banditry

Police and security agencies arrested over 115 suspects in coordinated operations across Nigeria, while bandits killed one person and abducted at least seven others in separate attacks.

Nigerian authorities confront escalating security threats as communities report collaboration between locals and criminal gangs, while police arrest hunter who sold friend to kidnappers for N45 million ransom.

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to address escalating insecurity in Bauchi State, as violent attacks in Ogun and Plateau states leave communities in fear and governors calling for urgent intervention.

Coordinated bandit attacks, terrorist raids, and communal violence have struck Zamfara, Kwara, and Plateau states within 48 hours, exposing persistent gaps in Nigeria's counter-insurgency strategy and prompting emergency security meetings.

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal convened emergency security talks with agency heads as federal authorities face mounting criticism over alleged ransom payments to terrorists, highlighting Nigeria's persistent security challenges.

Governor Bala Mohammed has raised alarm over bandit infiltration of ungoverned forest spaces around the Daji Dam axis in Bauchi State, calling on President Bola Tinubu for urgent federal intervention to address the escalating security threat in northern Nigeria.

Multiple deadly attacks by armed groups have forced mass displacement in Bauchi and claimed lives in Benue, while former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai remains in custody after bail denial by anti-corruption officials.

Security forces in Kebbi State successfully repelled an attack by armed bandits along the Maje border road in Bagudo Local Government Area, highlighting ongoing security challenges in northwestern Nigeria.

Eleven civilians died in renewed bandit attacks in Nigeria's Zamfara State, while the arrest of Zimbabwe's former first son in Johannesburg highlights the region's divergent security challenges—from rural terror to elite impunity.

Amnesty International reports 323 deaths in the first 20 days of February across six Nigerian states, as bandit attacks, kidnappings, and police violence compound the nation's security crisis.

Multiple Nigerian states have introduced emergency measures including nighttime curfews and school closures as armed attacks, herder killings, and banditry escalate across the country's middle belt and northern regions.

Armed gunmen killed at least 50 people and abducted women and children in a brutal attack on a Zamfara State village, underscoring the persistent insecurity plaguing northern Nigeria despite government promises of improved protection.

As military leadership vows sustained action against security threats, bandits kill 30 in Zamfara while kidnappings persist across Nigeria's north-central states, underscoring the gap between operational pledges and ground realities.

Armed groups have launched coordinated attacks across Nigeria, killing over 30 people in Zamfara State while Boko Haram incursions into Kwara communities have left border populations demanding enhanced protection from federal security forces.

Governor Dauda Lawal claims security agencies fail to act on real-time bandit tracking data in Zamfara, while Kano's defection to APC creates fissures within opposition ranks.