Tag: banditry

Zamfara State and other parts of the North-west and North-central zones are currently ravaged by banditry and kidnappings.

The meeting which started at 9 a.m. is taking place in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The breakdown of security in the country has led to a surge in kidnapping for ransom.

The self-confessed bandit says the peace initiative of the governor has encouraged many to renounce banditry in Zamfara or take ...

"God willing, we will identify them, and deal with them," President Buhari says.

Adamu Isa, the Sarkin Hausa of Edo, says there has been peace in Edo State.

The police say Haruna Yusuf leads a syndicate supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Katsina and Zamfara states

Philip Walton, a 27-year old U.S citizen, held hostage in Nigeria, was rescued by SEAL Team Six.

Mr Aregbesola said "banditry has been defeated and exterminated in the past and the President Muhammadu Buhari government by the ...

'The bandits come from outside the country. We arrested Sudanese, Nigeriens and Malians, among other nationals,' the IGP, Mohammed Adamu, ...

El-Rufai visited the scene of the killings and vowed to wipe out bandits in the state.

The Chief of Staff says Nigeria will acquire more fighter helicopters in February.

The exercise is expected to the rising cases of kidnappings, banditry and communal clashes in the state.

The committee chairman said ''five emirs, 33 district heads and several village heads were confirmed to be complicit in the ...

Zamfara has been facing security challenge in the past few months.

Mr Tinubu urged Nigerians not to take for granted the democracy they enjoy today

Mr Gana said the deployment was to complement personnel already on the ground.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation gives a scorecard of the Buhari administration in the last four years.

The victims include soldiers, law enforcement officials, an academic, a cleric and other Nigerians.

The army says farming and other economic activities have picked up again in the areas previously under attack.