Six suspected bandits were seized from a police station and lynched by angry villagers in Tangaza town, Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The incident occurred on...
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NBC Ex-Director Released As Bandits Hold Daughter
The kidnappers of a former director at the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ahmad Abdulkadir, have released him after nine days in their captivity. They, however, refused to release his 15-year-old daughter, Laila Ahmad, who...
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Governor Matawalle Reveals Why Zamfara Backed Out Of Dialogue With Bandits
Governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle has revealed why the state government backed out of dialogue with bandits. According to the governor, the state reversed the decision to dialogue with bandits because the government was...
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Police Affairs Minister, Muhammad Dingyadi Opens Up On FG’s Plan For Bandits
Muhammad Dingyadi, Minister of Police Affairs, has said that the Federal Government is ready to listen and settle repentant bandits without much cost. Dingyadi, who made this known on Tuesday...
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Bloodbath As House Of Zamfara Assembly Speaker, Others Burn Down By Bandits
Bandits have attacked the Home of the Zamfara State House of Assembly Speaker, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, setting it on fire. Additionally, different homes belonging to residents have been set ablaze by the bandits in...
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Bandits Capture Nigerian Military Base In Zamfara; 12 Officers Pay Supreme Price
Armed bandits have reportedly overrun a Nigerian military base in Mutumji, Dansadau, about 80 kilometres south of Gusau, the Zamfara state capital. According to Peoples Gazette, military sources revealed that the bandits struck the...
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Breaking: Bandits beg for dialogue in Zamfara
Pounded by the military from the air and land, with many camps destroyed and many gunmen neutralised and arrested, Zamfara bandits are now suing for peace. They want to dialogue with the government and...
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Insecurity: Bandits Demand Rice, Spaghetti As Ransom
The closure of many markets across the North West is taking a heavy toll on bandits. At least four governors closed markets in their states as part of measures to check banditry. Few days...
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Bandits Have Devised Means To Escape Air Strikes, Sheikh Gumi Reveals
Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has disclosed that bandits have devised a means to evade air strikes by the Nigerian Air Force. The popular cleric in an articel titled, ‘War has never been a solution...
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Anxiety As Bandits Take Over Territory In Nigerian President’s Home State, Phone Network Shut Down
Mobile phone services have been shut down in at least 13 local government areas of Katsina State in a bid to curb banditry. This comes a week after media’s report that the Nigerian Communications...
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