The Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the Friday night attack on Baraya community in the Gwadabawa Local Government Area, during which three people were killed. The command’s spokesman, Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Ahmed Rufai, while speaking to PUNCH in the state on Saturday, said bandits stormed the community located along Illela and attacked residents, killing three …

The resurgence of terror attacks in some parts of the North has raised concerns among stakeholders as many displaced residents decry the attitude of both state and federal governments to their plight. Boko Haram, bandits and armed herders were said to have sacked no fewer than 250 communities in the region, with 6,000 displaced residents reported to be sleeping in …

Airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircrafts have killed two bandits kingpins, Gero (Alhaji) and Alhaji Riga, including 20 of their fighters in Zamfara State. The bandits were killed in their hideouts at Unguwar Goga hillforest in Faskari Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali, …

Zamfara State Governor, Dr. Dauda Lawal has reiterated that his administration was not willing to negotiate with bandits in the state. In a statement on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris said that Lawal was misquoted in an exclusive interview he granted to the BBC Hausa Service over the weekend. Idris said that the interview was mischievously translated by …

Hon. Bello El-Rufai, a member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna North, has urged the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to continue the fight against bandits who have disrupted farming activities across the country. El-Rufai emphasized that eliminating these criminals was crucial for allowing farmers to return to their farms and improving food production. He made the …

Reports of the influx of bandits fleeing from the Northwest into the Southwest region of the country could have instinctively kept the concerned governors on the edge. This is not unexpected because, as chief executives, governors have the mandate to ensure the security and welfare of citizens within their domains. Call them de facto Chief Security Officers by of their …

Bandits on Tuesday stormed the General Hospital in Kankara Local Government Area, injured a doctor and abducted a hospital staff member. The Katsina State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent  of Police (DSP) Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed the incident to The PUNCH in a telephone conversation late Wednesday. “Yes, I am aware of the attack”, he stated. The attack, which …

The Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, has asked for funding for an additional 50 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) in the 2025 budget to combat banditry across the nation. The minister, represented by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, at the budget defence session at the House of Representatives, also said the N50.44 billion total allocation to the Ministry …

Bandits who kidnapped and killed the Katsina State Acting Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Amadu Surajo, have demanded a sum of N80 million to release the abducted wife and daughter. Surajo was kidnapped alongside his two wives, an undergraduate daughter, and other people at Mai Rana village, Kusada Local Government Area of Katsina …

Gunmen have reportedly imposed a N172.7 million levy on 25 villages in the Tsafe West Local Government Area of area of Zamfara State. The gunmen are allegedly led by Danisuhu, a notorious bandit leader. Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the levies were accompanied by demands for in-kind contributions, including bags of soybeans …