The Kebbi Police Command has confirmed an attack by bandits on security operatives along the Maje border road in Bagudo Local Government Area. The command spokesman, SP Bashir Usman, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi. Usman said the incident occurred on Feb. 20 at about 9:45 p.m., when the […]
According to the Nigerian Army, several troops and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) lost their lives defending Mandaragirau in Borno state from a fierce ISWAP attack. Sani Uba, the media information officer for the Joint Task Force (north-east) headquarters, said in a statement that Nigeria troops stopped coordinated terrorist strikes in Pulka […]
Miraculously 80 of the Christian worshippers, who were among the 166 abducted during a Church service at Kurmin Wali in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna state have escaped from bandits captivity. The Village Head of Kurmin Wali, Ishaku Dan’azumi, who disclosed this in an interview on Sunday, said those escaped have been reunited with their families. […]
Early last year 2025, a renown Islamic Cleric from Maru town was Kidnapped, kept for some days and killed after ransom was paid. Also in January this year 2026, an Islamic Cleric is kidnapped in Gusau town and killed after a ransom of of two million, seventy thousand (N20,70,0000) was forcefully collected from […]
The Bauchi State police command says it has rescued four kidnapped victims and killed one bandit during a gunfight. Ahmed Wakil, police public relations officer (PPRO), said in a statement on Saturday that the operation also led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle. He said the operation followed information received from residents of Yalo […]
…Police to honour officers gruesomely murdered in Delta BY GABRIEL IDIBIA & NOSA AKENZUA Kaduna State Police Command, under the leadership of Commissioner of Police (CP) Ali Audu Dabigi, said the command has successfully apprehended a notorious bandit who masterminded Fadan Kamanta inferno, where a seminarian and a church were burnt to ashes in 2023. […]
By Austin Danladi At least three persons were reported dead when rampaging bandits attacked the residence of a middle aged man, Menchang Amos Bako, from Langtan village, in Tarok L.G.A of Plateau State. Menchang, a resident of Plateau State, but resident in Kano, was similarly attacked in 2021 by bandits who accused him of being […]
BY BARTH EZE The informant, and logistics supplier to Abuja’s notorious and wanted bandit leaders, Ibraheem Idris, has been apprehended in Abuja. According to Idris, he supplies intelligence, while Shehu is the bandits’ armourer, while one Dan Umma, supplies arms. They work and facilitate operations for the three bandit leaders, Jalel, Ja’e, Yakubu, Umar, who […]
The bandit that masterminded students from Government Science Secondary School, Auwal Daudawa surrenders his arms along with five of his gang members. According to reports gathered from BBC Hausa, Auwal Daudawa is the brain behind Kankara students abduction which took place in December, 2020 inside the school premises. This information was confirmed by Abubakar Muhammad […]
Two persons have been feared dead and about 2,000 cattle rustled in a renewed bandit attack at Erena community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state. It was gathered that the incident which took place st 7am on Sunday at Erena and its environs however, left many people injured. The bandits numbering over 100 […]
New war against crime has been declared by the police as Ekiti and Osun State Police Commands have now taken proactive measures to stop cross-border banditry in the two state by fortifying patrols in all border towns to reinforce security of the states. This synergy was reached at a meeting presided over yesterday by the […]