bandits

Suspected Boko Haram members have sacked the Military base in Allawa town in Shiroro local government area of Niger state, leaving residents to flee the community for safety. The invasion reportedly happened at about 1:30am, early hours…

Armed bandits have ambushed Zurmi town, the headquarters of Zurmi Local Government Area in Zamfara State where they attacked the Emir’s palace in an attempt to kidnap the emir Alhaji Muhammed Bunu. It was gathered the bandits went…

Panic has gripped residents of Dogon-Dawa community in the Mariga local government area of Niger state, as suspected bandits have reportedly killed no fewer than 30 members of a local security outfit called Yan Sa Kai in the area, leaving…

Bandits who abducted 16 residents from the Gonin Gora area of Kaduna, have reportedly demanded a sum of N40 trillion as a ransom to release the victims. Speaking on Monday, John Yusuf, a community leader, said the bandits contacted…

A police officer and 41 farmers have been killed by suspected bandits in Tofa and Samawa villages in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State. A source from the area, Malam Balarebe explained that the bandits stormed the area when…

The Kaduna State government says 172 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Mando, Igabi LGA abducted in the early hours of today have been rescued from bandits. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and…

A large number of students, whose exact figure, is yet unknown, have been abducted by armed bandits at Government Science College (GSC) kagara, in Niger State. The bandits in military uniforms, stormed the school premises which a close…

Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, on Monday visited communities in Igabi and Giwa LGAs that suffered fatal attacks by bandits on Sunday. According to a statement signed by the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security…

By ODILIM ENWEGBARA. The 2019 budget has no funding or is yet to be funded. This happened because hundreds of billions of naira had been diverted to the conduct of the most expensive general elections in Nigeria since the return of…

Gov. Samuel  Ortom on Thursday appeared before the Benue House of Assembly to brief the law makers on the on-going attacks on rural communities. The governor, whose appearance was in obedience to a summon issued on Tuesday, told the law…