Items recovered from them The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, has explained how the command was able to tracked down some bandits on a mission to buy guns in the state. He said the significant breakthrough was part of efforts to curb the infiltration of banditry and related crimes…
Tragedy has befallen Zamfara State with the passing of Zarah Abubakar Shehu, a 21-year-old student at the Federal University Gusau, who succumbed to death while in captivity, four months after being abducted alongside her two siblings. Zarah, a third-year student, was forcibly taken from her residence in the Damba area of Gusau during the early…
The former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), has been released from captivity following the payment of N250million ransom to his abductors. A credible source, who disclosed the development to LEADERSHIP during a telephone conversation, said a family member of the General Tsiga disclosed his release on Friday….
Bandits have abducted the Wakilin Fulani of Janjala, Alhaji Atah Adamu Wakili, a nursing mother and 37 other residents of the community located in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State. They were said to have rustled several cows during the attack. A community leader in the area, who confirmed the incident to our reporter through telephone…
The Niger State Police Command has rescued one Nasiru Idris, a resident of Farin-Ruwa via Bena in Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, who was chained with padlocks by his abductors on his neck and hands in Mariga forest. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the victim was rescued…
Kidnappers have killed a Nigerian Army non-commissioned officer, Abdulfatai Odutola, over a delay in ransom payment. SaharaReporters earlier reported that Odutola, a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO), was abducted on February 15, 2025, along the Abuja-Jos highway. He was reportedly travelling to Yola, the Adamawa State capital, at the time of the incident. His kidnappers had…
Troops from the Nigerian Army’s 17 Brigade, Katsina, and the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, have neutralized notorious bandit kingpin, Kamilu Chiroma, also known as Buzaro, along with several of his gang members in Katsina State. The operation took place in the early hours of Monday, February 17. Security agencies had intensified counter-banditry operations…
An informant to bandits, Ado Haruna, who set the criminals against his nephew, Alhaji Bashiru Anas, and his family for abduction, has narrated how he got N200,000 from the N13 million collected as ransom. The suspect, arrested by the operatives of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was among others recently paraded by the Force Public Relations…
Armed bandits led by notorious gunman, Bello Turji, has launched a violent attack on a mosque in the Shanawa community, Zamfara State, abducting score of worshippers during the operation. As gathered, the bandits stormed Shanawa community during the last prayer session for the day, Isha Solaat, Wednesday, leaving many worshippers injured and kidnapping several others….
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has revealed reasons why his administration opted for peace deal with bandits unleashing terror in some parts of the state. Kaduna has been under attacks by bandits who reign terror in some communities, especially in Chikun, Kagarko, Giwa, Kajuru, and Birnin Gwari local government areas of the state, in…
