The Federal Government on Tuesday presented 128 men, women, and children rescued from bandits in Zamfara State, with National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, vowing that those terrorising Nigerians would be relentlessly hunted. “Let me be unequivocally clear: there will be no respite for those who hold our citizens hostage,” Ribadu declared in Abuja,…
Bandits have again struck a community in Benue State, killing three persons. They attacked the Uikpam community of Mbabai Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area of the state, 24 hours after three others were killed in Yelewata within the same LGA. A community leader and a former candidate for the Guma I State Assembly…
The Katsina State House of Assembly has expressed serious concern over what it called the recent increase in bandits’ attacks on some communities in the state. The concern was raised at Wednesday’s plenary in Katsina, presided over by Speaker Nasir Yahaya-Daura. During the plenary, a motion of urgent public importance was presented by the lawmaker…
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three persons by suspected bandits in separate attacks, even as its operatives successfully rescued 28 kidnapped victims in Sabuwa Local Government Area. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, in Katsina. According to Aliyu,…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Village Head of Bauda in the Maro Community, located within the Kufana Chiefdom of Kajuru Local Government Area in Kaduna State. The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday, 28th June 2025, around 1:00 a.m., when armed bandits invaded Bauda village and kidnapped the traditional…
No fewer than 30 people have been killed by armed bandits in Kebbi and Benue States. In Benue, 15 traders were killed by suspected herders in Ogwumogbo and Okpo’okpolo communities in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. In Kebbi, 15 farmers were killed while three others were injured during a bandits’ attack in…
A group of bandits attacked the Dogon Ruwa community in Bashar district, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, abducting five residents from their local market on Monday . According to local sources, the bandits burgled shops and business centers, carting away huge quantities of food items and medicines during the attack. News gathered that…
Armed men suspected to be bandits launched a deadly attack on Saturday night, killing several vigilante members and civilians in a coordinated assault on three villages in Gwana District, Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Nation gathered that the affected communities—Mansur, Digare, Sabuwar Sara, and Yalo—were ambushed while residents were asleep. Most of…
Troops of 1 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Gusau said they have neutralised five bandits’ leaders in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement in Gusau on Friday by the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations,1 Brigade, Gusau, Capt. Suleiman Omale. According to the statement, those killed are Auta Jijji, Dankali, Sagidi, Kachallah Rijaji, and…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede has given a marching order to the Nigerian Army to flush out bandits terrorising the people of Barutein and Kaiama local governments of Kwara. The Chief of Army Staff similarly gave an order to fish out terrorists in Borgu in Kainji Forest of Niger within one…
