BANDITS

A fresh attack by bandits on Saturday night to kidnap another set and scores of Islamic school students in Dandume local government area of Katsina State have been foiled. According to police report, 80 kidnapped students (Islammiyya…

Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has said the gunmen who kidnapped students from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara have been contacted and were negotiating the boys’ freedom through the Miyetti Allah Cattle…

Bandits have demanded N100m as ransom to secure the release of six Assistant Superintendents of Police kidnapped in Katsina State over a week ago The abducted ASPs were among the nine who were just promoted to their current rank. They…

Bandits suspected to be kidnappers have killed at least eleven people and injured many others in Albasu village of Sabon Birnin in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State. The bandits in their large numbers were said to have invaded…

Bandits in Zamfara State have reportedly been demanding ‘harvest fees’ from farmers before being permitted to enter their farms and harvest crops. Some of the farmers affected expressed in Hausa language to BBC Hausa that they are forced…

At least 20 people have been killed by armed bandits in a fresh attack on Tungar Kwana village in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State on Tuesday night, October 20. According to Premium Times, residents said the gunmen…

Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has been thrown into mourning following the murder of one its officers by bandits at a checkpoint in Dan Arau village along the Katsina/Jibiya Highway. Garba Nasiru, who was an…

A Army colonel, M.Z Manu and two soldiers have been killed by bandits in Unguwar Doka Village under Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the bandits, armed with AK-47 rifles invaded the villages on…

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the killing of two of its officers on Monday at Mararaban Udege in Nasarawa State. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, who disclosed this in a statement made…

Three foreigners who have been supplying arms and ammunition to bandits and other criminal groups operating in the North West region of the country, have been arrested by soldiers on internal security operations in Sokoto State. The…

A 13-year-old girl, Khadijat Mutaka has been abducted by bandits on Sunday night during an attack on Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to eyewitnesses, the bandits also shot and injured one Ibrahim Yar-Garshe, 30,…

Twenty people have been reportedly killed and several others injured in fresh attacks on three communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack, which occurred on Thursday, was said to have been carried out…

Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Muhammad Matawalle said his administration would give two cows for each AK47 rifle surrendered by repentant bandit in the state. Matawalle spoke on Thursday when he hosted Inspector General of Police…

A notorious armed bandit known for terrorising Idimu and Ejigbo areas in Lagos has been arrested. Wahab Lawal, popularly known as Lordstime, was arrested with one of his members, Seun Adeniyi. The pair led a violent operation in…

Nigerian police say they have found the bodies of 41 men with their throats cut in a northern area that is notorious as a hideout for criminal gangs. Eighteen bodies were found in a river on Sunday while 23 others were discovered in…