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7 Nov
Security Operatives in Kaduna have rescued a Catholic Church Priest from kidnappers’ den, while two bandits were arrested with arms and ammunition.
6 Nov
The Federal Government has faulted the generalization of Nigerian hospitality outfits in the travel advisory issued by the United States Government.
22 Oct
Not fewer than three persons have been gruesomely murdered and 10 others critically injured in their farms by suspected bandits at two separate locations in the state. Dr. Stephen Angbas, a medical practitioner and proprietor of Angbas Clinic, Lafia, reportedly hacked down by suspected bandits with cutlass while on a motor bike to his farm…
21 Oct
Governor Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina State has vowed to sound the death knell on bandits behind the killings and destruction of properties worth billions of naira in the state.
15 Oct
The Benue State Security Advisor, Joseph Har, has confirmed the release of seven persons who were abducted on October 9 at Igaji in the Benue South Senatorial District.
12 Oct
The troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI under the command of the General officer Commanding 8 Division has reportedly eliminated over 100 bandits in coordinated airstrikes on the road to Sageko Malekachi village in Kebbi State.
8 Oct
Bandits killed four persons and injured four others at Uguwan Dankali in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Friday, police spokesman in Kaduna State, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated on Sunday.
29 Sep 2023
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the military will flush out bandits and terrorists from the country.
29 Sep 2023
Since 1960, when Nigeria became politically independent from the British colonial government, there has never been this level of despondency occasioned by economic hardship, rising poverty, insecurity and other forces widening the national fault lines.
25 Sep 2023
The governor of Zamfara Dauda Lawal on Monday urged the Federal Government (FG) to investigate secret negotiations with bandits in the state.
25 Sep 2023
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a bandit in possession of a rocket launcher.
21 Sep 2023
Community leaders in Kurebe, in Shiroro local council of Niger State has distanced themselves from an online news publication that alleged mining companies operating in the area paid bandits certain amount of money for protection. In a joint interview granted to newsmen  in Minna by Haruna Salihu Kurebe, a community leader and Jamilu Abubakar, APC…

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