Bandits

Abuja-Kaduna train attack: Boko Haram/bandits collaboration — FG 

The Federal Government has disclosed that the recent attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train was a collaboration between bandits and the “dislodged” Boko Haram...

Bandits’ attack: Children, others drown in river in their escape bid

Following bandits’ attack on two communities of Niger State, about 20 people have been reported drowned while fleeing on Wednesday morning. The victims,...

March 28 terrorists attack on Abuja-Kaduna train: Female medical doctor, APC Youth leader among fatalities

The March 28 terrorists attack, bombing of the Abuja Kaduna rail track and shooting of passengers has left in its trail fatalities, among...

Bandits attack Kaduna International Airport, Kill NAMA Staff

A staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) attached to the Kaduna International Airport has been shot dead by suspected bandits. The...

In 17 days, bandits massacred 220 people in Niger, Gov. Bello reveals

    All within 17 days, a total of 220 people comprising 165 civilians, 25 security personnel and 30 local vigilantes have been...

At last, FG bows to pressure, designates  bandits terrorists

    Bowing to pressure and good reason, the Federal Government on Wednesday declared rampaging bandits across the country as terrorists.   Persecondnews...

Insecurity: Nothing like repentant terrorists — El-Rufai

  Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai says there is nothing like repentant bandits as the only repentant ones have been killed.   According to...

Why we backed out of dialogue with bandits — Zamfara Gov. Matawalle

  Zamfara Gov. Bello Matawalle says he is backing out of dialogue with the bandits that had unleashed reign of terror on the...

Just In: intractable banditry: Senator’s son, a pilot, killed

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Banditry has taken a turn for the worst in Kaduna with the son of Senator Bala Na Allah...

School children kidnapping most thriving, lucrative industry in Nigeria, fast impoverishing ransom-paying parents

  Amid a rash of abductions in the Northwest Nigeria put at 1,000 students and pupils since December 2020, parents of abductees have...

Gutsy bandits launch fatal attack on NDA, Kaduna, kill two soldiers, abduct one

“The Academy in collaboration with the 1Division Nigerian Army and Air Training Command as well as other security agencies in Kaduna state has...

Restive bandits’ operation claims Nigerian Army General

Bandits have continued to unleash their reign of terror on the high and low with the latest fatal shooting of Nigeria’s Army General....

Bandits, kidnappers, insurgents are Nigeria’s real problems not separatist movements, Col. Umar tells Buhari

“lt is self-evident that Justice, fairness and equity are the best means of building a united and virile nation, particularly one as diverse...

Just in: Benue Gov. escapes assassination in fresh bandits’ attack

  Few weeks after Benue Governor Samuel Ortom raised an alarm that Fulani herdsmen were plotting to kill him, the state chief executive...

Pres. Buhari’s shoot-on-sight order to rout out bandits illegal, barbaric, says Falana

  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has described as illegal the shoot-on-sight order slammed on those clutching AK 47 in...

42 Kagara abductees including 27 students regain freedom, Pres. Buhari lauds their release

    At last after days of speculation about their release, the 27 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State...