Tag: bandits

The bandits abducted the victims on September 1, last year after a failed attempt to attack the local government headquarters.

Mr Tambuwal says measures taken by the state government have made it possible for markets to be reopened for residents ...

"(Bandits) do not attract the kind of single-minded attention that Boko Haram does. Because Boko Haram’s ideology is religious, intentionally ...

Governor Tambuwal said, "Those (security agents) at the frontline should receive every attention that they deserve."

Mahassan Lawali, an accountant at the Kano - Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, was abducted while spending the ...

All the killings were reported in three of Nigeria's six regions.

Mr Gumi's son said part of their residence was damaged by the inferno, which destroyed properties worth millions of naira.

The bandits were advancing towards the military institution on motorcycles when they were killed by the troops.

Residents say they fear the bandits would return to their village.

Residents say they could not bury their dead because the bandits are still prowling around the village.

A resident, Nafiu Muhammadu, said the village head of Guga, Alh Umar, was abducted while 10 people were killed in ...

Multiple sources said Nasarawar Mai Fara in Tsafe local government was attacked over the failure of the residents to pay ...

"There are 12 official borders in Katsina but as it is now, we have more than 100 entry and exit ...

A resident of Jibia told to PREMIUM TIMES that the bandits stormed the village at midnight and operated for three ...

"Security personnel have begun search-and-rescue operations and are pursuing the attackers on multiple fronts," Kaduna State commissioner for Home Affairs ...

A police spokesperson confirmed the attack. He said several residents were killed.

Locals say after Saturday's attack, the bandits left behind a message that they would return for the affluent residents of ...

"This life is not fair that it is poor people like me who are being kidnapped," a farmer says.

Research revealed that jihadists and bandits are co-existing in the North-west but are not working together.

"Our brothers and sisters in rural communities are going through tough times suffering bandits' attacks."

Residents said the gunmen invaded their target's residence after attacking a security formation and went into the town unchallenged.

Bandits abducted Hajiya Zainab on January 12 at her residence in Gezawa local government area of Kano

The bandits had abducted a politician and his two wives when soldiers were called to the scene.

The Defence Headquarters says the terrorists were eliminated in the last two weeks.

The police say the suspected bandits, believed to be from Zamfara, invaded the community on Friday and unleashed terror on ...