Police personnel from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, on Wednesday, foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap residents of El-Rufai estate in Bwari Area Council of the FCT. Sources disclosed that during a shootout that ensued when the Police confronted the bandits, one resident of the estate was caught in the crossfire and was injured The kidnappers were said …

Bandits, in the early hours of Wednesday, invaded the Akwando community in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits were said to have kidnapped an unspecified number of residents and burnt a house and two shops in the attacks that lasted for hours. A resident of the community, Jonathan Aminu, in a telephone interview with newsmen said …

Bandits in their large numbers, late Saturday night, stormed the Danhonu community in the Millennium City of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted two journalists reporting for  Blueprint Newspapers in the state. The reporters – Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation, and AbdulRaheem Abdu (Blueprint) – were kidnapped alongside their wives and children. LEADERSHIP reports that Alhaji …

The kidnapped judge of the Kaduna State Customary Court, Janet Galadima, has regained her freedom, but the abductors are holding onto her three children after killing the eldest, identified as Victor, 14. The husband of the judge, Musa Gimba, a medical doctor, confirmed the release of his wife on Thursday but said the kidnappers are demanding N150 million to release …

Bandits have killed a lecturer with the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State. Dr. Tiri David was killed in a fresh bandits attack in the early hours of yesterday. The lecturer was the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development at the university. An eyewitness said the incident occurred at about 1:30 am at the …

Katsina State Governor, Umaru Radda has commended the Nigerian military for killing a notorious bandit leader, Buhari Halidu, popularly known as Buharin Yadi, alongside his accomplices numbering over 30. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ibrahim Kaula, the state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasir Mu’azu disclosed that the decisive action occurred in …

Bandits in their numbers reportedly attacked Zurak village in Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing more than 40 persons, including vigilantes. According to residents of the community, the incident occurred around 5 pm, on Monday, when people were going about their normal activities. The residents said but they could not immediately report the incident due …

A former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, on Monday lamented the activities of bandits in the north. He revealed how bandits made him abandon his 10,000 hectares of land in Kaduna State. Speaking to newsmen on the backdrop of the high cost of foodstuff in the country, Bafarawa noted that people now seek permission from bandits before going …

No fewer than three persons lost their lives on Sunday when bandits invaded a market in Tsafe town, headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An eyewitness told newsmen that the bandits stormed the market around 11 am on Sunday and opened fire on those at the market. He said: “The bandits entered around 11 a.m. and started …

Two farmers who were displaced from their ancestral homes in the Umogidi community in the Entekpa Council ward in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State have been reportedly killed by bandits. Two others were said to have been injured, and another was abducted by the bandits in a renewed attack. Locals who spoke on condition of anonymity said the …