Bandits

July 07, (THEWILL) - Bandits, who invaded Maraban Rido in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday and abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, have reached out to the management of the institution to demand...

July 04, (THEWILL) - At least seven people have been killed and 10 others kidnapped  by bandits in separate attacks on Chikun, Kajuru and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Kaduna  State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,...

June 22, (THEWILL)- The Nigerian Army said its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle travelling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop-and-search operation on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema...

June 20, (THEWILL)- Police authorities in Benue State say 14 bandits were killed following an attempted attack on a police station on Sunday morning. A spokesperson for Benue police, Catherine Anene, said in a statement that the gunmen numbering about...

June 17, (THEWILL)- Bandits have abducted some students of the Federal Government Girls College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, according to Daily Trust. Details of the incident are still sketchy but there are reports that a security operative was shot dead...

June 16, (THEWILL)- Bandits have killed four policemen and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Zamfara State. The gunmen also left another person critically injured. The operatives, THEWILL gathered, were ambushed by heavily armed bandits along...

June 11, (THEWILL)- The Kaduna State Government has confirmed an attack by bandits on the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, late on Thursday night, saying that one student was killed while eight students and two lecturers were taken away. In a statement...

June 08, (THEWILL)- The bandits, who abducted 156 pupils from the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of Rafi Local Government of Niger State, have reduced their ransom demand to N150 million. The bandits had initially asked for a...

June 08, (THEWILL)- Prominent Islamic Cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, on Tuesday disclosed that the  bandits terrorising the country had shown a readiness to lay down their arms and embrace peace. Gumi, in a chat with  Daily Post, said the bandits...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 04, (THEWILL) – Prominent Islamic Cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government to support splinter groups among bandits as a way to end banditry and the mass abductions of school pupils. Gumi, who has been...