Bandits

The Federal Government has said preliminary reports on the Abuja-Kaduna train terror attack have revealed the impact of collaboration between the bandits and dislodged Boko Haram terrorists from the North East.…

The Prelate Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu-Uche, has backed amnesty for Boko Haram terrorists, bandits and others as part of measures to ensure…

Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has taken a swipe at popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his recent comment that military onslaught would worsen banditry…

The Police Command in Plateau says its personnel neutralised six bandits during a gun duel on Monday at Kwoi Village of Gindiri district, Mangu Local Government Area. The…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Tuesday, attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, THE WITNESS is reporting. This medium gathered that at least two officers were…

The Chief Of Army Staff(COAS), Lieutenant-General Faruk Yahaya, has charged General Officers Commanding (GOCs) and Brigade Commanders of the various army divisions and units…

The Defence Headquarters has said the fighting force of the Boko Haram Islamic sect has been grossly depleted by the mounting offensive launched by troops. It noted that…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three armed bandits while on an attack mission in Katsina state. The bandits – Adamu Shehu, Tukur Mohammed…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen Farouk Yahaya has said the Army will soon reclaim the forests occupied by bandits and terrorists, and stop the hoodlums from launching…

The Nigerian Hunters Council says bandits and kidnappers are the “bigger animals” they are currently targeting in the forests across the country. Speaking with NAN on Tuesday in Abuja, Joshua Osatimehin,…

The air and ground components of Operation Gama Aiki (OPGA) of the Nigerian military have eliminated several bandits in Niger. The two-day offensive on the criminals’…

Self acclaimed activist Deji Adeyanju has in a series of tweets, reacted to the abduction of the Niger State Information Commissioner, Mallam Mohammed Sani Idris. Mallam Idris was abducted…

The Kaduna government says four “notorious” bandits have been killed by security forces in Igabi LGA of the state. Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state commissioner for internal security…

Several bandits’ camps have been destroyed following aggressive airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets. The NAF jets’ bombardments also killed no fewer than…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says Nigerian troops have killed 42 terrorists and bandits, arrested 41 while 93 kidnapped victims have been rescued in the last two weeks. Bernard…

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have arrested 19 suspected collaborators of bandits in the Dansadau area of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A resident of the…

Following the precision air bombardments of armed bandits assembly points and their arms logistics base in the Sububu Forest in Zamfara state which led to the…

The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the crash of an Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara while returning from air interdiction between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna States.…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the way bandits and Boko Haram terrorists operate is different from that of the proscribed Indigenous People of…

The federal government will arraign 400 suspects arrested for funding Boko Haram insurgents and bandits. The suspects were arrested in an operation coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Department of…

Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has stated that bandits and terrorists tormenting the country have all lost their right to life and should be wiped out. He spoke at…

The Defence Headquarters says the military has killed several Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and bandits and also arrested their collaborators in the North West and North East zones during an…

Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state on Friday asked security agents to shoot and kill anyone caught carrying firearms illegally in the state. Yari said this when he visited the emir of Anka to condole with the emirate over the killing of…

Eleven soldiers of the Nigerian Army killed in an ambush attack by bandits at Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State on March 20 were buried at a very solemn occasion on Thursday. The soldiers, identified as Bamidele Adekunle, Christian…