Bandits in Zamfara State have rejected N3 million offered as ransom for the release of 26 abducted persons from Gidan-Goga village, Maradun Local Government Area. An indigene of the village, Abubakar Shehu, whose three daughters are among the abductees, disclosed this on Monday in a phone interview with The PUNCH. He clarified that 26 individuals were abducted during the attack, …

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Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised four bandits and rescued 20 kidnapped persons in separate operations across Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Additionally, soldiers in Plateau State arrested five gunrunners, including a female, in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel …

Eight security personnel were reportedly killed by bandits on Thursday near the Tazame village of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Mubarak Mohammed told PUNCH Online that the security personnel, consisting of five policemen and three soldiers, were attached to a road construction company, Satraco Nigeria Limited, when the armed bandits suddenly came out …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, stated on Wednesday that the commission will continue to monitor bank transactions to curb financial flows to criminals, including bandits and terrorists. Olukoyede also highlighted the connection between corruption and insecurity, noting that corruption fosters poverty, which in turn makes unemployed citizens vulnerable to recruitment into banditry, kidnapping, …

Bandits have reportedly killed six and abducted several others in Kallah Afogo Community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Locals reported that the bandits attacked the village about 11:15 p.m., on Sunday. They broke into houses and went away with the locals. It was gathered that those killed in Kallah were Garkuwa Alfarma, Buhari Maidiga, Uba Auta, Yakubu Gaku, …

The Nigerian Army said troops recovered three AK-47 rifles, two fabricated rifles, two single-barrel guns, and two Dane guns, among others, during the operation. The post read, “Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other security agencies, acting on credible intelligence, have successfully captured 15 terrorist gunrunners and logistics suppliers and neutralised one in an encounter. “On 30 August …

As the people of Sokoto State, especially those in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, continue to battle insecurity, a group of professionals within the local government, Gobir Development Association, has revealed that the people of the community paid over N160 billion in levies and ransom payments to bandits in the area. According to a press statement by the chairman of …

Bandits have again kidnapped the district head of Garu Kurama community in Lere local government area of Kaduna State, Yakubu Jadi, his daughter, a Catechist of the Catholic Church, and four other members of Gurzan Kurama village. Although the Police authorities in Kaduna State did not confirm the incident as at the time of this report, the Southern Kaduna Peoples …

Bandits killed two persons and kidnapped five travellers along the Ifon/Owo Expressway in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday night. It was gathered that the kidnappers, numbering about 15, armed with AK-47 rifles, accosted the Sienna bus conveying the travellers at about 11 pm at Omi Alafa village in Ifon, Ose LGA and led the victims into …