Bandits

October 20, (THEWILL) - At least 830 persons have been been kidnapped and 343 killed by bandits in Kaduna between July and September, 2021. Also, 69 bandits have been killed by troops of the Nigerian army within the period. The Kaduna...

October 19, (THEWILL) - The Kaduna state government on Tuesday said over 50 bandits were neutralised by security forces during a combined ground and air assault in the Saulawa-Farin Ruwa axis of Birnin Gwari LGA of the state. According to...

October 18, (THEWILL) - Heavily armed gang suspected to be bandits have attacked Goronyo market in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Sources in the village said the assailants attacked the market in large numbers on Sunday night, shooting...

October 17, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) has denied reports that it paid N20m to armed bandits operating in the Jibia local government area of Katsina state in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun allegedly seized. This is contained in a...

October 16, (THEWILL) - At least 12 people have been killed in an attack by bandits who invaded Sakajiki village in Kaura Namoda Emirate in Zamfara state. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident, said...

October 13, (THEWILL) - Bandits have released 90 abducted students and staff of Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, Kebbi state. The development comes 118 days after the bandits attacked the school. The police public relations officer in the state, DSP Nafi’u...

October 13, (THEWILL) - The Zamfara State House of Assembly has suspended two of its members, Yusuf Anka and Ibrahim Bakura, for alleged involvement in banditry. Anka and Bakura, who represent Anka state constituency and Bakura state constituency, respectively, were suspended...

October 12, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted three students of St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy in Kagoma Chiefdom, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident,  THEWILL gathered, occurred on Monday night when...

October 06, (THEWILL) - At least 10 persons have been confirmed killed and 11 injured after suspected bandits on Tuesday evening attacked Yasore village, Katsina state. The bandits, THEWILL gathered, also  looted several houses in the village, including money, phones, clothes,...

October 02, (THEWILL) - Suspected bandits operating in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto State have allegedly written a letter to a monarch in Burkusuma, Sabon-Birni Local Government Area of the State,  demanding a ransom to secure the release of...