Bandits operating in North Western part of Nigeria have imposed a N20 million levy on farmers in Gatakawa, Katsina State. The development was disclosed on Wednesday in a post on X by Bakatsine, a conflict and crisis journalist covering insecurity in Nigeria’s northwest. Bakatsine said the bandits demanded the levy from farmers before allowing them…
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has again defended bandits terrorising northern Nigeria, claiming they are on “revenge missions” rather than waging unprovoked violence. Gumi, who has consistently courted public outrage over his sympathy for terrorists, made the remarks during an interview on Trust TV on Friday which SaharaReporters monitored. The Sheikh argued that the…
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation MESA, under the Nigerian Army’s 3 Brigade, have stopped an attack on some villages in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, killing 19 armed bandits in the process. According to the Army, the operation happened on Saturday evening, November 1, after soldiers received intelligence that gunmen were…
Bandits on Sunday morning killed no fewer than ten people, including a village head (Baale), in Oke-Ode area of Ifelodun Local Government in Kwara State. A reliable source in the community (names withheld) said the outlaws invaded the area, shooting sporadically, killing, maiming, and kidnapping a yet-to-be-ascertained number of residents. According to an interview granted…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that armed bandits launched a deadly assault on Wake village in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State early Sunday. According to reports, eight people were killed, while at least 20 others wounded, some in critical condition. The attackers also kidnapped an unspecified number of locals during the raid. As of…
Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have shot dead a prominent businessman, Alhaji Sani Sabo, in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. A source familiar with the incident told newsmen on Monday morning that the assailants stormed the area around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, killing the businessman before attempting to escape. Residents quickly mobilised to confront…
Seven persons have been killed while eight others sustained various degrees of injuries following an overnight attack on Angwan Rimi community in Kamaru ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the incident occurred on Sunday night when suspected armed herders invaded the village. Victims of the…
A fresh wave of violence has struck Sokoto State as armed bandits launched a deadly attack on worshippers in Marnona village, Wurno Local Government Area, leaving one dead and others injured. The incident, which occurred during prayers, has intensified fears in the already volatile Sokoto East axis. Eyewitnesses reported that the heavily armed assailants stormed…
Armed bandits numbering about 200 stormed Babanla town in Kwara state on motorbikes at around 1:00 p.m. on Friday, killing a police officer and looting a local market. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the assailants who fired sporadically, attacked the Babanla Police Station, where ASP Adejumo Wasiu attached to the ACPOL Offa…
No fewer than thirty-five kidnapped victims of Banga village in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State were said to have been slaughtered by bandits for failure to pay N35 million ransom. An indigene of the village, Sani Suleiman, disclosed this in a telephone interview with PUNCH Online on Sunday, stating that bandits had kidnapped…