…for the establishment of special courts to fast-track the prosecution of kidnapping and banditry cases across the country. Speaking with journalists at the State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Yenagoa, Sampson described the proposal by Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as a welcome de…

…does the North remain wholly devastated by poverty, the out-of-school-children crisis, banditry and insurgency and other shades of killings? Isn't the trend more about leadership failure and dogmatism? Would you say the insecurity in the South-West has to do with failure of leadership? The insecurity in the North is st…

…state. Something is structurally wrong.” Oteri pointed to varied, localized threats: “Banditry ravages the North-West. Insurgency persists in the North?East. The South?East is restless. Violent crime touches every corner.” He conceded risks with state policing but insisted safeguards are mandatory. “This does not mean…

…Lawal expressed confidence in the capacity of government security agencies to defeat banditry, maintaining that no criminal group possesses the strength to overwhelm the Nigerian state. He noted that the battle against insecurity may take time, but victory remains achievable through sustained operations. The governor f…

…Lawal expressed confidence in the capacity of government security agencies to defeat banditry, maintaining that no criminal group possesses the strength to overwhelm the Nigerian state. He noted that the battle against insecurity may take time, but victory remains achievable through sustained operations. The governor f…

…termed the "born trowey" phenomenon - is incubating the very statistics for crime, banditry, and terrorism Nigeria cries over today. "Terrorism does not start with ideology. It starts with hopelessness," Dr Buhari wrote. "Boko Haram, bandits, cults - they do not recruit PhDs. They recruit boys who were 'produced' but n…

Kwara State government has banned annual graduation, valedictory, and end-of-academic-session ceremonies in public and private schools across the state. In a memo dated 15th June, 2026 and signed by Mrs B. Osanupin on behalf of the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe, the stat…

…his government. He expressed confidence in the capacity of security agencies to defeat banditry, saying no criminal group is stronger than the Nigerian state. "The government is stronger than any bandit group," he said, adding that sustained operations and coordination among security agencies would eventually bring las…

…and cannot be ignored," he said. He warned that individuals benefiting financially from banditry would resist any peace process that threatens their interests. "If you negotiate with the bandits but the informers and suppliers stop making money, they will not support any negotiation. They are part of the problem," he a…

…recorded by security forces in the North-West as efforts intensify to curb terrorism, banditry and kidnapping across the region.

…force - becomes a cornerstone of national security. Nigeria's fight against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and violent extremism has largely been measured […]

…and violence is their DNA."Why are these reintegrated bandits not fighting to end banditry in the nation, whereas it is escalating?The programme is in fact provocative to any sane-minded society, and it must be discarded as it is motivating heinous crimes against humanity. I see an expansionist agenda known to them tha…

…wretchedly as the federal police, they will not be able to fight petty crime, let alone banditry. Rather than wallow in persecutory delusions and paranoid permutations, Tinubu should adopt a three-pronged strategy. First, the political front. Set politics aside for a moment and pursue genuine national unity. Travel to…