Armed bandits on Monday night attacked Isapa community in Ekiti Local Government Area, abducting 11 people. The raid comes exactly a week after a separate attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in the same local government, where 38 worshippers were kidnapped. Reports indicate that Eruku and Isapa are neighbouring communities. Witnesses said approximately 20…
Authorities in Nigeria’s Kebbi State have launched a major search operation after 25 female students were kidnapped from a secondary school in the early hours of Monday. The students were taken from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, following an attack by gunmen armed with sophisticated weapons. The incident was…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has killed several terrorists and bandits in coordinated airstrikes across Borno, Kwara, Katsina, Zamfara, and Kaduna States. NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, said in a Monday statement that the precision strikes, conducted on November 9, targeted Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and bandit enclaves under Operations HADIN…
Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has reiterated that his administration will not negotiate with armed bandits but will continue to pursue peace through locally led initiatives aimed at restoring stability to affected communities. Speaking at the inauguration of 100 newly trained Community Watch Corps (C-Watch) personnel in Katsina on Wednesday, Radda said his government remains…
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have foiled attempts by bandits to attack communities in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. The Acting Media Information Officer of OPWS, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Makurdi. The operation comes barely a week after suspected armed herders…
Palpable fear has gripped residents of Zaki-Biam in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, forcing many to flee, following the broad daylight killing of a suspected local bandits’ leader, Ikoga-Joka Biam. According to eyewitnesses, Biam, who was serving with the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in Ukum, was shot dead on Monday afternoon at…
The Northern Christian Youth Professionals have warned that the peace deals being entered into with bandits in the North-West are worsening insecurity rather than resolving it. The organisation called on the Federal Government to urgently review the ongoing negotiations, stressing that such agreements risk emboldening criminals while undermining state authority. Its National Public Relations Officer,…
The Katsina State Government says it will provide industrial tools to repentant bandits as part of its social reintegration programme. The government also announced plans to build 152 houses and business support packages for displaced households in Jibia Local Government Area. Governor Dikko Radda disclosed this in a statement on Monday signed by Dr. Bala…
Armed bandits have killed five soldiers and 10 villagers in an ambush along the Lilo–Gulubba Road, under Mada District of Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State. The incident, which occurred on Monday, targeted a convoy of traders being escorted to Gusau market by troops. At a press briefing on Wednesday at the Nigeria Union of…
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,…
