Nigerian bandit conflict

The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa ( '), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel''', is an Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist militant organisation originally based in the northeast of Nigeria. Originally a faction of Boko Haram, the group announced in 2012 that it had pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and was independent. Despite this, Ansaru and other Boko Haram factions continued to work closely together until the former increasingly declined and stopped its insurgent activities in 2013. The group was revived in 2020, and has

armed kidnapping in Papiri, Nigeria

2021 kidnapping of 279 schoolchildren in Jangebe Town, Zamfara, Nigeria

Series of massacres in Zamfara State, Nigeria

series of armed attacks that occurred in Plateau State, Nigeria

conflict between Gangs and the Nigerian government

Kidnapping of schoolboys in Nigeria

2021 Civilian attack in Nigeria

2023 bombing by the Nigerian army

train attack in Kaduna State, Nigeria

genocide in Nigeria

mass kidnapping in July 2021 in Chikun, Nigeria

2021 kidnapping event in northern Nigeria