Tag: bandits
Deployment of Super Tucano fighter jets excites Northern governors
Nineteen Northern governors have lauded the Federal Government for approving the deployment of the newly acquired Super Tucano fighter jets to rout the bandits...
DHQ: Troops kill 950 terrorists, 858 bandits in 7 months
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) eliminated 950 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North-East between May 20, 2021, and January 6, 2022, according to...
FG releases Official Gazette declaring bandits as terrorists
The Federal Government on Wednesday released the Official Gazette on proscription of banditry in Nigeria.
The gazette was titled Terrorism (Prevention) Proscription Order Notice, 2021...
Bandits kill 9 persons in Kaduna, 5 others injured
Nine persons were killed while five others sustained injures, following attacks by bandits in Igabi and Zaria Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
Mr. Samuel...
Bandits kill traditional ruler, four others in Zamfara
A District Head of Gada in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Umaru Bawan-Allah and four others have been killed by bandits.
The...
Bandits kill over 20 persons in Kaduna State
Bandits killed more than 20 persons and destroyed property worth millions of Naira in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday.
Commissioner for...
Why Sokoto is vulnerable to bandits’ attacks, by Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Tambuwal has explained why his state, Sokoto, has been in the grip of bandits and kidnappers marauding and scaring the populace in...
Buhari assures Nigerians: We’ll flush out bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the Federal Government commitment to flush out banditry perpetrators and protect citizens from onslaught of all forms of criminal...
CAN: We paid bandits ransom to release 61 Baptist Church members
Sixty-one worshippers of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau in Kaduna State along with nine other victims of abduction have regained their freedom from captive.
The Chairman,...
Jailbreak: 11 killed, 252 inmates escape from Jos prison – Official
No fewer than 11 people have been killed in the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Jos on Sunday, November 28.
Also, a total...
