•Bandits At least nine people have lost their lives after security operatives repelled an attack by suspected bandits in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday when bandits attacked the Zakka community, reports The Guardian. It was gathered that residents of the area called on [...
•Police Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday killed five armed bandits and recovered seven operational motorcycles used by the bandits in their criminal activities. The police also rescued a kidnapped university student, reports The Nation. A statement issued yesterday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi ...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State Plateau State governor, Caleb Muftwang, has decried the attacks in some communities in his state, saying bandits have taken over 64 communities. The governor stated this last night during an interview on Channels Television. “These communities that have been recently attacked were part of the communiti...
•Bandits Suspected bandits have abducted ten villagers from three remote communities under Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The incidents occurred in the early hours of yesterday, around 2am, when a group of armed bandits invaded the Unguwan Yashi-Maraban Kajuru community and kidnapped six persons, reports Daily Trust. Those...
•Bandits At least 20 people have been reportedly killed after armed bandits invaded and sacked four communities in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The affected communities—Aba Alajido, Aba Sunday, Aba Pastor, and Ademekun— were attacked at midnight, with residents fleeing for safety, reports Vanguard. Eyewitnesses claim the de...
•Late Reverend Father Slyvester Okechukwu A Catholic priest in Kaduna State, Reverend Father Slyvester Okechukwu, who was kidnapped by bandits in the Kaura Local Government Area last night, has been killed by his abductors. The deceased, was until his death the priest in charge of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Tachira, in the local government a...
The Anti-kidnap Unit of the FCT Police Command has arrested a dismissed Immigration officer attempting to sell two rifles to bandits at Zuma community, which borders Bwari area of the FCT and Kaduna State. CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the success recorded by the command between January, 2025 and March, [&he...
•Bandits Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Marshall Katung, has expressed concern over the recent attack by bandits and abduction of 22 locals, mostly women and children, in Southern Kaduna. He, however, sought the collaboration of the military and the Kaduna State Government to establish a Forward Operation Base (F...
With the dust yet to settle on the alleged plan by bandits fleeing the North to attack the South West, with Lagos being put on red alert by security agencies and community leaders, the daily streaming of Northern youths into the country’s most-populated state is putting renewed focus on leaders of the Arewa community in […]
•Bandits Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major General Mahrazu Tsiga (retired). Tsiga, was kidnapped alongside several other residents of Tsiga village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, reports Channels TV. A resident of the area confirmed the ...
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