Banditry

A collection of reports and stories on banditry, the fight against banditry, arrest and investigations in Nigeria and beyond

DSS, military neutralize scores of bandits in Niger operation

A coordinated operation by the Department of State Services and the Nigerian military in Niger State has successfully dislodged a…

Bandits attack monarch’s palace, abduct traditional ruler in Nasarawa

Suspected Fulani bandits launched a nighttime attack on the palace of a traditional ruler in Kokona Local Government Area, firing…

Panic in Imo community amid fresh herdsmen attack

Residents of Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State were thrown into panic early Monday morning when…

Latest Banditry

Borno attack: Terrorists recycling old videos for propaganda, says DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has dismissed as propaganda a video clip circulating on…

Army arrests 12 suspected terrorists in Kwara forest raid

The Nigerian Army has arrested 12 individuals linked to terrorist activities allegedly…

ISWAP claims responsibility for bomb blast killing 26 in Borno

The Islamic State West Africa Province has claimed responsibility for Monday’s devastating…

Troops uncover cybercrime, ritualist syndicate hideout in Edo

Troops of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Benin City…

Bandits abduct varsity student, kill one in Kebbi attack

The Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, has confirmed the abduction of one of…

Suspected herdsmen attack Benue community, kill security guard

A security guard was reportedly killed late Friday night by suspected herdsmen…

Bandits kill two, kidnap several in Katsina

Armed bandits launched a deadly attack on Maibakko village in the Sabuwa…

Bandits kill two farmers in Benue

Bandits have reportedly killed two farmers who were displaced from their ancestral…

Bandits kill man, abduct wife, neighbour in Zamfara

The Zamfara State Police Command said bandits attacked and killed a man…

Sheikh Gumi volunteers to negotiate freedom of kidnapped Kaduna pupils

  A Kaduna State-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has promised President…

Gunmen threaten to marry kidnapped bride, sell 55 wedding guests

Gunmen suspected to be bandits, who recently kidnapped women accompanying a newlywed…

Kebbi troops rescue four kidnap victims

Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with local vigilantes, have rescued…

Gunmen kill three in Benue community

  Gunmen believed to be armed herdsmen have reportedly killed three individuals…

Adamawa Shila Boys stab 37-year-old to death

The Adamawa State Police Command in has said that the dreaded Shila…

Gunmen abduct 10 people in Rivers community

  At least 10 people, mostly women and children have been reportedly…