Tag: banditry

Nearly nine months after gunmen abducted 25 schoolgirls in Maga, attacks and security operations across Kebbi point to overlapping threats ...

Justice Faruk Bunza stated that his abductors held him at a camp in Suru LGA and appeared to have prior ...

The operations also led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle, motorcycles and suspected rustled livestock.

IOM says floods, heavy rainfall and windstorms displaced almost 72,000 people in Katsina between January 2025 and January 2026, compared ...

Deputy Governor Faruk Jobe urges stakeholders to use “propaganda” in the fight against banditry, arguing that the capacity of armed ...

The nine people were killed in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, with police and military personnel recovering the ...

“Let us preach faith without hatred, conviction without contempt, and truth without incitement," he said.

Mr Lawal said that government will continue to provide all necessary assistance to those injured and would do everything possible ...

President Bola Tinubu recently approved a salary increase of between 30 and 80 per cent for members of Nigeria’s Armed ...

"I saw vehicles parked by the roadside, not knowing they were heavily armed Fulani bandits dressed in police uniforms," he ...

Niger State government officials say the policy aims to identify genuine pastoralists and prevent criminal elements from exploiting freedom of ...

The police boss said the decision was informed by the evolving nature of crime, which increasingly depends on illicit financial ...

Excerpt: The four students spent about seven weeks in captivity after armed attackers invaded their off-campus residence in Kaura Namoda.

The police said the separate operations took place in Funtua and Musawa local government areas on 17 and 19 July.

A suspected bandit attack that residents said claimed the life of a prominent community member triggered reprisal attacks across three ...

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of notorious bandit commander Kachalla Sani Yellow in Anka Local Government ...

Governor Abiodun commended the gallantry, professionalism and exceptional courage of the security agencies whose coordinated efforts made the successful operation ...

Chief Magistrates' Court in Katsina remanded Bashir Kurfi in police custody over his claim that the Katsina State Government sponsored ...

First-term governors elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have declared their support for President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, endorsing ...

Supporters argue that decentralising the police will bring security closer to the people, improve intelligence gathering and strengthen local responses ...

“When nations face an existential crisis, leaders are bound to rally around the incumbent leadership in a bid to rescue ...

David Salifu, who served as Secretary to the Benue State Government under former Governor Gabriel Suswam, died after he was ...

According to the group, the unwavering political commitment demonstrated by Governors Abiodun and Sanwo-Olu has created an enabling environment for ...

The protesters briefly blocked the Minna–Bida Road before reopening it to traffic.

Mr Olurode said the president deserved commendation for proposing constitutional amendments that would allow the establishment of state police across ...