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Nigeria says it has uncovered an alliance between bandit gangs and the Islamist Boko Haram group.
2022-04-13

Bandits attack villages in the Bakura and Talata Mafura local government areas of Nigeria. Many people are killed.
2022-03-29

Bandits in Kebbi State attack a military convoy carrying the state's deputy governor, Dabai Yombe. He survives but 19 soldiers are killed. The convoy was making its way to Wasagu-Danko when the attack occurred.
2022-03-8

At least 200 people were killed by a bandit group from January 4 to 6 in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria.
2022-01-8

Bandits ambush and set fire to a passenger bus in Sokoto State, Nigeria, killing 30 people.
2021-12-7

Dozens of armed bandits on motorbikes storm a village in Zamfara, killing 18 civilians, burning shops and cars, and forcing many residents to flee.
2021-10-6

Bello Matawalle, the Governor of Zamfara State, Nigeria, announces that 68 children who were abducted two weeks ago have been rescued by Nigerian forces and reunited with their families.
2021-09-13

Bandits abduct around 150 students, a parent and the administrator of a boarding school in Chikun, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The army has rescued at least 26 people.
2021-07-5

Bandits open fire at a village hall, where residents gather at night to watch films, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Eleven people are killed and many more are injured.
2018-09-13

Gunmen kill at least 30 people in an attack on a gold mine in a remote area of Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria.
2016-11-8