Tag: bandits
Train attack: DIA uncovers bandits’ camps as NAF kills terrorists
The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has uncovered scores of makeshift facilities and forest settlements, serving as camps for armed bandits and kidnappers terrorising travellers...
Bandits kill four policemen as 10 expatriates are freed in Kebbi
Four police officers and a civilian have been killed in Kebbi State in the process of rescuing 10 expatriates working in a Tomatoes processing...
Air Force kills scores in Katsina bandit leader’s wedding
Scores of armed bandits have been killed when military jets of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) shelled missiles at a wedding feast organized for...
Bandits kill soldiers, destroy troops’ vehicles in Kebbi
Bandits have killed a yet-to-be-ascertained number of soldiers in Kebbi State.
The soldiers were killed during a gun duel with bandits in the Zuru Emirate...
Bandits kill DPO in Katsina
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) has been killed by bandits during an attack on Magamar Jibia in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State...
Senate laments spate of killings, urges military to wake up
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, send fighter jets to flush out terrorists in their hideouts from...
Bandits abduct 38 in Katsina
Bandits operating in the Faskari forest of Katsina State have abducted 38 persons from Ruwan-Godiya Village in Faskari Local Government Area of the state.
The...
Bandits kill one, abduct 15 others in Niger community
Bandits have killed one person and abducted 15 others in Batagari Village in Maikujeri District of Rafi Local Government of Niger State.
Those kidnapped, it...
Buhari orders robust military operations against bandits, kidnappers
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the military to respond robustly to cases of killings and kidnappings by bandits in Niger State and to give...
Tinubu donates N50m to victims of Zamfara attacks
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has donated N50 million to Zamfara communities recently attacked by bandits.
Tinubu, and former...
