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Parents of the abducted students of Greenfield University Kaduna who were recently kidnapped from their hostel by gunmen suspected to be bandits are currently in confusion as the fate of...

The Police in Kebbi State have confirmed the killing of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), eight other policemen, and two Yan Sa-Kai operatives (vigilantes) by bandits. They all died during a...

Mobile policemen in Niger State have killed six bandits during a gun battle in Garkogo, Shiroro local government area of the State. Many of the bandits, Our Source gathered, escaped with...

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he does not think bandits deserve to live. The governor said any bandit operating in his state is “most likely going to end...

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan on Sunday, confirmed that five persons were killed, while one other person was injured by bandits in...

Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed bandits have killed two workers of the Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State. The bandits stormed the residents of the deceased at low cost...

The Benue State Police Command has said that bandits disguised as buyers killed one and injured nine persons at Abaji Market, in Katsina-ala LGA of the State, on Wednesday. The State...

A former Senior Special Adviser to the Kebbi State Governor and an APC Chieftain, Sahabi Sani Sami has asked the federal government to question all promoters of dialogue with bandits,...

The Kaduna State Police Command has neutralised two armed bandits after an exchange of gunfire, while others escaped into the forest with gunshot wounds abandoning their weapons. The state Police Public...

The Northern Elders for Peace and Development, has thrown his weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s caution against paying ransom to bandits. The elders urged Northern governors to adopt Buhari’s stance not...

Following the current unrest in several parts of the country, it can be deduced that Nigeria is on ‘fire’ and ‘dangling’ in the hands of bandits who have refused to...

Armed bandits in the early hour of Saturday attacked the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, quarters, at the Kaduna airport and abducted 9 persons. Those kidnapped included a family of...

The Federal University of Gusau in Zamfara State has refuted reports of an attack by bandits Thursday evening. A statement on Friday by Umar Usman, the Information Officer, called the news...

The Kaduna State Government on Thursday confirmed that the Nigerian troops neutralized armed bandits in aerial missions over locations in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. This was confirmed...

A former governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi has said that Nigeria will hardly become a successful country...

The Kaduna State government has confirmed that air missions were conducted over locations in Birnin Gwari local government area. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan...

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, on Tuesday reacted to the release of abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe, Zamfara State. Sani said the abduction and release of...

Hunainatu Abubakar, one of the abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara, says their abductors asked them to pray for them to become good citizens. Hunainatu told the...

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said repentant bandits assisted security agencies in the operation that led to the rescue of Jangebe school girls. our source had reported that the...

One of the victims abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Jangebe identified as Hafsatu Anka, on Monday revealed that they were laid in trenches littered with human feces. The SS-II...

Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi on Monday described the kidnapping of school children by bandits as lesser evil. Gumi said kidnapping school students was a lesser evil when compared to the...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has rejected the provision of blanket amnesty to bandits. Ndume said it has the tendency to breed new forms of criminality in Nigeria. The...

In less than three months, Nigerians especially those from the Northern part of the country had witnessed mass abduction of school children by armed bandits terrorizing the region. It is no...

Roman Catholic head, Pope Francis has reacted to the abduction of schoolgirls in Zamfara State by bandits. The Pope condemned the attack on innocent students, describing it as a “vile” abduction. “I...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has disclosed what should happen to state governors negotiating with bandits. HURIWA said state governors negotiating with bandits should be arrested, prosecuted and...

A report from Zamfara State indicates that about 300 female students of Government Secondary School, Jangebe have been abducted by suspected armed bandits. The schoolgirls were discovered missing on Thursday night...

The awaited rainy season when farmers in this part of the world will resume their farming activities to ensure the availability of food in the country for Nigerians is almost...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has said it would do all that is required for peace to return to the nation even if it takes the forum to engage in dialogue...

Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has declared that bandits are peaceful people. Gumi said bandits are victims of circumstances. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the Islamic teacher, however, condemned the...

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has given reason the federal government will not destroy forests where bandits use as hideouts to carry out kidnappings in the country. Mohammed, speaking with Channels...