Scores were killed and dozens kidnapped after "bandits" attacked a mosque in the Nigerian town of Unguwar Mantau and set ...

Gunmen killed at least 30 people in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria earlier this week, according to a resident ...

Residents of Ifelodun LGA in Kwara State have barred trucks and lorries from entering their villages, accusing some drivers ...

Criminal gangs, locally called “bandits,” have for years preyed on rural communities in Nigeria’s northwest and centre. What ...

At least 50 people have now been confirmed killed in last week's bandits' attacks on villages in the Malumfashi LGA, Katsina State. The bandits opened fire on worshippers at a mosque and set others ...

The lawmaker representing Jibia/Kaita Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Sada Soli, has raised alarm that bandits who attacked ...

Residents said Tuesday's attack followed the killing of a cattle herder by suspected vigilante groups from Wamba in the ...

"The people of Katsina State deserve to live in security, not fear," said Farouk Lawal Jobe, acting governor of Katsina, in an appeal to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. He called for urgent measures ...

Northwest Nigeria has seen a surge in attacks by gangs, known locally as bandits, in recent years targeting villages and highways.

Residents of Igbaja community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Wednesday blocked Dangote trucks from entering their community, accusing some of the company’s drivers of complicity ...

The lawmaker representing Malumfashi constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Aminu Ibrahim, has said his ...

The death toll from the attack by bandits on worshippers at a mosque in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State has risen to 32, the state government said on Wednesday.