in the early hours of Tuesday attacked a mosque in a community in Zamfara State, killing two worshippers.…
Bandits release 40 of 150 abducted residents in Niger State
Forty out of the 150 residents abducted from Kuchi community in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, have been…
Bandits kill over 50 farmers, set military armoured vehicle ablaze in Katsina
Bandits in Kankara, Katsina State, have launched attacks on communities, preventing them from participating in their farming activities. DAILY POST…
KDSG confirms killing of five bandits, recovery of arms, ammunition by troops
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of five bandits in Kajuru LGA by troops and the recovery of…
Bandits kill seven policemen, 12 villagers in Zamfara
Bandits, on Thursday, killed 12 villagers and seven policemen in an attack on a Zamfara State community. Commissioner of Police…
Residents fleeing bandit attack drown in Niger State
Four residents of Niger State drowned while fleeing from a bandit attack in the Gurmana community of Shiroro Local Government…
Bandits make failed bid to abduct Zamfara Hajj Commission chair, kill son, aide
Terrorists have attacked the residence of the Chairman of the Zamfara State Haji Commission, ZSHC, Alhaji Musa Malaha in Gusau,…
Zamfara govt hails troops’ renewed onslaught against bandits
Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has commended the Joint Task Force, JTF, troops for their renewed large-scale onslaught against…
Zamfara: Bandits make fresh attempt to abduct Zurmi Emir
Gang of bandits have again stormed Zurmi town, the headquarters of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, with the…
Insecurity: Bandits kill NSCDC commander in Benue
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed a commander of agro ranger of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
We’ve taken measures to rid Nasarawa of bandits, kidnappers – Gov Sule
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Wednesday said his administration has put measures to rid the state of bandits…
Military neutralizes scores of bandits, recovers arms in Zamfara
The Joint Task Force, Northwest Operation Haderin Daji, OPHD troops on April 12th, 2024, dominated Babban Doka, Gobirawar Challi, and…
Bandits attack: We’re not noise makers – Okai fires back at Gov Ododo
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Representatives candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency in the 2023 elections, Austin Okai, on…
Police neutralise two notorious bandits in Benue
The Police Command in Benue State has neutralised two notorious bandits in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area (LGA) of the state…
Give bandits promising future – Buhari’s ex-minister tells Tinubu
A former Minister of Communication Adebayo Shittu has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to promise bandits a promising…
Bandits kill one, kidnap seven women in Kaduna
Bandits on Thursday kidnapped eight persons and killed one person in Banono settlement under Angwaku community, Kufana Chiefdom in Kajuru…
Police recover seven bodies of passengers attacked by bandits in Taraba
The Taraba State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the recovery of seven bodies of the passengers of…
Bandits demand N40trillion ransom on Kaduna captives
Bandits have demanded the sum of N40 trillion to release the 16 residents recently abducted from the Gonin Gora area…
Bandits invade Kaduna Mosque, gun down worshippers
The gunmen on Friday attacked a Mosque in Angwar Makera, Kwasakwasa Community in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna…
Terrorism: Bandits attack where there’s no military presence – Defence Minister
The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, has disclosed the latest approach by bandits in the Northern part of Nigeria. Badaru…
Bandits attack Benue communities, kill soldier, residents
Several people, including a soldier, were reportedly killed in separate attacks by suspected bandits in Kwande and Apa Local Government…
Military neutralizes one bandit, rescues two kidnap victims in Zamfara
Troops of Joint Task Force Northwest of Operation Haderin Daji, OPHD, on February 29, executed a rescue mission, rescued two…
Bandits attacks: Katsina Governor seeks federal reinforcements
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umar Radda, has called on the federal government to provide additional reinforcements to combat the…
Troops neutralize bandits, rescue eight kidnap victims in Zamfara
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have neutralized scores of terrorists and rescued eight…
Bandits kill one of seven captives over failure to pay N290m ransom
Bandits have killed one out of seven persons abducted from Kuduru community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital…
Zamfara Gov visits communities attacked by bandits in B/Magaji, Zurmi
Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has visited communities attacked by bandits, renewing his administration’s commitment to end insecurity in…
‘We only blocked supply chain to bandits’ – Zamfara govt denies banning bread production
Zamfara State Government has clarified that it did not ban bread production in any part of the state. Governor Dauda…
Bandits kill 6, injure 10 in Katsina community – Police
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the killing of six people by bandits in an attack in Faskari Local…
Zamfara police confirms killing of DCO by bandits
Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed that a group of armed men suspected to be bandits, wielding sophisticated weapons, attacked…
Zamfara: Seven feared killed as bandits attack police division
No fewer than seven people are feared dead in an attack by armed bandits who invaded the divisional headquarters of…
Bandits threatening to attack me – Gov Radda cries out
The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, disclosed on Friday that rampaging bandits terrorising some parts of the state are…
‘Fish out illegal miners, bandits in your domains’- Oyo govt to LG chairmen, traditional rulers
The Oyo State Government has advised local government chairmen and traditional rulers across the state to fish out illegal miners,…
Five vigilantes missing after clash with bandits in Katsina
Five vigilante members have gone missing after battling bandits at Dogon Marke village in Safana LGA, Katsina State. The vigilantes…
Bandits: Troops rescue three victims in Taraba
Troops of the 114 Battalion (Rear) of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in Jalingo, have rescued three individuals who fell…
After 10 years of barrenness, bandits kill nursing mother, her mum in FCT
Despite the efforts of the security operatives to tackle the deteriorating security crisis in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja,…
Troops eliminate three bandits, seize weapons in Taraba
Troops of the 6 Brigade of the Nigeria Army in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, have neutralized three bandits…