Tag: banditry
Banditry: Zamfara Anti-Thuggery Outfit Arrests Sim Packs, Drugs Supplier
The Zamfara Government’s Anti-Thuggery Standing Committee has arrested three suspects for supplying Sim Packs, drugs, illegal substances and sexual enhancers to bandits....
Banditry: FG Releases N6.25bn For Establishment Of Cattle Ranches In Katsina
Katsina State Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu, says the Federal Government has released 6.25 billion naira for the establishment of cattle ranches in...
Zamfara: House Of Assembly Prescribes Death Penalty For Banditry, Kidnapping
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has passed a bill prescribing death penalty for all banditry-related offences.
The development...
Aiding Banditry: Zamfara Govt Arraigns Two Deposed Emirs
Zamfara State Government has arraigned the two deposed Emirs at the State’s chief magistrate court.
The two monarchs have...
Challenges: Mustapha Says Federal Government Committed To Ending Banditry, Other Crimes
Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss has re-assured that the Federal Government would end banditry and other crimes in the northwest...
Tackling Insecurity: Police Nab 37 Suspects In Sokoto Over Alleged Banditry
The Police Command in Sokoto State says it has arrested no fewer than 37 suspects over alleged banditry in some parts of...
Banditry: Zamfara Government Rescues 2,155 From Kidnappers – Information Commissioner
The Zamfara State Government says so far 2,155 victims of banditry and kidnapping have rescued in the state between September 2021 and...
Banditry: Niger Police Say 13 Not 37 Persons Killed In Attacks...
The Niger State Police Command has denied reports that 37 people were killed in Nakundna and Wurukuchi communities in Shiroro Local Government...
Banditry: 28 Kidnapped Kagara Market Victims In Niger Regain Freedom
28 kidnapped victims of Kagara Market in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been released by their abductors.
Banditry: 42 Children, Pregnant Women And 55 Others Regain Freedom In...
Police authorities in Zamfara have confirmed the release of 97 persons abducted by bandits in Shinkafi and Tsafe Local Government Areas (LGAs)...
Banditry: Senior Lawyers Says Masari’s Arms-For-Civilians Call Evidence Of Buhari’s Failure
Some Senior Advocates have described the call by Governor Bello Masari, Katsina State for private citizens to bear arms in order to...
Banditry: Troops Kill 84 Terrorists In North-East, North-West
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji have killed over 84 terrorists in North East and North West in the last...
Banditry: Coalition Threatens To Shutdown Of Some North-West States
The Sokoto State chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG has given the Federal Government three months ultimatum to resolve...
Banditry: Zamfara Police Rescue Kidnapped Students, Others
The Zamfara state Police Command has rescued 24 persons, including five students, kidnapped while writing their Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE...
Banditry: Death Toll From Sokoto Attacks Rises To 43
The death toll from separate attacks this week by heavily armed gunmen on two towns in Sokoto state has risen to 43.
Banditry: President Buhari Condemns Sokoto Killings
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killings of 15 people in Goronyo and Illela Local Government Areas of Sokoto State, noting that...
Banditry: Troops Chase Gunmen Out Of Kaduna Town
Report says armed men were repelled by the military on Monday to attack on residents of Zango Urban District of Zangon Kataf...
Banditry: Katsina Police Repel Attack, Rescue 11 Victims, Recover 38 Cows...
The Katsina state Police command has prevented bandits’ attack on Gidan-Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area of the state.
Banditry: Gunmen, Kill 6, Kidnap Many In Zamfara Village Attack
Some bandits have attacked Rijiya village in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing six people and kidnapped many others.
Banditry: Ten Killed As Security Operatives Raid Hideouts In Kaduna
Ten bandits have been killed after a gun battle with a joint team of security forces in Giwa Local Government Area of...
