The Bauchi State Police Command has reported a bandit attack on the community and Joint Task Force (JTF) base in Gwana District, Alkaleri LGA, resulting in the deaths of two soldiers and a vigilante. As contained in a press release made available to newsmen by command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Nafiu Habib on […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force successfully repelled a coordinated attack by suspected bandits along the Maje border road in Kebbi State on Friday night. The confrontation occurred at approximately 9:45 p.m. on February 20, 2026. Authorities report that the armed men, believed to be affiliated with the notorious Lakurawa criminal network, attempted to breach […]
A wave of apprehension has gripped the residents of the Mangu Local Government Area in Plateau State following a violent raid by armed bandits that has left a prominent local Imam missing. The attack, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, underscores the persistent “asymmetric threats” facing rural communities and the ongoing challenges in […]
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, says it has arrested 39 suspects who allegedly fled Sokoto State and relocated into forest reserves in the state. Mr Adetunji Adeleye, State Commander of Amotekun, made the disclosure yesterday in Akure while parading the suspects and 22 others arrested for various criminal offences in the state. […]
The Zamfara State Police Command has foiled an attempted invasion of Maru metropolis by armed bandits who planned a mass abduction, also intercepted a Golf vehicle conveying a large quantity of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in a strategic yuletide operation. Acting on timely intelligence, a joint security team comprising the Police, […]
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) attached to the Mobile Police Force, Mopol 12, in Niger State has died while under investigation over alleged diversion of arms and ammunition to bandits operating in parts of the state. The officer, identified as Isah Abdullahi, also known as Kunkuri, was the officer in charge of the Mopol […]
The distribution of relief materials to vulnerable people in northern region by Rev. Joseph John Hayab led Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), 19 Northern States and Abuja, commenced Wednesday in kaduna, beginning with Kaduna state. The initiative largely supported by Barnabas Aid Foundation is targeted at the 1,000 household of vulnerable people especially the victims […]
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi says the abduction of schoolchildren, while condemnable, is a “lesser evil” when compared with the killing of soldiers. In an interview with the BBC published on Tuesday, Gumi said both acts are wrong but differ in severity. He defended earlier comments on the matter, insisting that his assessment is based […]
Yemi Adaramodu, the spokesperson for the Senate, has refuted claims that the federal government paid ransoms to secure the release of abducted students and other victims in Kebbi and Niger states, stating instead that the bandits fled upon realizing the “superior power” of the security forces. Speaking on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s […]
The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of five officers and injured two others in a violent ambush by suspected Fulani bandits in Sabon Sara village, Darazo Local Government Area, on November 22, 2025. A press release made available to newsmen on Sunday evening by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ahmed […]
About fifty of the abducted students of St. Mary’s Secondary and Primary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, were said to have returned after escaping from captivity. This was confirmed in a statement on Sunday by Daniel Atori,an aide to Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State, […]
The Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu has blamed the abduction 25 school girls at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of the state on security personnel on duty at the time of the incident. The governor who demanded a full military investigation into abduction queried the withdrawal […]
Bandits on Saturday killed Umar Moriki, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, as he returned from a political rally in Gusau attended by Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defence. The attackers ambushed the Tsafe-Funtua highway, where they shot dead Moriki, who was travelling to Kaduna State with three […]
Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Chikun local Government Area, Rev. Aminu Ayuba, has appealed to Kaduna State Governor Senator Uba Sani to take urgent action against the renewed cases of kidnappings and banditry in Chikun and Kajuru LGAs of kaduna state. He also lamented that farmers are being forced by bandits to cultivate and […]
While Nigeria is battling to defend US sanction as a country of particular concern, heavily armed Bandits Friday invaded Damakasuwa community in Chawai Chiefdom, Kauru LGA of Southern part of Kaduna State, leaving seven killed and one other person with serious gunshot injury. The Daily Monitor reliably gathered that the assailants invaded the community around […]
By Samuel Luka Armed bandits have kidnapped four people and looted shops in Gyali Village, in Mansur District of Alkaleri LGA, Bauchi State. The Bauchi state police command which confirmed the incident through its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil on Sunday, said a large number of bandits through Yankari Game Reserve, invaded […]
President Bola Tinubu has vowed to deal with non-state actors, including bandits, kidnappers and armed robbers, for inflicting pains on Nigerians, saying they will face consequences of their actions. President Tinubu said this on Wednesday at a summit organised by Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movement, AYDM, a coalition of 130 pan-Yoruba-Itsekiri groups, held in Ikeja, […]
Barely a month after bandits attacked Chibok community and kidnapped 5 farmers, the residents of the community have launched an aggressive manhunt to apprehend and arrest a man accused of secretly working with the bandit group in terrorizing the community, it was confirmed. The local residents accused one Clement Odigie, a local dweller in the […]
BY YUNUS BELLO The anger of a military raid on camps of some bandits in Katsina State has been visited on some communities in the state in the form of organised reprisals, leading to the death of at least 22 villagers with scores sustaining various degrees of injuries. Multiple sources disclosed that the incident which […]
At least three persons were killed when bandits invaded a market in Tsafe town, headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Sunday morning. Several others were also injured. An eyewitness narrated that the bandits stormed the market around 11am on Sunday morning and opened fire on the marketers. The spokesperson of the […]