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Insecurity: Bandits, kidnappers, others will face consequences of their actions — Tinubu

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2024 0

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

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Suspected Informant To Bandits Flees As Local Residents launch A Manhunt For His Arrest

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2024 0

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 […]

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Bandits retaliate military invasion of camp in Katsina, kill over 20 villagers

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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 […]

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Bandits storm Zamfara market, kill three, injure others

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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 […]

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Again bandits attack Kaduna, abduct 15 women in early morning raid

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BY IDIBIA GABRIEL Local sources said 15 women and one man have so far been confirmed abducted during the Saturday’s early morning raid by bandits on Dogon-noma community in Kujuru LGA of Kaduna. The sad incidents which occurred yesterday came barely three days after one person was killed, and eight women kidnapped in the Banono […]

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No clues yet as bandits hold on to 502 abductees

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 11 March 2024 0

Bandits who, over the weekend abducted 502 persons, including women and children, are still holding on to their captives. They were all abducted within a period of 48 hours at different locations. About 287 pupils and teachers were abducted at a primary and secondary school premises at Kuriga, in Kaduna State. Also about 200 women […]

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Bandits target children in renewed onslaught in N’West, N’East

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 10 March 2024 0

…CSOs urge deployment of service chiefs to hot spots …Action cowardly, says FG, assures of safe release of victims BY IDIBIA GABRIEL & UKPONO UKPONG Barely 48 hours after the abduction 287 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School at Kuriga, Kaduna State on Thursday, bandits, in another renewed onslaught against […]

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Bandits demand food items, N290m to release seven hostages abducted in Kuduru

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 1 February 2024 0

Bandits who abducted seven residents of Kuduru, a neighbouring community of Bwari Area Council in Abuja, have demanded for N290 million ransom to release the hostages. The residents, including a pregnant woman, three children and four adults, who have spent one month and four days in captivity were abducted on January 28 at the Kuduru […]

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Bandits invade varsity hostel, abduct 24 students

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 23 September 2023 0

BY ORIAKU IJELE It was a grueling experience as more than 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau were abducted in the early hours of Friday after bandits invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A student of the school, who asked to be anonymous for security reasons […]

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Shocking details of bandits’ attack on Catholic priests in Kaduna

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BY IDIBIA GABRIEL Shocking details have emerged following the latest attack by bandits on Catholic priests in Kaduna State. In what has been described as a narrative of testimony and miracle, how they dastardly attack, ended up with few casualties in spite of the ferocious nature of the attack, has remained a mystery to local […]

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Bandits kill 15, injured scores in attacks on Kaduna communities

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2022 0

Bandits on Thursday killed 15 locals and wounded several others in Kaduna communities. Resident in Giwa LGA of the state, Alhaji Musa Bawa said about 11 locals were killed while several others sustained gunshot injuries. Confirming the attack in a statement on Friday, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, […]

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Panic as bandits kidnap 39 children in Katsina

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2022 0

Terrorist bandits have kidnapped 39 children working on a farm in Mairuwa community of Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Naija News learned that the bandits in their numbers invaded the community on Sunday and proceeded to abduct at least 39 children who were working on the farm. The gunmen were said to have […]

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Bandits kill over 30 vigilante men in Gidan Dan Inna community, Zamfara

Ihesiulo Grace 31 May 2022 0

Suspected bandits have reportedly killed over 30 members of the local vigilantes otherwise known as Yan Sakai in a gunfight near Gidan Dan Inna community in Auki district, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A resident of the community whose brothers were killed, Idris Ambomade narrated the incident to journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday. […]

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Take battle to bandits’ doorstep, Matawalle urges Military

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2022 0

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has called on the military to persist in taking the battle to the bandits’ doorstep as a major panacea to the lingering insurgency in the state. Governor Matawalle made the inference when he received a visiting team from the Army War College of Nigeria who were on a study visit […]

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Bandits’ attacks: Buhari dispatches security chiefs to Sokoto, Katsina

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2021 0

*As FG delegation condoles Gov. Masari over Commissioner’s assassination President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-level security delegation to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in activities of bandits. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement on Friday

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Troops engage armed bandits along Abuja- Kaduna highways neutralized 45 of them

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2021 0

ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA. The troops have engaged some gang of armed bandits terrorizing residents of Rijana village and travellers along Abuja – Kaduna hIghways and neutralized 45 of them. Acting Director of Defence military Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while giving a summary of military operations in the past […]

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Again, bandits kill 12, injure scores in Kaduna community

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2021 0

ldibia Gabriel, Kaduna About 12 people were on Tuesday killed in Jangari Bagoma community in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of Kaduna State by bandits. An unaccountable number of persons yet to be ascertained were also reportedly injured when the armed bandits invaded a farm early morning of Tuesday. Two of those killed are labourers, […]

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Kaduna: Bandits declare war on Birnin Gwari, kidnap scores

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2021 0

*Demand N1m for each victim, torchlight, foodstuff ldibia Gabriel, Kaduna Bandits have reportedly declared war on the innocent citizens in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, according to latest reports from victims’ relations and families. Only between Sunday and Monday, an uncountable number of people have been abducted by the bandits from the […]

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Tears as bandits release over 60 emaciated worshipers kidnapped in Kaduna

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2021 0

By ldibia Gabriel, Kaduna It was a essemblance of Walen Wall, as tears rolls freely by parents, sympathizers and other church members, when Bandits released over 60 emaciated looking church members kidnapped in kaduna, after many weeks in captivity. Coincidentally, the victims were however released a day after over 50 other persons were reportedly abducted […]

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Court grants FG’s request to declare bandits as terrorists

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2021 0

The Federal Government through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said a court has granted the FG’s request to label bandits groups as terrorist organisations. This was disclosed in a statement by Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of […]