A tactical operation against insecurity and banditry in the North West turned tragic on Monday when gunmen ambushed a convoy of security personnel in Zamfara State, killing five soldiers and one police officer. The incident occurred along the Bingi-Kekun Waje-Gusau Road at Gidan Wagni, shortly after troops of Operation Fansan Yamma had concluded a successful […]
The lawmaker representing Kebbi South Senatorial District, Garba Maidoki, has asked for a lasting solution to end banditry in Northern and other parts of Nigeria. He made this statement on Wednesday at the Senate plenary during a heated debate on security challenges in the country. His comment is coming against the backdrop of the recent […]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, October 1, declared that Nigeria’s armed forces are winning the battle against terrorism, banditry and separatist violence, even as new data shows a surge in killings across the country. In his Independence Day broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 65th anniversary, Tinubu praised the military, saying they are “winning the war against […]
Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, has accused the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) of politicising security while deflecting responsibility for rising banditry across the country. In a series of posts on his X account, El-Rufai responded to a press statement by ONSA which dismissed his earlier claim that the agency pays […]
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has released a press statement to rebut El-Rufai’s claim about the government paying incentives to bandits. El-Rufai had alleged in an interview with Channels TV Sunday Politics program that ONSA pays a stipulated amount of money to bandits and still couldn’t deal with the issue of insecurity. […]
SBM Intelligence, a geopolitical research consultancy firm, said at least 4,722 people were kidnapped in 997 incidents across Nigeria between July 2024 and June 2025, with no fewer than 762 victims killed. The report, titled “Locust Business: The Economics of Nigeria’s Kidnap Industry”, showed that kidnappers demanded about N48 billion in ransom during the period […]
***warn saboteurs and collaborators against plans to distract Matawalle, armed forces The Concerned Scholars for Peace and Development (CSPD) has thrown its weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s efforts to tackle banditry in the country. In a statement signed by its President, Dr. Zaharadeen Mohammed Kabir, the group warned saboteurs and collaborators not to distract […]
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, on Friday, said the Federal Government’s proposed legal framework on mining would end banditry in the state. Matawalle in a statement signed by Malam Yusuf Idris, his Director-General Media Public Enlightenment and Communication, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for setting up the committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has said that seven states in the North West and North Central have agreed to recruit 3,000 special vigilantes to assist in combating banditry and kidnapping. Masari disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen on the sideline of a Consultative Meeting with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai […]
The ongoing banditry, Boko Haram attacks, secessionist agitations among other security challenges in the country has been blamed on the neglect of critical sector of the society by those in leadership position. Making this assertion at the weekend at the sidelines of the Speech/Prize giving day and foundation laying ceremony of Mater Amabilis Children School, […]
*Says APC leaders must answer for killings Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being responsible for the escalated tension, indignation, violence, mass killing, kidnapping, terrorism and banditry ravaging various parts of our country. The PDP in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan […]
*Reject separatist agitations Worried by unabated kidnapping and festering banditry threatening the peace of the nation, All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the Southwest met in Lagos on Sunday to deliberate on the way forward. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted the meeting, which was held behind closed doors for about five hours, at the State House […]
By Fassy Yusuf NO doubt we are living in an era that has made life to be brutish and nasty for the average Nigerian. It was Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), an English philosopher who in 1651 in his famous book ‘Leviathan’ expounded an influential formulation of social contract theory. The main political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes […]
…Call for prosecution of bandits …Caution against ethnicising crimes to avoid war …Condemn fake news, abuse of social media Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja To stem rising cases of banditry, kidnapping, rape and other forms of insecurity in the country, the governors of the 36 States have demanded a review of the ECOWAS protocol on trans-human movement. […]
Defence Headquarters, Thursday, said the menace of banditry and insurgency will soon come to an end, following the stepping up of both kinetic and non-kinetic operations. It said with the ongoing operations, the days of the bandits and terrorists are numbered, adding that the various operations against the criminals have continued to “progress satisfactorily”. Coordinator […]
Farmers in Northern Nigeria now negotiate with bandits before they are allowed to access their farms. Adding to this, they pay at least N1.7m annually as tax and harvest fees to avoid being abducted, Daily Times gathered. “Our people have stopped going to their farmlands for fear of being kidnapped or killed. Kidnapping has become […]
The kidnapped children of a former Zamfara Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Bello Dankande have regained freedom. READ ALSO: Bandits raid commissioner’s home in Zamfara, kidnap three children Dankande, while speaking with newsmen in Gusau on Monday, said the victims regained freedom after the payment of N5 million. Daily Times reports that […]
Sen. Kabiru Barkiya representing Kastina Central has on Thursday said that the incessant banditry in the state would fizzle out soon. Daily Times reports that Kastina state Governor, Aminu Bello Masari had last week in Abuja at the Presidential Villa, expressed concern to President Muhamnadu Buhari that nine out of the 34 local government areas […]
The Police Commissioner in Niger, Mr Adamu Usman, has urged the people of the state to support the police with reliable and credible information in the ongoing fight against banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling in the area. Usman made the call on Thursday while addressing mobile police officers and vigilance groups deployed to fight bandits […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again decried the failure of the Buhari administration to contain the incessant killings of vulnerable Nigerians by insurgents and bandits in Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Kaduna, Kogi, Taraba states and other parts of the country. PDP asserted that the APC government is facing the consequences of importing election mercenaries […]