katsina banditry

More than 20 persons are feared killed and scores of others wounded as bandits attacked four communities in Katsina State. The affected communities are Tsabuwa in Batsari Local Government Area and Gurbi.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Federal Government delegation led by Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, arrived Katsina State on Monday, extending heartfelt condolences to Governor Aminu Bello Masari and Emir of Katsina, Abdulmuminu Kabir Usman, over the recent killings by bandits. The delegation was sent by President Muhammadu...

Gov. Aminu Masaari of Katsina State on Monday visited Tsanwa and Dankar villages and sympathise with the residents over Friday’s attack by bandits, during which 30 people lost their lives. Masari urged the villagers to consider the incident as an act of … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Some bandits on Saturday, August 31, launched an attack on Yandaka village in Batsari local government area of Katsina state, injuring the village head in the process. The bandits during the attack also abducted the wife and three children of the village head from his residence. The...

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday, August 16, 2019, in Katsina State, charged the military to be more spontaneous in restoring peace to the country, particularly states troubled by bandits, ordering them “not to spare bandits’’ that have been killing, maiming and extorting innocent citizens...

A team of policemen in the early hours of yesterday engaged 200 bandits in gun battle that lasted over one hour in Safana Council of Katsina State. Although no lives were lost on both sides, the Police said several bandits received … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...

More than 10 people were feared killed on Wednesday evening by bandits who attacked four communities in two local government areas of Katsina State. It was learnt that dozens of the armed bandits who rode on motorcycles stormed the...... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...

The Katsina State government may have imposed a ban on all forms of farming around the dreaded Rugu forest as bandits and kidnappers continue to harass residents in at least nine of the 34 local government areas. The latest act of kidnapping occurred on Tuesday in Batsari local government …...

The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the abduction of Bature Mai’unguwa, the Village Head of Labo in Batsari Local Government Area, by unknown gunmen. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Gambo Isa, a superintendent of police, confirmed the abduction to journalists on...

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has challenged security agencies to quickly end banditry and other insecurity challenges in parts of the country. Mrs Buhari who made the call on Saturday in Katsina while distributing relief materials to over 25,000 victims of bandits attacks...

Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has urged the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) to support poor people in Katsina State including those devastated by banditry. Mrs Buhari who was in Batsari, Katsina State on Saturday to distribute relief materials to victims of banditry...

Eighteen victims of the Katsina bandits attack have been buried amid tears in the state. Channels reports that the bodies of the victims were brought from the mortuary of the Katsina General Hospital to receive funeral prayer before the Katsina Emirate Council premises. Leading the funeral...

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...