Nigeria and the United States have launched a coordinated security operation aimed at dismantling terrorist enclaves across multiple parts of the country. This signals a renewed push to degrade the operational reach of violent extremist groups and restore state authority in affected communities. The joint effort, involving Nigeria’s security agencies and US technical and advisory…
Ribadu The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has admitted to providing arms to trained vigilantes and other auxiliary forces as part of Nigeria’s counter-terrorism strategy. The acknowledgement was made following public controversy over security operations in Kwara State. The latest clarification by ONSA came following the viral reports and videos alleging that government…
Operatives of the Sokoto State Police Command have arrested three suspected financiers and informants of bandit groups, including Ruwa Ginyo, the Fulani head of Gidan-Madi in Tangaza Local Government Area. The suspects, believed to be brokers for the notorious Lakurawa bandits, were apprehended on December 3, 2025, about 2:00 p.m. while attempting to sell four…
A new video has emerged online, raising fresh doubts about the official account of how the abducted schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State were freed. The footage, which began circulating late Tuesday, pm suggests that government representatives and the bandits reached an understanding before the girls were released. This directly contradicts…
Gov Bago Niger State Governor Umar Bago has said that he plans to recruit 25,000 youths to fight the bandits and jihadists terrorising local communities. The governor disclosed this on Wednesday in a video that has now gone viral on social media. He further said that the 1,000 youths will be recruited in each of…
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has stated that people in Zamfara have lost trust in the current security system and called for reforms to Nigeria’s policing structure. The governor expressed deep concern over what he sees as deliberate obstacles hindering the fight against banditry in his state, saying his people no longer trust the…
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has boasted that he could end banditry in the state if he had control over the security agencies in the country. Governor Lawal said he is aware of the movements of every bandit kingpin operating in the state. In a viral video clip, the governor explained that his major constraint…
The Nigerian Army has arrested one of its personnel for alleged gunrunning, even as troops rescued eight kidnap victims and recovered arms and ammunition in recent operations across the country. A credible source at Army Headquarters disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said the soldier, identified as…
Hon. Abubakar Muhammad, popularly known as Total, representing Funtua Constituency in the Katsina State House of Assembly, recently stirred the polity in a viral photos where he was caught empowering his constituent with guns and ammunition. The lawmaker has, however, given reasons why he bought his people guns, saying the weapons were to fight banditry…
The Katsina government said no fewer than 100 personnel of the state-owned security outfit, Community Watch Corps, have been killed by armed bandits. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasir Muazu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He said more than 30 police officers have also paid the ultimate price, and several…
