Tag: bandits

The military says it is aware of the planned attacks and is mobilizing its men.

A suspected SSS official was rescued by soldiers during the incident in Zamfara.

The same bandits operated on the same highway on Sunday.

Mr Bwari says bandits had stopped legitimate mining activities in Zamfara for over two years

he 45-year-old rapper says a powerful cartel was behind the illegal mining activities.

The attackers invaded Kursasa, Kurya and Gidan Achali communities in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

The army says between January 22 and 28 it rescued 89 persons taken hostage.

Two soldiers and two vigilantes were also killed during the gun battle, while a total of eight soldiers and six ...

"If the president does not know Birnin Magaji by now, then you wonder what he really knows about the acute ...

Hundreds of youth in Tsafe Council on Monday protested the state of security in Zamfara.

Emirs says they are ready to face and defeat the bandits if armed.

The opposition presidential candidate also reiterates call for an urgent hike in security expenditure.

The Force Headquarters said a police team repelled an ambush in Zurmi LGA on Thursday, but top police insiders provided ...

The commissioner said all the four persons would be investigated.

Three officers, a security guard and a civilian reportedly lost their lives during the robbery.

The defence spokesman says 1,444 cows, 473 sheep, 11 camels, 14 donkeys, 56 rams and 293 goats were recovered.

One of the victims is a former councillor in the area.

The air force says 30 bandits were killed.

The governor urged communities in the state to expose the criminals.

Operation Diran Mikiya in the northwestern state commenced on July 31.

Seven people were killed in Dutsen-Wake and three in Oho village

"The incident occurred at Kwanar-tsauni between Udawa and Labi" in Birnin-Gwari.

They were abducted just a week after the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, asked the solders stationed in the ...

President Buhari has equally approved the setting up of an intelligence fusion centre in Maiduguri.

“From statistics obtained from community leaders, property worth millions of naira were also stolen or destroyed."