Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued at least four kidnapped victims and destroyed bandits’ camps in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. In a statement on Wednesday, acting Deputy Director, of Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt. Colonel Musa Yahaya said the kidnapped victims were rescued by the troops on Monday. “In continuation of its …

The people of Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State have said that bandits have killed farmers in the emirate including an Islamic leader, and kidnapped scores as insecurity continued to escalate growing concerns over looming famine. According to the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), ” we sorrowfully mourn the death of the Vice-Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Birnin-Gwari Branch, …

A former Board of Trustees Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid Jibrin, on Wednesday, raised the alarm that suspected bandits raided his rented Abuja residence. Jibrin disclosed that the bandits, numbering eight, came in seven SUV cars with sophisticated weapons and ordered his housekeeper, identified as Awwalu, to take them into his bedroom, where they ransacked and carted …

A group, the Okpameri Descendants Union, has condemned the renewed onslaught by suspected kidnappers and bandits masquerading as herdsmen on the Igarra/Ibillo Road, especially around the Uneme-Nekhua – Ayetoro/Ogbe – Okpameri Junction area of the road in the Akoko-Edo Local Government area of Edo State. In a press statement on Sunday, the group’s spokesperson, Mr. Victor Arogunyo called on the …

The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has dismissed amnesty pleas for bandits and terrorists. Receiving Zamfara State Governor, Dr. Dauda Lawal on a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday, Lagbaja said that the amnesty programme has failed to achieve its purpose in the past, adding that it gives criminals the opportunity to regroup and attack defenceless citizens. …

Northern leaders have rejected a call by former governor of Zamfara State, Malam Yerima Sani, asking President Bola Tinubu to negotiate with terrorists and bandits in the country and grant them amnesty as it was done for Niger Delta militants by the late Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration. In their separate views, they argued that such negotiations will continue to fail because …

Former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Yerima has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider dialogue with bandits to end insecurity in the North-West region of the country. Yerima advocated that the Federal Government should negotiate with “repentant” bandits. He argued that using military force would result in “collateral damage” and, therefore, should be considered a last resort. Earlier in …

Bandits attacked communities in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State at the weekend, where they killed many locals and abducted no fewer than 30 girls. A survivor told the BBC Hausa Service in an interview monitored, yesterday, that one of the abducted girls, who managed to escape from captivity returned with only her head scarf. The terrorists attacked Sakkida …

Bandits have freed 14 more abductees kidnapped after spending 76 days in the hideout of the bandits leaving only seven still in their hideouts. They were all abducted from Adunu and Kwagana communities in the Paikoro Local Government Area and the Beni community in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. This brings to 49, the number of victims that …

Bandits have reportedly abducted two women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along the Manini flashpoint in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened when the women leaders, Hajiya Lami Awarware and her assistant, Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu, attended the inauguration of the state governor, Uba Sani. The Chairman, Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, Ishaq Kasai, …