Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has released about 100 captives as part of a renewed peace initiative in Zamfara State.

A notorious bandits leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly released no fewer than 100 captives in a renewed peace effort aimed ...

Bello Kachalla Turji, popularly known as Turji, is a notorious Nigerian terrorist and bandit leader operating in the North-West region of the country, particularly Zamfara, Sokoto and Niger states.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Olufemi Oluyede, says the Nigerian military would go after wanted bandit leader, Bello Turji. He stated this yesterday in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.

Nigeria's Zamfara has been the focus of attacks by gangs of heavily armed men, known locally as bandits, in the country's northwest in recent years [File: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters] At least nine people ...

The conferment generated public outcry that led to the postponement of the ceremony and since then the state government constituted committee to investigate the matter. Governor Bello Matawalle of ...

The defence chief said the ongoing offensives had signaled a shift in the government’s approach to tackling banditry in Zamfara and the wider Northwest. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 18 (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 ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Christopher Musa, has confirmed the killing of two notorious terrorist kingpins, Kachalla Gwammade and Kachalla Shehu, in Zamfara State. He made the disclosure at ...