Bandits

October 28, (THEWILL) - Armed bandits have raided over forty towns and villages in Zuru Emirate areas of Kebbi State, leaving several dead and others displaced. Chief Press Secretary to the Kebbi state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Mu’azu Dakingari, who confirmed...

October 12, (THEWILL) – A serving Nigerian soldier, working under 156 Task Force Battalion dake Mainok, Operation Hadin Kai, has been arrested for stealing ammunition and supplying same to bandits. Mainok, 60km from the capital Maiduguri, is the headquarters of...

September 07, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits, who abducted 44 Worshippers at Jumu’at mosque, in the Zugu area of Zamfara State, have killed one of the victims and released 43 others. The deceased victim has been identified as 23-year-old Babangida Muhammadu. Among those...

September 07, (THEWILL) - Alhaji Tukur Mamu, a hostage negotiator and Media Consultant to controversial Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has been arrested in Cairo, Egypt, with his family members. Mamu, who was on his way to Saudi Arabia for...

September 03, (THEWILL) - An unspecified number of worshippers have been abducted in Zugu town of Bukkuyum Local Government Area in Zamfara State The attackers reportedly invaded the town on Friday, when residents were observing Jummat prayers. A resident in the...

June 13, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted over 40  traders and wedding guests who were travelling along the Sokoto-Zamfara road on Saturday. Spokesperson of the Zamfara Police Command, Muhammad Shehu, who confirmed the incident in...

June 09, (THEWILL) - At least 32 people have been reported killed by bandits, in separate attacks on four communities within Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The affected communities are Ungwan Gamu, Dogon Noma, Ungwan Sarki and Maikori. District Head...

June 01, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, have  raided a bandit stronghold on Dadu Hill at Chukwuku, in the Kuje area council, and rescued four kidnapped persons. A statement by the Spokesperson of the...

May 28, (THEWILL) - Armed mem suspected to be bandits have killed a newlywed groom and abducted his pregnant wife, as well as four family members of a former commissioner of Poverty Alleviation in Kaduna State, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Jere. Residents said, the...

May 14, (THEWILL) - At least one person has been reported killed and about 20 others kidnapped, after bandits attacked Kurmin Sata village, a few kilometres from Millennium City, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis. A resident of the Area, Nasir Umar,...