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Insecurity: Niger imposes curfew on two LGs

    FOLLOWING increased attacks by terrorists in Shiroro Local Government Area during the week, which claimed many lives and left several others injured, the...

Bandits Launch Fresh Attack On Katsina Communities, Kill 17 Persons

    Bandits have launched a fresh attack on Karfi District in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State and reportedly killed 17 persons....

BREAKING: Bandits Invade Police Station, Kill 3 Officers, Kidnap Others

    Three police officers were on Thursday killed, while an unspecified number of others were abducted in a banditry raid of a police station in Niger State....

Yoruba Monarch, Ooni Imposes Curfew, Bans Night Prayers In Churches, Mosques Over Bandits’ Attacks

    The Ooni of Ife, Yoruba’s foremost traditional ruler, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has ordered a restriction of movement in Ile-Ife, Osun State, from 11pm to 5am...

Gunmen kill 11, set ablaze over 30 houses in fresh Southern Kaduna attack

    The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that 11 locals were killed in Southern Kaduna on Sunday, while over 30 houses were burnt by gunmen. No fewer than...

Why bandits are now classified as terrorists — Osinbajo

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in Katsina on Saturday, said the reason why the Federal Government “officially declared bandits as terrorists  is to...

Again, gunmen invade another community in Ondo, kill two

    Bandits have attacked another community in Ondo State, a few days after Molege, a neighbouring village was razed. Nationnewslead assembled that a community...

Pictures Of Northern Governors Posing With Associate Of Bandits’ Leader, Turji Raise Suspicion

    Some photographs taken in the recent past showing two governors and an associate of notorious bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji, standing together have...

Declare full-fledged war on bandits — Senate to FG

    WORRIED by the continued cases of banditry in the country especially in Niger State, with massive killing and wanton destruction of property, the Senate...

Just In: Soldiers in fierce gun battle with bandits in Kaduna

    Soldiers and bandits engaged in a fierce gun battle at the Ung uwar Musa Tudun Wada Kudansa in Maraban Rido, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State,...

List of bandits and their leaders in Zamfara

    A university don, Dr. Murtala A. Rufai of the University of Sokoto has enumerated the number of bandit leaders and estimated followers in Zamfara State,...

Bandits attack 3 LGs, kill 9, injure 5

    THE Kaduna State government, yesterday, said bandits killed nine persons, while five others were injured and hundreds of animals rustled, in three...

Suspects named Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu as bandits, kidnappers’ sponsors – Imo govt

    Imo State Government says some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers.   Nwosu,...

EXCLUSIVE: Bandits Write Christians In Zamfara To Shut Down Churches Or Risk Attacks

    A group of bandits has written to the Christian community in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria to close churches or risk ferocious attacks, Nationnewslead...

Bandits demand N299m for abducted police orderly, Kaduna worshippers

    Bandits, who abducted Dambo Hosea, the police orderly of a slain former governorship aspirant in Zamfara State, Sagir Hamidu, along the Kaduna-Abuja...

‘How bandits killed our husbands, made us widows’

    The bandit attacks in several communities across Niger State, especially Shiroro Local Government Area which seems to be the worst hit, has left a lot of...

BREAKING: Suspected Fulani herdsmen abduct 10 travelers, rape, stab woman to death in Abia

    It was a tale of horror and agony in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State as bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, Thursday evening, abducted...

Bandits kill one, abduct family of six from their farm

    A man simply identified as Ayuba has been killed by bandits and his six family members kidnapped in a farm at Labgeta community in Kogi local area of Kogi...

Governor El-Rufai Begs Kaduna Residents Not To Vote Against APC Party Despite Rising Banditry, Killings

    Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has begged the people of Kaduna state not to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023 so as not to put...

EXCLUSIVE: Police Demand N60,000 To Track Phone Numbers Of Bandits

    According to a source, after a story done by Nationnewslead revealing the threats made by bandits against the community, the elders of the community were...