Tag: bandits
Shiroro attack: Niger gov suspends mining in 3 LGAs
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities in three local government areas of the state over...
Bandits release abducted Zamfara health workers, return N5m ransom
The abducted Chief Medical Director of Dansadau General Hospital in Zamfara State, Dr. Mansur Muhammad, and two other health workers kidnapped in the state...
Over 40 feared killed in Niger mining site attack
No fewer than 40 people were reportedly killed by bandits following an attack on a mining site in Ajata-Aboki in Shiroro Local Government of...
Bandits kill security agents, kidnap Chinese nationals from mining site
Bandits have attacked a mining site at Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, killed security operatives, and kidnapped four...
Bandits demand N20m ransom to free abducted medical doctor
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Zamfara branch, is working to secure the release of the Medical Director of Dansadau General Hospital, Dr. Mansur Muhammad,...
Bandits to face death sentence as Gov Matawalle signs anti-banditry bill...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday, signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law.
The law which comes into force with immediate...
Gunmen abduct 9-month pregnant wife of NULGE chair in Zamfara
Ramatu Yunusa, heavily pregnant wife of the Zamfara State chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Sanusi Gusau, has been kidnapped...
Imo govt grants bandits amnesty or face bombardment
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has granted a 10-day amnesty to bandits operating in various forests in the state to leave immediately and surrender...
Banditry: Defend yourselves with guns, Zamfara govt tells residents
Zamfara State Government, on Sunday, advised the residents of the state to obtain guns and defend themselves in the height of the resurgence of...
Bandits kill Catholic Chaplain on farm in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Saturday, killed the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, on...
