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N7.8 Billion Ransom Collected by Kidnappers in One Year as Mass Abductions Rise

August 31, 2026 Omajemite Don

A new report reveals that kidnappers operating across Nigeria collected nearly 7.8 billion naira in ransom payments between July 2025 and June 2026. This collected sum represents 34 percent of…

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Who will visit Boko Haram terrorists, bandits? Gumi cites Jonathan, Osinbajo visits to militants.’

July 25, 2026 Taiwo Oyedepo

A controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has questioned why no government official has visited Boko Haram terrorists and bandits to negotiate an end to their violence, the way past…

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Nigerian Soldiers Are My Boys – Bandit Who Killed General Threatens To Slaughter 200 June 29

June 28, 2026 Omajemite Don

A notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Muhammadu, has made the shocking claim that soldiers deployed to eliminate him are instead feeding him real-time intelligence to evade capture, as he issued a…

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Govt Officials Trapped as Bandits Ambush Security Team in Zamfara

January 21, 2026 Omajemite Don

Officials of Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara State were reportedly trapped after suspected bandits ambushed a joint security team while on an official assignment in the state. The incident…

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Bandit Arrested in Kwara Accuses Officials of Supplying Vehicle, Weapons

December 14, 2025 Omajemite Don

Security operatives have arrested a group of suspected armed bandits in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State during a coordinated military operation carried out on Friday. Ejes Gist…

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How Bandits Bounce Calls Multiple Towers to Evade Tracking – Tinubu’s Minister

December 13, 2025 Omajemite Don

Bandits Bounce Calls Multiple Towers to Evade Tracking, Says Tinubu’s Minister Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has disclosed that armed bandits operating across the country…

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Abduction Toll Rises to 315 in Niger as Terrorists Attack St. Mary’s Catholic Schools in Dawn Raid

November 22, 2025 Jake Clifford

The number of abducted students and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, has risen dramatically to 315, following…

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BREAKING: Terrorists Attack Abuja Community, Shoot Police Officer Dead During Gun Battle

November 20, 2025 Jake Clifford

Terrorists Attack Abuja Community, Shoot Police Officer Dead During Gun Battle   A kidnapping operation launched by a gang of armed men suspected to be bandits in the early hours…

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Negotiating With Bandits Is Not a Sign of Failure – Defence Minister Bello Matawalle

November 19, 2025 Omajemite Don

Nigeria continues to confront persistent security challenges across several regions, including widespread banditry, rural attacks, kidnapping, and community displacement. While the country has intensified military operations, air surveillance, and police…

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Terrorists Now Make Laws For Us — Former Chief of Army Staff 

November 11, 2025 Jake Clifford

“We have gotten to a situation where bandits and insurgents have taken some of our communities, taxing and making laws for them

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Two Security Officers Killed, 16 Hostages Rescued as Bandits Unleash Terror

November 9, 2024 Omajemite Don

Two Security Officials Killed, 16 Hostages Rescued in Katsina Amid Coordinated Bandit Attacks. Two security officers, including a member of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps and a local vigilante,…

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Insecurity: Communities Along Gusau-Funtua Road Demand Military Action Against Bandits

October 9, 2024 Musa Jibril

Residents of Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara State and Yankara area of Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State have demanded military actions against bandits. According to some of…

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Daring Bandits in Zamfara Now Receive Bank Transfers, Collect N2 Million Ransom

October 5, 2024 Taiwo Oyedepo

Recent reports reveal that bandits operating in Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria, are now accepting ransom payments via electronic bank transfers. On October 3, 2024, it was reported that some terrorists…

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Police Kill Bandits, Recover Firearms In Benue

July 22, 2024 Musa Jibril

Operatives of the Benue State Police Command have killed suspected bandits and recovered firearms in Mbafyan, Mbachir Council Ward, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, and Tse Shenge, Ukum Local Government Area.…

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Bandits abduct over 500, sack many communities in Zamfara

May 14, 2024 Okolosi Gloria

Bandits abduct hundreds of villagers, sack communities in Zamfara state.  Approximately 50 communities in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been attacked by bandits, resulting in the…

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100 Girls Orphaned by Bandits to be Married Off by Speaker

May 11, 2024 Okolosi Gloria

Speaker to Sponsor Mass Wedding for 100 Orphaned Girls   In a heartwarming gesture, the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has announced plans to marry…

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Security, Govt Officials Turned Banditry into Business Venture — Governor

May 4, 2024 Taiwo Oyedepo

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has raised alarming allegations, accusing certain government officials and security personnel of complicity in the perpetuation of banditry, which he claims has evolved into a…

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Bandits Disrupt prayer, Kidnap dozens of worshipers

April 2, 2024 Okolosi Gloria

Bandits Disrupt Tahajjud Prayers, Abduct Dozens of Worshipers in Zamfara Mosque. Dozens of worshipers were abducted during a brazen attack by bandits on a mosque in Gusau, the capital of…

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Tinubu’s Govt Helpless as Bandits Abduct 61 People in Kaduna

March 12, 2024 Omajemite Don

In yet another harrowing incident, bandits have struck another Kaduna community, sparking fear and alarm as they reportedly abducted at least 61 individuals. This latest abduction comes just six days…

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Bandits Attack Katsina Villages, Kill Six, Abduct Others

February 20, 2024 Dr Ogheneyoma Grace

Suspected armed bandits launched attacks on villages in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State in the late hours of Monday, February 19, 2024. The bandits, reportedly rampaging across…

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