Abaribe decries banditry, kidnapping in Nigeria

Bill for an Act to amend criminal code Act for defilement, kidnapping and rape passes second reading

Traditional rulers, citizens urged to join fight against banditry in Kaduna

The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, said end to banditry and insurgency was near, drawing inspiration from enhanced kinetic and non-kinetic operations of the military. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who exuded confidence during the weekly briefing of defence correspondents in Abuja, noted that the military had plugged the recruitment of insurgents by the Boko Haram sect in the North East geo-political zone.

UK Govt support efforts to fight banditry, kidnapping in Kaduna, Plateau States

Students at the school in Nigeria who escaped a raid by gunmen that saw hundreds of their friends kidnapped have been speaking about their ordeal. More than 300 students from the all-boys Government Science school in Kankara, in the northwestern Katsina state, who were abducted on Friday night remained missing on Sunday.

A total of 333 students from the Government Science Secondary School remain missing after the Friday night attack by gunmen on the boys' school. In an audio message, a man identifying himself as Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed that the group is "behind what happened in Katsina," local media reported.

A man claiming to be the leader of Boko Haram has said, in an audio recording, that the Islamist militant group is responsible for the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria.

What I saw in Zamfara is insurgency not banditry - Sheik Gumi

Robbery, kidnapping attempt foiled in Zamfara, 14 motorcycles recovered

Governor Obaseki Seeks an end to banditry

Delta police command parades 99 suspects for robbery, kidnapping, cultism

Zamfara abduction: We have all it takes to tackle banditry, kidnapping - President Buhari