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2 days ago
Bandits have killed six soldiers, including a caption, in an ambush.  
3 days ago
Hundreds of fleeing villagers of Bini community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara stormed Government House, Gusau, on Sunday seeking government’s protection against bandits.
17 Apr
The Katsina State government has shut down three filling stations suspected of supplying fuel to bandits in the state. Jabiru Tsauri, the Chief of Staff to Katsina governor, Dikko Radda, led the task force that carried out the raid that led to the closure of the affected fuel stations. The task force was set up…
14 Apr
The Nigerian Army Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) in North-West has neutralised 12 bandists, recovered weapons, AK-47 rifle, 1 magazine and 2 rounds of 7.62mm and 18 cows.
13 Apr
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ending banditry in Zamfara State. The President told Governor Dauda Lawal in Lagos that he had ordered the deployment of additional troops to Zamfara to further check the menace of banditry in that area. A statement by Lawal's spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, explained that Tinubu…
10 Apr
Notorious terrorist kingpin, Dan Karami (a.k.a. Gwaska), has reportedly killed bandits’ leader, Kachalla Dan Chaki, and scores of his fighters in an intensified infighting in Zamfara State.
7 Apr
Agro Rangers of the NSCDC have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on Federal Government’s grain silo in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State.
5 Apr
Bandits killed 19 persons and injured several others at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi on Thursday.
2 Apr
Bandits, in the early morning of Tuesday, kidnapped several worshippers who were observing tahajjud (midnight) prayers in a mosque in Gusau Town in Zamfara State. Zamfara State Police Command following the kidnap is yet to speak on the incident. Tuesday's incident is the latest in the kidnapping and attacks of worshippers inside mosques by bandits.…
1 Apr
All Progressives Congress (APC), North-West Zone, has asked members of the opposition party in Zamfara, who accused the Minister of State, Defence, Bello Matawalle, of giving palliatives to bandits, to come forward with their evidence or risk prosecution.
28 Mar
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election has expressed apprehension over the looming hunger and famine occasioned by activities of bandits and terrorists, which have continued to deny farmers access to their farms.
26 Mar
The Federal Government says Ahmad Gumi, the Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, has been invited for questioning over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country.

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