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This is after several weeks of foot-dragging despite a ruling by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 25, 2021.

Some Nigerians have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of trying to deceive Nigerians ahead of the 2023 elections. They made the remark in response to the

Nigeria's government on Wednesday labelled criminal bandit gangs blamed for mass kidnappings as terrorist groups in an attempt to deter violence in the country's northwest.

After weeks of foot-dragging, the Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists.

In Wednesdays gazette, the Nigerian federal government referred to the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Taadda - the Hausa name for "bandits" as they are known locally - as "acts of terrorism"

The federal government of Nigeria has officially released its official gazette proscribing bandit groups in Nigeria as terrorists.

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After weeks of footdragging, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgment that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists.

In the past two years, there have been a rise in banditry in the North-West geopolitical region including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna. | Pulse Nigeria

On November 25, a Federal High Court in Abuja declared the activities of all bandit groups in the country as acts of terrorism.