bandits

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have killed no fewer than five armed bandits during separate encounters in Zamfara State. It was gathered that the troops, while on routine patrol at Damri District of Bakura Local Government of…

The Kaduna State Government says it has received preliminary reports from security agencies on the kidnapping of about 10 students in the Kachia Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,…

Bandits have killed five people, including a heavily pregnant woman in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits who attacked the Agwa community in Rafi LGA on Tuesday afternoon came into the community shooting…

A team of bandits armed with sophisticated weapons on Saturday night attacked the Magamar Jibia border axis in the Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State and killed two passengers while three others were kidnapped. An eyewitness…

Matawalle approves death penalty for kidnappers, bandits, others Zamfara State Government has signed a new law that approves death as the penalty for anyone convicted of banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as a…

Bandits have kidnapped Reverend Father Chinedu Nwadike, a Catholic priest, along the Okigwe – Enugu expressway in the Umunneochi council area of Abia State. Nwadike who is also the Deputy Registrar of Spiritan University Nneochi (SUN),…

Bandits have attacked immigration officers in Birniwa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, killing one and injuring two others. The Comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Service in the state, ACG Ismail Abba Aliyu, disclosed this…

The Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, was on Saturday killed by suspected bandits on the farm on Kaduna-Kachia Road. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr.…

By Derrick Bangura The governor of Benue State in Nigeria’s North-Central region Samuel Ortom accused the Muhammadu Buhari administration of pretending not to notice the unremitting killings of innocent Nigerians. Ortom, who spoke during…

By Matthew Eloyi Suspected bandits have kidnapped the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano & Jigawa State, Mr Mahassan Lawal. Mr Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe…