Bandits

September 20, (THEWILL) - A joint security team comprising military and mobile police forces have eliminated 42 armed bandits in Alawa community, Niger State. According to PRNigeria, the troops ambushed the bandits, who were fleeing the ongoing military operations in neighbouring...

September 18, (THEWILL) - At least two persons have been reported killed and four abducted by bandits who attacked Tangaza town, Sokoto state on Friday. Residents in the area said the bandits attacked the town after the evening prayers, shooting sporadically, killing...

September 14, (THEWILL) - The home of the Speaker of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, was on Monday razed down by bandits. This comes less than 45 days after bandits invaded the Magarya community and kidnapped his father,...

September 10, (THEWILL) - Armed men suspected to be bandits have killed six persons in Tureta local government area of Sokoto State. Tureta local government shares a border with Zamfara State, where the  military is currently carrying out operations against...

September 09, (THEWILL) - At least 23 persons have been  abducted following attacks on Ungwan Maje and Ungwan Laka communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits, THEWILL gathered, stormed  the villages in the early hours of...

September 07, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected  to be bandits have abducted a former director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ahmed Abdulkadir Bakori and his 15 year old daughter, Laila Ahmad, in Katsina. A former colleague of the ace broadcaster,  said  the assailants, riding...

September 07, (THEWILL) - Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has declared that the recent military force going on in Zamfara State against the bandits and herdsmen is counterproductive and might not yield the most positive results. He made this...

September 05, (THEWILL) - The Dodo of Wawa in Borgu local government area of Niger State, Dr Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, has been abducted by suspected bandits. He was abducted from his palace in Wawa town on Saturday night and taken...

September 02, (THEWILL) - Bandits have released five of the 73 abducted students of Government Secondary School, Kaya, Zamfara State. THEWILL reports that the students were kidnapped on Wednesday morning, when armed bandits invaded the School. A former Councilor of Kaya ward, Yahaya...

August 30, (THEWILL) - A fighter jet of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated armed bandits at a school building in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The jet also conducted air offensives around Zangon Dammaka and Jajaye areas...