Bandits

November 02, (THEWILL) - Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has reiterated his call for bandits to be granted amnesty. Gumi said bandits were ready to lay down their arms, hence the Federal Government should grant them amnesty. He explained that...

November 01, (THEWILL) - A former Nigerian lawmaker, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the 8th Assembly, Shehu Sani has demanded for bandits to be declared as federal civil servants. Sani made the suggestion mocking the federal government’s refusal to declare...

October 30, (THEWILL) - At least 20 security operatives have been reportedly killed in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State by a group led by notorious bandit leader, Turji. THEWILL gathered that the security operatives, who were mostly personnel...

October 27, (THEWILL) - At least seven persons were feared killed and over 1,500 cows and sheep rustled, after bandits invaded Yanbuki Village in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Tuesday night. A resident source in the village,...

October 26, (THEWILL) - Bandits have imposed levies and issued deadlines for payment to some communities in Sokoto state. A resident of one of the affected communities said the bandits have also barred them from their farms, until the communities...

October 26, (THEWILL) - At least six people have reportedly been killed while several others were abducted after bandits on Sunday evening raided Unguwar Samanja village in Faskari local government area of Katsina state. Sources at neighbouring Daudawa said the...

October 25, (THEWILL) -The commander of a notorious group of bandits terrorising communities in Shiroro local government area of Niger state, Alhaji Na Mata, has reportedly surrendered and handed over three AK-47 rifles to the Joint Security Taskforce in...

October 25, (THEWILL) - Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has cautioned the federal government against declaring bandits terrorists, adding that such an action will come at a price. THEWILL had reported that speakers of the 36 state Houses of Assembly in Nigeria...

October 24, (THEWILL) - The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits terrorists and enemies of the state. The chairman of the conference and Speaker, Bauchi House of Assembly, Rt....

For more than four years the security agencies were unable to get a handle on the murderous activities of armed bandits who have been on the rampage across the North-West and North-Central geopolitical zones, killing, raping, kidnapping for ransom,...