38 h. ago Reps Demand Military Operation As Bandits Kill Immigration Officers In Kebbi

The House of Representatives has called for an urgent military operation to clear the Soda Forest and Hills in Bagudo and Suru local government areas of Kebbi, following the attack and killing of Nigeria Immigration Service officers around the area. It urged the Nigerian Air Force, Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force and all Security and […]

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47 h. ago Insecurity: Reps ask joint security operations to wipe out bandits in Kebbi

"the House notes that Bagudo LGA Kebbi State shares an external boundary with Benin Republic

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4 d. ago From abduction to release: Nigeria’s kidnapping pandemic demands urgent cure

On November 17, 2025, armed bandits invaded the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, killed the vice read more From abduction to release: Nigeria’s kidnapping pandemic demands urgent cure

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4 d. ago Police foil bandit attack on Zodi village in Kebbi, recover 100 cows 

“On receiving the report, personnel of 36 PMF squadrons, deployed for operation to restore peace to the area, promptly responded thereby repelling the...

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5 d. ago Police foil bandits’ attack in Kebbi, recover 141 rustled animals

Kebbi police foil a major bandit attack in Zodi Village, recovering 141 rustled cows and sheep after a fierce gunfight and neutralizing attackers. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-foil-bandits-attack-in-kebbi-recover-141-rustled-animals/

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8 d. ago VIDEO: ‘We know who these bandits are where they are’ — Kebbi Senator

Senator Garba Maidoki of Kebbi South says security authorities are fully aware of the identities, locations and motives of the criminal groups responsible for the wave of mass abductions across northern Nigeria, raising questions about why the attacks persist.

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8 d. ago Bandits Staying In National Park To Attack Niger, Kebbi, Kwara, Benin Republic – Lawmaker

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Jafaru Mohammed Ali, has said bandits are currently using the National Park in Niger state as their harbour and base from where they attack Agwara, Borgu in Niger; Bagudo and Shanga in Kebbi state, Kaiama/Baruten in Kwara state and some neighbouring communities in the Benin Republic. The […]

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9 d. ago ‘Bandits Hibernate In Kainji National Park To Attack Niger, Kebbi, Kwara, Benin Republic’, Lawmaker Claims

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Jafaru Mohammed Ali, has claimed that bandits are currently using the Kainji National Park in Niger State as their harbour and base from where they attack Agwara and Borgu LGAs of the State; Bagudo and Shanga LGAs in Kebbi State, Kaiama/Baruten in Kwara State and some neighbouring […]

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9 d. ago Government Didn’t Rescue Kebbi Schoolgirls, They Negotiated With Us – Bandits Reveal

A video has surfaced showing that the Nigerian government and the bandits who abducted the Kebbi schoolgirls negotiated and arrived at a deal before the girls were set free. Recall that some  kidnapped students of Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, were released on Tuesday with the government claiming that no ransom was paid […] The post Government Didn’t Rescue Kebbi Schoolgirls, They Negotiated With Us – Bandits Reveal appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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1 week ago NUT threatens nationwide strike over rising attacks on schools, students’ abductions

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has warned of a possible nationwide strike, following a recent surge in attacks on schools and the abduction of students by terrorists and bandits in Kebbi and Niger States.

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1 week ago Teachers Threaten Nationwide Strike Over Growing Attacks On Schools

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has warned of a possible nationwide strike, following a recent surge in attacks on schools by terrorists and bandits in Kebbi and Niger States. Addressing a press conference on behalf of the National Executive Council (NEC) and NUT members in Abuja on Tuesday, the Union’s National President, Comr. Audu […]

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1 week ago Kebbi gov seeks probe into military withdrawal before school attack

Kebbi Governor Nasir Idris demands an investigation into why military personnel withdrew from a school one hour before a bandit attack led to abductions. Read More: https://punchng.com/kebbi-gov-seeks-probe-into-military-withdrawal-before-school-attack/

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2 w. ago Kebbi community holds special prayers for release of abducted schoolgirls

The Maga community in Kebbi State holds special prayers for the divine intervention and safe return of 25 abducted schoolgirls kidnapped by bandits. Read More: https://punchng.com/kebbi-community-holds-special-prayers-for-release-of-abducted-schoolgirls/

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2 w. ago Parents Of Abducted Kebbi Schoolgirls Narrate Ordeals, Seek Children’s Rescue

The parents of the 25 schoolgirls abducted by bandits at Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, have expressed that they were living in trauma, fearing for their daughters’ safety and well-being. One of the fathers of the abducted children, Malam Tukur Zakiru Maga, the father of 17-year-old Surayya Tukur, a SS3 student said […]

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2 w. ago Kebbi Abduction Sabotage Against Nigeria, I Provided Intelligence Before, During Attack — Yahuza Getso

Yahuza Getso, a security, intelligence, and investigation expert, also claimed that 99.9 per cent of the bandits operating in Nigeria are Nigerians. The post Kebbi Abduction Sabotage Against Nigeria, I Provided Intelligence Before, During Attack — Yahuza Getso appeared first on Channels Television.

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2 w. ago Kebbi schoolchildren kidnap: How my husband was killed —Wife of slain vice principal

The widow of Vice Principal, Government Girls Comprehensive Senior School, Maga, Kebbi State, where 25 students were abducted by bandits on Monday, Amina Hassan, on Tuesday, revealed that one bullet fired by one of the hoodlums ended the life of her husband, Makuku  Hassan. Narrating her ordeal during the attack, she also said her husband […]

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2 w. ago Kebbi abduction: Senate decries consistent bandit attacks on schools

The lawmakers also called for investigation into the more than $30 million expended on Nigeria’s Safe-School Programme.

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2 w. ago Wife Recounts Final Moments Of Kebbi School Vice Principal Killed By Bandits

Amina Hassan, the wife of the slain Vice Principal of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, Danko-Wasagu local government area of Kebbi State, has recounted the terrifying moments leading up to her husband’s death during the bandit attack on the school in the hours of Monday, November 17, 2025. The attack, which led to […]

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2 w. ago Tinubu Vows Swift Rescue Of 25 Kidnapped Schoolgirls As Police Comb Forests

Fear has gripped the Zuru Emirate in Kebbi State after bandits launched a deadly night attack on Sunday at the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. The terrorists killed the Vice Principal and abducted about 25 female students in the raid. As their attacks often leave sorrow and […]

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2 w. ago Abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi unfortunate – Speaker Tajudeen

Abbas Tajudeen, on Monday condemned the attack on the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State, and the kidnapping of about 25 students by bandits.

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