Armed bandits have targeted Kogo village in Faskari Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State, kidnapping 16 residents, including children, women, and men. According to a local resident who confided in Vanguard News, the attack which was carried out at about 8:20pm yesterday, caught the villagers off guard as the assailants executed their plan with meticulous precision. “The hoodlums quietly …

There was palpable fear in the Katapka community of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following the alleged killing of three soldiers and two vigilante group members by bandits who invaded the local government on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen had on February 1, 2024, murdered three persons and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the Katapka and Okudu communities …

A Director at Federal Housing Authority, Aondo Ver has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits. It was  gathered the incident happened at Pambara New Extension, Bwari Central Area of Federal Capital Territory at about 12:30 am on Thursday. Pambara New Extension is about 200 metres away from the military camp and checkpoint in Bwari. The kidnappers were said …

Garam, a border town between Niger State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was again attacked by bandits on Tuesday night. The hoodlums reportedly killed one person and abducted nine others. Tuesday’s attack was the fourth in a series of raids carried out by bandits in the community within a month. Multiple sources disclosed that on Monday afternoon, bandits in …

Bandits, who kidnapped Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar and his six children, have killed one of the abducted persons. The deceased lady identified as Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar was killed on Friday. She has been laid to rest according to Islamic rites on Saturday. Nabeeha was a 400-level student of biological science, at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Others abducted include: Najeebah (500 level, …

A 28-year-old female ammunition supplier, Bilkisu Suleman, has been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State on her way to supply weapons to bandits. She was arrested on 3 January 2024, during the anti-narcotics agency’s New Year interdiction operations across multiple states. Bilkisu was found in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition …

Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has condemned the Christmas Eve killings in 20 communities in Mangu, Bokkos, Mangu and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. He faulted security agencies for their failure in intelligence gathering in which they could not avert the …

Suspected bandits have abducted two policemen, a pregnant woman, a second-class traditional ruler, his family members, and other villagers at Pupule village of Yoro local government area of Taraba State. A total of 22 people were reportedly abducted in the village. In Sokoto State, bandits also struck, killing a resident and abducting six people. This brings to 28 the number …

Bandits reportedly abducted over 100 persons, mostly women and children, in the Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State, on Friday. This is barely a week after 15 persons were abducted in the Ruwandoruwa community of the same local government area. The PUNCH gathered that the four villages attacked were: Mutumji, Sabongari Mahuta, Kwanar Dutsi, and Unguwar Kawo, all …

No fewer than 11 persons have been killed by suspected bandits in two villages of Gandi District of Rabbah Local Government Area of Sokoto State within one week. A source who spoke with Newsmen from one of the affected villages, confirmed that the attacks which were launched in Gidan-Buwai and Maikujera within the local government also resulted in the rustling …