bandits
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A security report cited by AFP said bandits came on "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men".
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
“Nigerian citizens will be happy with any help that is toward bringing to an end the persistent killings by bandits and terrorists,” said John Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The Nigerian government designated the bandits as terrorists under domestic law in January 2022, allowing increased use of the military against them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Other plots involve bandits, guns and an Indigenous tribe, the Cayuse, about to sign a treaty and a rebel faction out to scotch it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
First thing in the morning, when the doors reopened, she needed to search through the Dewey decimal rooms to find a clue that would tell her exactly how and where the bandits had crawled in.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
