Reports from Channels TV has it that after the bandits had given up their AK-47 rifles and other ammunition on Monday, the bandits swore with the Holy qua’ran not to indulge in the act of banditry activities again. At the Government House in Gusau, one of them in Hausa, expressed that they have sincerely accepted […]
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has said not all bandits who terrorise parts of the state and other neighbouring states are criminals. The governor says most of the bandits take up arms due to the injustice meted on them by some members of the society. The governor stated this on Thursday after meeting […]
By Idibi Gabriel Security agencies have reported that armed bandits attacked a commercial vehicle around Yakwo village in Chikun local government area and killed three-passenger, Kaduna security report update for late Saturday has revealed. Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement availed Sunday morning, stated that those […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday called on traditional and religious leaders to preach to their subjects against serving as informants to bandits. He made the call in an interview with newsmen shortly after a condolence visit to Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger over the demise of Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, a renowned Islamic […]
The Federal Government says no fewer than 158 armed bandits, terrorists and criminal elements have been neutralised by the Armed Forces across the country since the beginning of the year. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Monday in Abuja said the figure excluded scores […]
Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE has neutralized several armed bandits at Chikwale Forest in the Mangoro area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A statement signed by the Coordinator Defence Media Operation, Major General John Enenche stated that the operation was executed at the weekend precisely on Saturday […]
Saka Bolaji, Minna Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has called on the Judiciary and the Legislature to come up with stiffer penalties against bandits, kidnappers and their informants. Governor Sani Bello stated this while presiding over the swearing-in of Justice Aisha Lami Bawa Bwari as the Chief Judge of the state at the Government […]
*Say it ‘ll take over 100 years for region to recover from destruction, trauma Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Northern elders in the country have alleged that the region is under siege by Boko Haram, bandits, and kidnappers saying, until something is done immediately the region may not be recover from the loss. The elders therefore called […]
IDIBIA GABRIEL, KADUNA Armed Bandits have reportedly ambushed and gruesomely murdered five gallants Police officers at Farinruwa in Birinin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. Recalled that Birinin Gwari Union had reported that lives of 18 police officers attacked on Friday at same Farinruwa, along Birinin Gwari – Funtua road were uncertained. Reports revealed […]
A major controversy has arisen following various reports of alleged supply of weapons via helicopters to criminals in forests in states. Some have even insinuated that the bandits are backed by powerful forces in and out of power. But Kaduna State’s Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, says reports of helicopter […]
IDIBIA GABRIEL, KADUNA Armed bandits on Wednesday attacked Katarma village in Chikun local government area of kaduna State, killing many locals and Kidnapped scores. But government statement put the records of those killed at four while many locals were reportedly kidnapped, especially women. The security forces fighting to eradicate banditry in the general area of […]
A 37-year-old pastor has been killed by bandits. The pastor was with the Evangelical Church Winning All in Chikuba town in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, Reverend Jeremiah Ibrahim. Information gathered is that the victim was killed last Thursday when the assailants invaded his church. The Secretary of the Minna District Council […]
Fresh bandit attacked leading to the death of four people and injury of three others have occurred in Gidan Goga village in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Daily Times gathered. This attack was confirmed by the spokesperson of the police command, Mohammed Shehu, in a statement, “The Zamfara State Police Command wishes […]
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 […]
Bandits on Friday murdered the village head of Odu, Amos Ewa Obere, in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. READ ALSO: Breaking News: Multiple explosion rocks Maiduguri, Many feared dead Daily Times gathered that the bandits stormed the village in large numbers on motorcycles, armed with weapons and operated for hours. Some residents of […]
The military says it has eliminated 92 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and 104 bandits in its ongoing counter -insurgency and anti-banditry operations across the North East and North West in the last one week. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this while giving update on the Armed Forces of Nigeria operations between July […]
Chief of Air Staff (CoAS), Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, says Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed 10 bandits’ camps in four states in the North-West zone in the ongoing ‘Operation Wutar Daji’. Abubakar disclosed this on Tuesday in Katsina when he inspected the operations which had been on for the last one month. He explained […]
The Defence Headquarters says troops of ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ on June 20, conducted a raid on suspected bandits hide-out at Ginde in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops, operating under ‘Operation Accord’ acted following reports of bandits activities […]
The Police Command in Katsina state on Wednesday said that Monday’s attack by bandits has led to the death of 18 people in Kadisau Village, Faskari Local Government Area of the state. Gambo Isah, the command’s Public Relations Officer confirmed this while fielding questions from journalists in Katsina. Isah said that the armed bandits numbering […]
Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna state on Monday, assured farmers that the government would not allow bandits to disrupt farming activities anywhere in the state. The governor gave the assurance during the roll out of seed distribution for farmers for the 2020 planting season by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, in Kaduna. “We are going […]