Bandits

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,...

October 21, (THEWILL) - Twenty-eight students and two teachers of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi state who were abducted  by bandits, have regained freedom. The victims, abducted four months ago by gunmen who overpowered security men on...

October 21, (THEWILL) - Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, on Thursday disclosed that bandits opened fire on the Abuja-Kaduna train he boarded after planting explosives on the railway. In a tweet on Thursday, Sani said it “took a...

October 20, (THEWILL) - At least 30 travelers were on Wednesday kidnapped by armed bandits at Garun-Gabason in Rafi Local Government Council of Niger State. THEWILL gathered that the victims were abducted on Wednesday afternoon along the Zungeru-Garin-Gabas highway on...