Tag: bandits

Mr Onanuga, in an article shared with PREMIUM TIMES, said it was intended to counter perceptions that "tend to downplay ...

The security situation in western Zamfara has deteriorated in the last few weeks.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the bandits stormed the community late Tuesday, specifically targeting the local security outpost and the ...

The officer was killed when the bandits attacked a local police station in the state.

A councillor from the area, Mark Bawa, confirmed the incident, saying casualty figures were still being verified.

Bandits kill residents, soldiers, abduct women and children

"All necessary operational strategies and intelligence-driven measures are being deployed to ensure the safe rescue of the remaining victims and ...

The commissioner said bandits launched a reprisal attack after a vigilante group engaged repentant bandits in a gunfight, resulting in ...

Residents and local officials told PREMIUM TIMES that the gun battle, which lasted several hours, occurred near rural communities bordering ...

President Tinubu gave the assurances during an interfaith breaking of fast with members of the Armed Forces at the Presidential ...

Ultimately, the Nigerian government must come clean before its “good intentions” backfire. The probing questions remain: Are you paying ransom ...

A statement by the governor's spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, noted that the emergency security meeting was convened due to alarming ...

The Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Muhammad, disclosed this during a press briefing in Kaduna on Monda

The attackers stormed Doma town, in Tafoki district, around midday on Tuesday and operated for several hours, witnesses told PREMIUM ...

He noted that the Nigerian Army has recalibrated its doctrine, force posture and operational methods through a comprehensive multi-domain strategy.

The bandits released the victims on Saturday after days of negotiations with representatives of the community

Sustained pressure and cross-border operations, not sporadic airstrikes, are needed to halt the group’s rapid transnational expansion.

The Nigerian Army says its new campaign tagged Operation Igbo Danu, also known as Operation Forest Flush, has recorded gains ...

Edu and Ifelodun local governments in Kwara State imposed 24-hour curfews on some communities

The Chairperson of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kajuru LGA, Enoch Kaura, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES ...

Police spokesperson in Gombe, Buhari Abdullahi, said in a statement that the incident occurred around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, when ...

The police spokesperson urged members of the public to be vigilant and report anyone seen with bullet wounds, injuries or ...

The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasir Muazu, said the action was intended to consolidate a peace ...

Hassan Abdullahi, the acting assistant director of Army Public Relations for the brigade, said the operations followed credible intelligence on ...

Mr Babatunde said the attack was a revenge mission following the loss of some of the bandits’ fighters to superior ...