Banditry

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

Latest Banditry

Six killed as gunmen attack Benue communities

Six persons have been reported killed after gunmen attacked Igba-Ukyor and Tse…

Katsina govt sets up committee to investigate village head’s murder

The Katsina government has set up a committee to investigate the killing…

Troops hand over rail track vandals to Nasarawa NSCDC

Kazeem Owoseni     No fewer than 12 suspected rail track vandals…

Terrorists flee as airforce attack ISWAP hideout in Borno

The Nigerian Air Force has launched a heavy attack on the Islamic…

Bandits kill three, kidnap others in Kaduna community

Three people have been reportedly killed and several others kidnapped by bandits…

Group laments insecurity in Zamfara

By Wilson Adekumola   A group, under aegis of the Northern Emancipation…

Gunmen kill 25 people in Benue communities

By Wilson Adekumola   At least 25 people were reportedly killed, several…

Bandits release more FGC Birnin Yauri students

By Wilson Adekumola   The three of the remaining abducted seven girls…

Troops foil bandit attack on Zamfara community

Kazeem Owoseni     A troop of Operation Hadarin Daji, an element…

Ondo community protest Fulani herdsmen invasion

Wilson Adekumola   The residents of a community, Ayede-Ogbese in the Akure…

14 rescued as army neutralizes Kaduna bandit

  14 persons have been rescued and one bandit killed by the…

Political thugs raze Kano INEC office

Wilson Adekumola     The Independent National Electoral Commission’s office located at…

Bandits kill Niger DPO, four officers

Bandits have reportedly attacked certain communities in Niger state killing a divisional…

Eight killed as bandits attack Benue community

Juliet Buna   Bandits attacked a community opposite the Internally Displaced Persons…

Three killed, two injured by fleeing Katsina terrorists

Three persons were declared dead on Tuesday when suspected fleeing terrorists assaulted…