The Police Command in Sokoto State on Saturday confirmed the killing of one person and the abduction of several others, as a result of an attack by some unknown gunmen in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson…
Residents of some communities in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised an alarm over the influx of bandits. The residents, said the fleeing bandits who have been moving to the area in droves were possibly dislodged…
…Says they vow to assassinate them if payment is not made By Benjamin Auta The families of persons kidnapped by Bandits in Ungwan Sauri, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna metropolis are crying for help from Nigerians and the government…
The Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has said the state government is no longer interested in dialoguing with bandits as they have rejected the olive branch earlier extended to them. Speaking in Gusau, the state capital, he said that instead…
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has vowed to clamp down on bandits terrorizing some parts of the state, saying the have rejected the peace hitherto extended to them. He stated this while addressing a congregation in Gusau, the state…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure At least, 18 passengers on board a commercial travelling from Idoani to Akoko, Ondo State were kidnapped by bandits along the Idoani/Ifira road on Thursday. The incident, which occurred in Akoko Southeast Local Government Area of…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of Operation Hadarin Daji arrested no fewer than 81 bandits, their collaborators and other criminal elements in the last three weeks across the North-West Zone. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko,…
…As Presidency condemns Ortom’s divisive utterances By Alao Matthew It was a bloody Wednesday in Plateau and Benue states as gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen killed 43 persons in total. According to report gathered by Nigerian NewsDirect, no fewer than…
Bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, killing two officers and abducting one other officer. The Spokesman for the academy in the state Major Bashir Muhd Jajira confirmed that that the incident occurred…
A former Councilor of Sabon Gida ward Faruk Hassan has been killed by suspected bandits few minutes after returning home Wednesday night. Newsmen learned that the heavily armed men in two vehicles followed the 38-year-old politician from where he was…
