Tag: bandits

A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Thursday identified why there is little or no banditry in the Southwest. Shittu said the level of...

Bishop Matthew Kukah has challenged the government of President Bola Tinubu. The Catholic Diocese of Sokoto called for a thorough interrogation of individuals who claim...

Suspected armed herdsmen on Thursday evening, attacked Wandor, Mbaikyor community in the Mbalom Council Ward of Gwer East Local Government Area, LGA of Benue...

Bandits, Thursday morning, stormed LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped scores of pupils and teachers. DAILY POST...

Bandits have claimed responsibility for the crashed surveillance helicopter in Badna, Chukuba ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Recalls that a surveillance...

A prominent Islamic Scholar based in Kaduna State, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has revealed what bandits told him their grievances are during his previous encounter...

At least 10 students have been abd¥cted by bandits from Government Day Secondary School in Awon, Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. The Commissioner, Internal Security...

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has told PDP delegates in Taraba state that if he secures the party's presidential ticket and wins the 2023...

Bandits on Sunday attacked villages in Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, setting houses on fire after abducting several others. A source, who disclosed...

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has urged Nigerians to help the government in the fight against bandits and insurgents by exposing...

Suspected armed bandits invaded Tsafe town, the council headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, k*lling three people including the son of...

The traditional ruler of Bukpe community in Kwali, Abuja, Hassan Shamidozhi and four other persons have been kidnapped by armed men suspected to be...

Twenty people, including women and children fleeing from bandits have drowned in Guni-Zumba river. The victims who escaped when bandits attacked Guni and Kurgbaku communities...

Residents of nine Zamfara communities have received a letter from bandits operating in Gando forest in Bukkuyum local government area of Zamfara State. Premium Times...

The Federal Government on Wednesday officially declared bandits as terror!sts. The gazette proscribing bandit groups in the North as terror*sts was made on November 25,...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted six people at Kuregu Wusasa community in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that...

Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani, broke down in tears on Wednesday, during the burial rites of...

Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has said he will no longer be mediating for bandits. Gumi disclosed this in an interview with Premium Times on...

The Katsina state government has said that bandits operating in the state are using Radio Frequency Walkie Talkie Transceivers to overcome the shutdown of...

A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani has lamented the extent terrorists groups in the North-East now operate. The lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District...

Popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi on Tuesday, said bandits have refused to end hostilities because the Nigerian government has not given them land and...

No fewer than 20 operatives of Nigeria security agencies have been reportedly butchered in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State and bodies set...

Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd), has said that the need to follow due process was responsible for the delay in declaring...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said bandits imposing levies on communities in Northern Nigeria are like thugs known as ‘area boys’...

The information minister said bandits should not be compared with Boko Haram insurgents and IPOB separatists because they cannot be attached to a religious...