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Residents blame telecom shutdown as bandits kill six, others missing

    No fewer than six people were killed on Friday when gunmen attacked Gwarjo village, in the Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State. Residents...

Bandits sack Sokoto villages, appoint District Heads

    Apart from imposing levies on those who did not flee from their villages due to incessant attacks  by bandits, the bandits have now usurped power and have...

Kaduna Police, CP overpower bandits, many escape with bullet wounds

    The police in Kaduna state have chased a large number of bandits into the forests close to the Abuja-Kaduna highway, as a result, many bandits escaped with...

Assembly orders security meeting as bandits kill 11 in Katsina communities

    A lawyer, Nura Wagine, was among 11 people killed by bandits in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday. The Chairman of the Nigeria...

Senate observes a minute silence for over 120 people killed by bandits in Sokoto market

    THE Senate yesterday observed a minute silence in honour of over 120 Nigerians that were killed by armed bandits at the Gorony market in Sokoto State....

How bandits killed over 11 people, injured many in Katsina

    A Katsina lawaker representing APC Batsari Constituency, Alhaji Jabir Yusuf, has decried the persistent attacks by bandits in some communities in the...

Bandits kill 2 abducted Baptist worshipers, 3 injured

    Two of the 66 worshipers abducted on Saturday October 31,2021, at  Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State  have been killed...

Why N/Assembly asks Buhari to designate bandits as terrorists – REPS

    …charge Nigerian Army to train more personnel in counter-terrorism, banditry …as TRADOC defends N43.3b 2022 budget   House of Representatives,...

Bandits rape two minors in Kwara, attack family head, others with machete

    Unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday attacked Nuku village in Kaima local government of Kwara state, abducted two minors of the same...

Bandits kill 5, abduct worshippers

    The Kaduna State government, yesterday, confirmed that five persons were killed in different locations in Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of the...

Bandits strike at UNI-ABUJA, Kidnap 4 Staffs, 2 children

    Following the Tuesday early hours attack of the Staff Quarters on the University of Abuja and abduction of four staff members  and some children,  the...

Troops kill bandits, arrest their spiritual leader, others in Kaduna

    Troops in Kaduna State have killed many bandits in Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of the state, arrested the wife of a notorious bandit, their...

Bandits conduct house-to-house raid, kill seven, steal 1,500 cows

    Bandits have invaded Yanbuki village in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing seven people and stealing 1,5000 cows and sheep. An...

Army neutralises bandits as govt bans illegal motorparks

    Nigeria Air Force Jets are currently carrying out heavy air bombardments of bandits’ camps in Zamfara State. The State Commissioner of information,...

Ekiti community protests as bandits kidnap couple, two others, demand N10m

    Angry residents of Ajebamidele area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged kidnap of four residents by gunmen...

BREAKING: Bandits invade Zamfara Gov’s hometown, abduct ‘large number’ of students

    Bandits who were in large number stormed Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, and kidnapped over 100...

BREAKING: Bandits kill Senator son, two others

    Some bandits in separate attacks have killed three persons, including a pilot, in two local government areas of Kaduna North and Kajuru, Kaduna State. The...

Banditry: El-Rufai’s changing tune on negotiation

    The words uttered on December 3, 2016 by Governor Nasir El-Rufai, the then one-year-and-six-month-old head of government in Kaduna State, downright...

Kaduna abduction: Bandits release another 32 Baptist students, hold 31

    Another 32 students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna State have regained freedom from bandits after spending 52 days in captivity, with 31 others still...

BREAKING: Major abducted by bandits at NDA is dead

    A major, abducted in the early hours of Tuesday by armed bandits at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, Kaduna has been found dead. The major was kidnapped...