Bandits

January 25, (THEWILL) — If there is any evidence against the controversial plan by the Katsina State Government to release 70 suspected and convicted bandits in a swap deal for 1,000 abducted but released victims is foolhardy, here it...

January 05, (THEWILL) — Residents of Kano State have expressed relief following the neutralisation of no fewer than 23 bandits by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), supported by the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma. The...

December 21, (THEWILL) — All the schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have regained their freedom following the release of the final batch of...

December 15, (THEWILL) — Kogi State was on Sunday thrown into fear and chaos as suspected bandits launched coordinated attacks on an ECWA church and several communities, killing at least one person and abducting dozens of worshippers and...

December 01, (THEWILL) — The kidnapped district head of Bayagan in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Kamilu Salami, the Ojibara of Bayagan, regained his freedom after local vigilante operatives launched a bold midnight offensive on the...

December 01, (THEWILL) — A routine Sunday worship service at a newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, turned tragic after suspected bandits invaded the premises and abducted the pastor,...

November 26, (THEWILL) — Two people have been confirmed dead after suspected bandits launched an attempted attack on Kiri High School in Aiyetoro Kiri, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State in the early hours of Wednesday. According to reports,...

November 20, (THEWILL) — Bandits who abducted 38 worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun, Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have demanded ₦100 million per victim — a total ransom of ₦3.8 billion. The...

November 17, (THEWILL) — Armed bandits, on Monday, attacked Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area, killing one staff member and abducting 25 school girls. The deceased staff member has been identified as Hassan Makuku, while...

November 10, (THEWILL) — Bandits on Sunday attacked Yan Kwada village in the Faruruwa community of Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, abducting five nursing mothers and carting away about 50 cows and other livestock. The attackers were said...