Tag: bandits

Countries in the Sahel need to collaborate to stem the tide of weapons flowing through Niger.

The attackers spent close to four hours perpetrating violence in the community.

Because we did not seek knowledge when we did not need it, we lack it now when we must have ...

Mr Udemezeu has joined the list of religious leaders abducted by the bandits in 2022

Their latest protest comes less than 48 hours after the terrorists, who kidnapped the victims from the Abuja-Kaduna train on March ...

With over 17 security checkpoints and a military barrack, the 38 kilometres road has been described as the safest road ...

Hardly a week goes by without a report of a terrorist attack or cases of kidnap for ransom being reported ...

Mr Manu said he was not aware a ransom was paid before the hostages were released.

Bandits have recently intensified attacks on rural communities in the North-west.

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state. It’s interesting that Matawalle would not press for a state police, preferring instead to ...

Air fighters are usually used to complement the efforts of ground troops fighting bandits.

The attacks, which add to the daily incidents of insecurity across the country, indirectly affected the President and Commander-in- Chief ...

The Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Shamsudeen Yahaya, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Katsina.

Nigerians would like to hear from the presidential candidates their definitive positions on issues of reform and decentralisation of policing, ...

President Buhari should decode the augural message inherent in Matawalle’s bohemian perspective in tackling the State’s insecurity by ending his ...

Several people, including four Chinese nationals, were kidnapped in the attack.

The governor of the state last week asked residents of the state to buy arms to protect themselves from the ...

All arrested criminals have been handed over to the police for necessary action.

Parts of Zamfara sharing boundaries with Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Katsina and Niger Republic have witnessed renewed bandits' attacks in the ...

Isa and other areas in the eastern part of the state have been witnessing a series of bandits' attacks.

A group of bandits had on March 28 attacked a Kaduna-bound train, and abducted several passengers while others were killed.

There has been an uptick of abductions and killings blamed on the gunmen locally referred to as bandits in recent ...

The police said the success of the operation was an indication of the synergy between the police and the military ...

Mr Aruwan, however, debunked the rumour that the gunmen attacked the villages with a helicopter.