Tag: banditry

Zamfara has been one of the states hardest hit by the insecurity that has spread across north-western Nigeria over the ...

Mr Idris defended the administration’s security efforts, saying President Bola Tinubu had strengthened the operational capabilities of the armed forces, ...

Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District from 2011 to 2019 recently declared that if elected governor in 2027, he ...

Ahmad Gumi says soft-power dialogue, specifically religious education, is the key to resolving the banditry crisis in Nigeria’s North-west region.

The human rights association commended the governor over the recovery of more than 500,000 hectares of farmland previously controlled by ...

Senator Shehu Buba says he has asked the SSS, police and Defence Intelligence Agency to investigate allegations linking him to ...

The attack on Tofa occurred about one week after troops said they intercepted armed men advancing towards Ghandi, another community ...

I approach national security and intelligence operations with deliberate caution. Revealing successes too early can compromise ongoing missions; failures narrated ...

Defence spokesperson, Samaila Uba, disclosed this on Tuesday during a security briefing at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).

The Kwara State Police Command says it has rescued the Onigbesi of Igbesi, Oba Moses Oyinloye Omotayo, and two other ...

Eight travellers were killed and eight others abducted in an attack on the Gusau-Funtua highway in Zamfara, while police in ...

Amnesty International has urged Nigerian authorities to urgently rescue worshippers abducted during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kpenya, Niger ...

Her abductors are demanding ₦20 million and have reportedly used her TikTok account to communicate and publish posts.

The burden of our survival can no longer be deferred to the next election cycle, or packaged into desperate prayers. ...

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have killed a suspected bandit and arrested two suspected kidnappers in separate operations in Benue ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have recovered AK-47 rifles and other weapons during an operation to prevent a suspected attack ...

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 ...