The security expert quoted intelligence sources as saying that the bandit leader, originally from Shirgi village in Maradi, Niger Republic, had been involved in arms smuggling and organised crime.

Gen Christopher Gwabin Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, who disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the CDS Joint Task Force Commanders Conference 2025 in Abuja mentioned that the Kachalla Na ...

under Maru Local Government Area.” The criminals were also known to be associates of the late notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Zakiru.

In a symbolic operation, security forces obliterated the remaining portions of bandit leader Bello Turji’s camp, marking a final push to eliminate his presence in the region. “The era of ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed Kachalla Na Faranshi, a notorious bandit leader, alongside several of his fighters. The bandits were “neutralised” during a raid of forests ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has confirmed the killing of notorious bandit leader, Kachana Nafaresh, along several of his fighters during a “crushing” raid in Zamfara ...

Gen Christopher Gwabin Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, revealed that notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Na Faranshi, has been killed during an aggressive raid in the forests of Zurmi Local Government ...

leading to the elimination of another feared bandit leader, Kachalla Na Faranshi, along with several of his men. According to intelligence sources, the raid targeted Dutsen Kura forest, where Na ...

Turji is known as a notorious bandit leader. Speaking in Abuja on Friday at the end of a military commanders’ meeting, Musa said the killed bandit leaders were Kachalla Gwammade and Kachalla Shehu. He ...