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The Chairman, South-Western Security Network codenamed ‘Amotekun’ in Oyo State, Col. Kunle Togun has disclosed that most commercial motorcyclists in the State are spies for kidnappers and bandits that have entered the Yoruba land from the porous borders of Nigeria. He said the...

The Katsina State Police Command has nabbed two suspected members of a syndicate that was giving information about victims to kidnappers. The suspects, Bilyaminu Ma’aruf, 35, and Sani Umaru, 40, were described by the police as notorious informants to bandits. Katsina State Police...

The Kaduna State Vigilance Service (KADVIS) has informed the Kaduna State Government, that the service lost three personnel on Tuesday night in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) the State. According to the service, bandits ambushed the personnel at Dande village on their way...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the killing of its two operatives on Monday at Mararaban Udege in Nasarawa State. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, who disclosed this in a statement made available in Abuja added that 10 others were...

The leadership of the Anambra Vigilance Group (AVG) has raised the alarm over the influx of suspected bandits from the northern part of the country to Anambra State. Chairman of Anambra Vigilante Supervisory Committee, Ikechukwu Aduba, in a statement, warned the people of the...

Bandits have killed 16 Soldiers and Injured 16 others in an ambush in Katsina State on Saturday.A report by PREMIUM TIMES quoted military sources as saying that the troops of the Special Army Super Camp 4 were advancing on foot in Shimfida in Jibia Local Government Area of...

The Defence Headquarters Sunday said troops engaged in the anti-banditry operations in the North west have arrested a Gun-runner and logistic supplier to bandits in Zamfara State. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations Major General John Enenche ,said the soldiers killed five...

The Defence Headquarters Thursday has announced the commencement of a new operation code-named Operation ACCORD”, launched to wipe out banditry, kidnapping, and other criminality from the North West and North Central parts of the Country. Similarly, military operations in the...

The military high command, police, and other security establishments have been placed on red alert owing to threats from nationwide movements of bandits and other criminals across the country.It was gathered that in Abuja and its environs, the military has intensified its...

Eight passengers abducted on Wednesday afternoon along Kaduna-Zaria highway have been rescued by the police. Also rescued were three workers of Airtel Communications Company abducted on Tuesday, and nine others kidnapped on January 14, when bandits attacked the convoy of the Emir...