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Suspected armed bandits, on Thursday, allegedly killed fourteen people in an attack in Babban Rafi village, Gwalli District of Gummi local government area of Zamfara State. A source from Barikin Daji village, who sought for anonymity, told DAILY POST that the bandits went to the village on …...

The military yesterday described ongoing negotiations with bandits by governors of the North-west as political and not a military decision. Chief of Army Staff, Lt General … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2ouDJRh Get More Nigeria Political News

Facts have emerged on how Mrs. Esther Katung, the wife of Pastor Ishaku Katung of ECWA Church in Bagoma, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State was killed by suspected kidnappers after collecting a ransom of N250,000 from the family. The deceased was abducted … Read more via...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria sometimes (MACBAN) has rejected the proposed amnesty for killer herdsmen, cattle rustlers, and bandits. The Bauchi State secretary of the association, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmad, said the move.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Bandits, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have reportedly kidnapped 14 bus passengers, including the driver, along Otan/Imesi-Ile road in Osun.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2kxg94g Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and killed some fighters at Gobara and Bakassi in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a … Read...

Bandits have again invaded Yar Centre, an outskirts of Sherere community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing 17 persons, while dozens sustained varying degrees of injuries and many houses set ablaze. The bandits, according to residents, also abducted two women, rustled...

Commiserating with victims and their families, Governor Aminu Tambuwal prayed Allah to grant them fortitude to bear the loss.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2IDGs4a Get More Nigeria Metro News

Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, says he would have taken up arms against bandits in the state if his office allowed. Yari said this while addressing reporters in Gasau, the state capital on Thursday. He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on the...

Foremost clergyman, Bishop Musa Fomson, has prophesied that the politicians behind Zamfara killings will be exposed in a matter of weeks. In his message released ahead of the New Year, Bishop Fomson, warned that the only thing that will save the people behind Zamfara killings from disgrace is...

The Federal Government says the persistent attacks on residents of Zamfara State by bandits will affect food security in the country. The Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), stated this yesterday in Gusau during an on-the-spot assessment of the activities of the bandits...

Troops from 1 Division in Kaduna neutralised 12 bandits on Thursday after a covert operation in some village markets in the state. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2xX18P4 Get More Nigeria Metro News