Banditry Nigeria Archives - Africa Health Report

Kwara Sets Up Security Panel as Bandit Attacks Intensify 38 Kidnapped Kwara Worshippers Reunited With Families After Joint Security Rescue

Chukwu Obinna April 11, 2026

ILORIN, Nigeria – Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq establishes a high-level security committee to tackle rising banditry...

Police Arrest Terror Commanders Over Plateau Deadly Ambush Attack Katsina Police Recover AK-47 Rifles After Foiled Ambush

Chukwu Obinna March 29, 2026

PLATEAU, Nigeria – Plateau Police arrest two suspected terrorist commanders linked to a deadly ambush that killed...

Afenifere Warns Rising Banditry Threatens Security Across South-West Afenifere warns increasing bandit attacks threaten security across South-West Nigeria.

Korede Abdullah March 8, 2026

OYO, Nigeria – The Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere raises alarm over rising banditry across Nigeria’s South-West, urging...

Katsina Police Foil Ambush, Recover Arms in Hotspot Katsina Police Recover AK-47 Rifles After Foiled Ambush

Oluwafunbi Bello November 30, 2025

KATSINA, Nigeria – Police in Katsina State record a major breakthrough against banditry after operatives recover two...

Oluwafunbi Bello November 30, 2025

KOGI, Nigeria – Ejiba community in Yagba West, Kogi State, enters a state of fear after armed...

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