The attackers, locally known as "bandits", frequently target farmers, villages and schools in northwestern Nigeria.

At least nine people have been reported killed and many abducted following an attack in Nigeria’s northwest, residents and ...

By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen killed at least six people and abducted more than 100 others, including women and children, in an attack on Kairu community in Nigeria's northwest ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least nine people have been reported killed and more than 100 wounded, including women and children, ...

In Zamfara state, Nigeria, gunmen killed at least six people and abducted over 100, including women and children. This attack ...

A criminal gang killed nine farmers on Friday in Zamfara state, an official and two residents said. Motorcycle-riding ...

In Nigeria's Zamfara state, gunmen killed six people and abducted over 100, including women and children, in Kairu community.

Most residents in Nigeria’s north western Zamfara State have welcomed a government directive ordering a shutdown of internet and phone communications now in its sixth day designed to combat a ...

Schools in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State have been ordered closed after scores of students were kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday. At least 73 students were abducted from a state-run high ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 26 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Zamfara state will start issuing licences to individuals to carry guns to defend themselves against armed gangs of kidnappers causing havoc in the ...

Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria ordered five media outlets to close on Sunday after they covered a political rally for the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which took place in ...

Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria ordered five media outlets to close on Sunday after they covered a political rally for the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which took place in ...