Bandits
19 Jan
It has been reported that top on the legislative thinking of the House of Representatives when it reconvenes on 30 January is the issue of security and the concomitant imperative of the establishment of state police.
10 Jan
Students, staff and residents within the neighbourhood of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) are living in fear, following a threat letter from bandits.
6 Jan
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani yesterday lamented the attack by bandits on Southern Kaduna communities that led to the loss of many lives and the kidnapping of many residents, describing the attackers as beasts in human skin.
20 Dec
Bandits have abducted the traditional ruler of Pupule in Yoro Local Council of Taraba State, Umaru Nyala, two police personnel, an expectant mother and 13 other persons.
17 Dec
Suspected bandits killed four farmers and abducted eight others from Nahuta village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Saturday. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the attack on Sunday in Katsina. He said the farmers were harvesting their crops when the assailants struck. One of the farmers that managed…
11 Dec
There is apprehension in Kubwa, outskirts of Abuja following suspected kidnapping of a nursing mother and three children in Kubwa extension 2, Arad Road, Bwari Area Council. Apprehensive residents said the bandits invaded the community on Sunday night between 7 and 9.pm and abducted a mother, six months old baby and two other children.…
9 Dec
At least 750 persons were killed in attacks by bandits, terrorists and other non-state actors, while no less than 45 persons were abducted from various educational institutions in the country in 2023. A report by Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) has said.
1 Dec
Taraba State Police Command, in collaboration with the army, vigilante and professional hunters, successfully neutralised more than 50 suspected bandits, who had been terrorising communities in Bali Local Council of the state.
29 Nov
About eight suspected armed bandits have reportedly killed a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Sunday Okoebor, in the early hours of yesterday in Koka area of Asaba, Delta State.
16 Nov
Nigerian Army, acting on credible intelligence, has laid ambush on bandits’ arms and ammunition suppliers at Chikun and Kajuru Local Council of Kaduna State along Kwant - Kabai - Kubusu, and recovered dangerous weapons.
14 Nov
Troops of the Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch have neutralised two bandits and recovered arms and ammunition during a clearance operation in the general area of Juji and Telele-Kaso in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
13 Nov
The Nigeria Army says troops of the I Division have neutrlised three bandits and recovered weapons in Kaduna. The Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations I Division Nigerian Army, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya confirmed the incident in a statement in Kaduna.