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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested six suspected bandits along the Elele-Owerri Road in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State. Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, said the suspected armed bandits were intercepted during a ‘stop and search’ operation …

Zamfara State Police Command has arrested 8 suspects over banditry-related offences, criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, robbery, gunrunning and fraud.   Spokesman of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, said said police recovered 15 locally fabricated guns, 146 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, a …

Gunmen have killed Hon. Sale Yakubu Allawa, a councillor in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.    The Niger State Commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, confirmed the incident to Premium Times in a telephone interview on Saturday, January 21, 2023.    Mr Umar said the …

Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have neutralized two bandits and cleared several hideouts in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.   The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, said the troops achieved these breakthroughs during fighting patrols along the …

Some bandits have been killed in airstrikes carried out by Nigerian military fighter jets on Monday, January 16, in Rarah village in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state.   A lawmaker representing the area at the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Zakari, said the military bombardment took place in three …

Bandits have abducted the Vice Chairman of Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, Aminu Umar Kira.    Umar was abducted along with one Isah Paiki by terrorists who invaded his village, Kira, in the Jimkamshi ward of the council around 1am on Monday, January 16, 2023.    The spokesman …

The remains of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) killed in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been laid to rest.   The officers were ambushed and killed on Monday, 9 January, 2023, while on routine duty of protecting Kuriga mining mining site.    …

The parish priest of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church in Kafin-koro in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, Rev Father Isaac Achi, has been burnt to death by armed bandits.    It was gathered that the bandits who invaded his residence at 3 am on Sunday, January 15, …

In an ongoing effort to stem the tide of kidnapping, banditry and other heinous crime in the state, the Bauchi State Police Command has recorded unprecedented successes in different daring operations across the state.    Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil. in a statement on Saturday, January 14, 2023, said …

  Three bandits were gunned down while trying to collect ransom demanded before the release of a driver kidnapped in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, January 13, said police operatives also repelled an attack in Maje …