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26 Mar
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Abuja, have raided a kidnappers’ den in Jibi forest bordering Dei-dei Abuja.
18 Mar
Terrorism in Kaduna State took another turn on Sunday after bandits kidnapped 87 people in a fresh wave of attacks. The latest attack was said to have taken place in Kajuru-Station community in the Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. A member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, confirmed the incident to journalists…
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12 Mar
No fewer than seven people have been reportedly shot dead, while several others sustained injuries after bandits invaded a market in Zurak Campani, Wase Local Council of Plateau State.
11 Mar
KUTEB indigenes in Takum Local Council of Taraba State have pleaded with Governor Agbu Kefas to reclaim their lands under bandit control.
9 Mar
Bandits have gone on the rampage again after reportedly kidnapping an unspecified number of Tsangaya students in Sokoto state on Saturday. The latest incident occurred at Gidan Bakuso in the Gada local government area of Sokoto state. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, informed Daily Trust that the students were abducted from their school…
8 Mar
In a repeat of mass abductions in the North since the infamous April 2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, bandits yesterday attacked a government primary school at Kuriga community of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting scores of pupils.
7 Mar
Armed gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have reportedly invaded the LEA Primary School in Kuriga town, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, this morning and abducted dozens of pupils.
5 Mar
Bandits have killed a soldier and other residents of Kwande and Apa local councils of Benue State, in separate attacks, over the weekend.
5 Mar
Bandits have killed a soldier and other residents of Kwande and Apa local councils of Benue State, in separate attacks, over the weekend.
3 Mar
The Katsina state Police Command on Sunday placed a N50 million reward to anyone with useful information that will lead to the arrest of the suspected bandit’s kingpins, Modi Modi and Jan Kare.
23 Feb
.Recover arms, ammunition, drugs Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised two alleged bandit kingpins, identified as Bodejo and Boderi Isyaku, The duo were said to be the masterminds of several high-profile kidnappings, including that of the Yauri schoolgirls, Greenfield University, and attacks at Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), along the Bada-Riyawa axis, on the Kaduna-Birnin…
15 Feb
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said the establishment of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) across the country would end banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities.

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