Tag: armed bandits

Suspected bandits blocked the Bakori–Guga road in Katsina State on Friday evening and abducted at least nine travellers returning from ...

Crowdfunding campaigns rescue hostages – but the visibility they generate is becoming part of how ransom demands are set.

Tsanyawa Local Government Area is situated in the remote Kano North Senatorial District, bordering Katsina State, where bandits have intensified ...

We strongly believe that this war against terrorism cannot be won with Nigeria still covering up the list of 400 ...

The Kwara State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the attacks occurred on 23 ...

The armed bandits were nuetralized during a joint security operation in the Kurfi-Safana area of the state on Wednesday 18 ...

Police operatives are currently conducting a manhunt in the area for fleeing suspects.

Residents described the airstrikes as "unusual achievements in recent times", adding that the attack was successful following local intelligence provided ...

NAFDAC said drug hawkers constitute a serious threat to national security, and that anyone caught will be prosecuted.

The police insists only nine residents were abducted.

The students were abducted from an off-campus hostel close to the university.

Residents said the attackers ransacked four communities.

The report says 41 bandits were neutralised by the ground force while more than 60 were neutralised through various air ...

Residents say bandits laid siege to Magama Jibia for three hours early Wednesday morning, during which they shot dead the ...

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of ...

Mr El-Kana said the rescue was the outcome of the extensive pressure mounted on bandits as a result of the ...

Gumi: "These people calling for my arrest, I don't see them different from the bandits. To say that I am ...

"Since the federal government has declared them terrorists, I don't have anything to do with them anymore"

An official of his mosque said the bandits had ordered Mr Adam to follow them on one of their motorcycles ...

"Armed bandits on about 50 motorcycles were sighted fleeing towards Farin Ruwa, and were struck effectively by the gunship," Kaduna ...

The Sokoto lawmaker offers to lead security forces to the forest hideouts of bandits in his constituency

The bandits kidnapped three daughters and one son of the village head who is also the director of administration and ...

Zamfara lawmakers say bandits take their time to kill and abduct people because security operatives do not act on distress ...

Bandits attack security team escorting travellers in Zamfara, set fuel tanker ablaze

The soldiers from Niger Republic are in Nigerian territory on a rescue mission following bandits' attack at one of the ...