Bandits

Nigerian Military Replies Gumi, Says Army Not Colluding With Bandits

The Nigerian Army has denied claims it's colluding with marauding bandits who have been responsible for various crimes and atrocities against…

3 years ago

At Some Point, Boko Haram Trusted Buhari to Negotiate on It’s Behalf: Sheikh Gumi

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3 years ago

Nigerian Military Colluding with Bandits: Shiekh Gumi

Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has alleged that the Nigerian Military is colluding with marauding bandits who have…

3 years ago

Nigeria: Abducted Kebbi Students May Have Been Rescued as Scores of Bandits Killed

Three days after the violent kidnap of more than 80 students, a majority of them girls, and five teachers at…

3 years ago

Nigeria: 25 Feared Killed By Bandits in Attacks on North-Central Benue, Plateau States

No fewer than 25 persons were feared killed by gunmen in separate attacks on communities in Nigeria’s North-Central Benue and…

3 years ago

Nigeria: Abductors of Niger Schoolchildren Kidnapped 10 Days Ago Reduce Ransom to N150m

The bandits who abducted 156 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of Rafi Local Government Area of…

3 years ago

Nigeria: Distraught Parent Recounts How Bandits Abducted Her Children from Niger School

Parents of kidnapped students of an Islamic school in Nigeria's Niger state are again pleading with authorities to step up…

3 years ago

Nigeria Police Deploys Personnel in Federal Capital Borders to Forestall Bandits’ Incursion

Following fears of an alleged impending invasion of Abuja by terrorists and armed bandits, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Bandits Deserve Death Not Ransom, Kaduna Governor el-Rufai Proclaims

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, Tuesday restated his opposition to negotiation with, and payment of ransom to bandits, saying…

4 years ago

Bandits Kill Eight People, Steal 180 Cows in Nigeria’s Northwest Kaduna

Authorities in the north-western Nigerian state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least eight people and injured a…

4 years ago

Former President Obasanjo, Islamic Cleric Gumi Push for Special Courts to Try Bandits, Kidnappers in Nigeria

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a prominent Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have called on Nigeria’s federal government to…

4 years ago

Nigerian Army Warns Sheikh Gumi After He Tells Bandits Christian Soldiers Are Targeting Them

The Nigerian Army on Monday warned a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi and other opinion merchants to exercise…

4 years ago

Nigeria’s Senate President Lawan Says Drug Barons Financing Terrorists, Bandits

Nigeria’s Senate President Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Thursday attributed the lingering insecurity in the country to the activities of drug…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Bandit Commanders from Different States Met on Giving Peace a Chance, Niger SSG Reveals

The Niger State Government has expressed optimism of an imminent reduction in abductions and banditry following a meeting, in a…

4 years ago

Bandits Were Offered Money Not to Release Schoolgirls, Zamfara Governor Matawalle Alleges

Zamfara State Governor, Mr. Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday accused some alleged sponsors behind the abduction of almost 300 schoolgirls of…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Zamfara Governor Matawalle Insists on Negotiating with Bandits

Despite the abduction of the 317 schoolgirls from a government-owned secondary last week in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara State, the state’s…

4 years ago

Bandits Abduct Over 300 Schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Northwestern Zamfara State

More than 300 schoolgirls have been abducted by suspected bandits from a Government Girls Secondary School in Mafara local government…

4 years ago

Nigerian Journalists are Criminals for Calling Bandits Criminals, Sheikh Gumi Alleges (Full Interview)

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4 years ago

No Legal Basis for Dialogue with Bandits, Senior Nigerian Lawyers Insist

Senior Nigerian lawyers on Wednesday cautioned against the ongoing appeasement of bandits, terrorising several states, particularly in the North-west, through…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Bandits Kill 18 in Fresh Invasion of Kaduna Communities

No fewer than 18 people have been killed and many others abducted following attacks by bandits on communities in Igabi…

4 years ago