BANDITS

A 25-year-old woman suspected to be an informant to bandits has been arrested and will be arraigned soon by the police in Katsina State. The suspect identified as Rashida Hussaini is said to have been engaged in banditry-related…

Citing rising cases of insecurity in Zamfara and adjourned cities, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reportedly directed all telecommunications providers to shut down services in Zamfara State for two weeks from September 3.…

Abducted students of Zamfara State College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (CAAS), Bakura have sent a “Save Our Lives” plea to Governor Bello Matawalle and the state government. MDB earlier reported that the students, 15 of them, and…

Abductors of 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna state, have reportedly demanded N60m ransom to free the captives. Bandits had stormed the school and abducted over 100 students two weeks ago (Monday, July 5), but shortly…

Many Nigerians have slammed the Federal Government for arresting Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho while ignoring the high state of insecurity in the nation. Igboho was reportedly arrested in Cotonou,…

Following the attack on Bethel Baptist High School on Monday, Kaduna State government has ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools located in areas identified as vulnerable to attacks by bandits. The school located in Chikun Local…

Bandits have in the early hours of Monday attacked Bethel Baptist School, a private college located at Maraban Rido area in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting an unspecified number of students. The kidnappers were…

Bandits have demanded a ransom of N25 million ransom after kidnapping about seven women and four children along dreaded Birnin Gwari Road in Kaduna State on Thursday. The women who were on their way to attend a wedding, were said to have…

A 40-year-old man, Ibrahim Abdullahi and his 21-year-old son, Abubakar Ibrahim, have been arrested alongside two other suspects by Katsina State Police Command for allegedly supplying guns to bandits. The other two suspects are Tukur…

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has debunked reports that he was either quizzed or invited for questioning by Department of State Security Service (DSS) over his remarks against the military. He made this known known to…

Department of State Services has on Friday announced that it has invited Kaduna-based cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for questioning. “Sheikh Gumi was invited by the Service,” the service’s spokesman, Peter Afunaya, said, Channels Television…

Nigerian Army has slammed a popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi, for stating that some soldiers were conniving with bandits and worsening the security situation in the country. While appearing on the ARISE TV Morning Show on…

Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said killing bandits will only worsen the security situation in the country, advising Federal Government should engage them in dialogue. He stated this during an interview with ThePUNCH…

Bandits, who abducted children attending Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town in Rafi Local Government of Niger State, have demanded N110m ransom for their release. The school headmaster, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan, disclosed this…

Kaduna State Government has confirmed that travelers were attacked by bandits on Abuja-Kaduna highway on Friday May 28. However, the government said “reports that the bandits kidnapped scores of people” had not been confirmed by security…