Gunmen have reportedly killed five persons, including a traditional ruler in Wereng community of Riyom local government area of Plateau, leaving several seriously injured. READ ALSO: My administration’s intentions are for your best interest — Buhari tells Nigerians According to the
Gunmen killed 14 villagers in central Nigeria’s Kogi state on Wednesday, police said, blaming the attack on communal violence. Dailytimes gathered that the night-time attack on Agbudu village in Koton-Karfe area of Kogi also left six people seriously injured, said state police commissioner Ede Ayuba in a statement. “I was there and I was part […]
Unidentified gunmen have killed two persons at Ayadehe and Mbiabo fishing settlements in Oku Iboku, Itu local Council Area of Akwa Ibom state. It was gathered that other victims of the attack sustained various degrees of injuries during the attack while others are still reported missing. Our correspondent gathered that the fishing settlements were attacked […]
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have reportedly shot dead the son of a retired army general and one time military administrator of Ondo state, Brigadier General Opeleye (rtd). It was gathered that the deceased, Opeleye Babafumilayo Muyiwa, was shot dead on Thursday, while hanging out with a friend at a popular drinking joint on […]
Abuja – The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has warned that the country may face starvation in 2021 due to the lockdown across the nation caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Ezekiel Ibrahim Mam, the President of the association made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. “This […]
84-year-old father of Sagbama Local Government Area Chairman, Napoleon Alale, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Bayelsa. Mr Nikade Anderson, the Press Secretary of the local government area, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Yenoga. READ ALSO: Trucks conveying almajiris stopped on their way to Akwa Ibom […]
The Bauchi state Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of the brother of the Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed by unknown gunmen in the evening of Wednesday. Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Kamal Abubakar, who made the confirmation in a press statement circulated to journalists in Bauchi on Thursday, said the victim was […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River state has embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnap of the wife of their colleague, Mrs. Christian Ekanem, a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. In a communique, jointly signed on Thursday in Calabar, by the Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr .Agam […]
Gummi – Zamfara Police Command on Thursday confirmed the abduction of three supervisory councillors of Gummi Local Council in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed confirmed the development to newsmen in Gusau. He however said that “all three have been released. “We are still gathering details and we will make it […]
Makurdi – Benue Police Command has said that unknown gunmen killed three persons on Tuesday at Moon District, Kwande Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ms Catherine Anene, told newsmen in Makurdi on Wednesday that the gunmen were suspected to be herdsmen. “On March 3rd, unknown gunmen, suspected […]
Mariga (Niger) – Gunmen have kidnapped five female students, one teacher and two gatemen of Tular Academy, Moruba, in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this when he led a combined team of police and military personnel on a visit to the school to […]
Zangon Kataf (Kaduna) – Two persons- a male and female, were on Tuesday night killed by gunmen at Matsirga Village, Madakiya ward in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chairman of Zangon Kataf, Dr Elias Manza, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Zangon Kataf. Manza said three […]
The Kano state Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Haruna, has confirmed that unknown gunmen killed two people in Bagwai Local Government Area of the state on Monday night, leaving many others with various degrees of injury. He said that already, officers of the ‘Operation Puff Adder’ attached to state police command were currently combing the nooks and
Kano – The Police Command in Kano State has confirmed the killing of two persons by suspected gunmen in Bagwai town of the state on Monday night. The command’s Spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident in an interview in Kano on Tuesday. Haruna said the gunmen attacked some shops and shot three persons two […]
Two persons over the weekend were abducted by yet to be identified gunmen in Calabar, the Cross River state capital. An associate professor with the University of Calabar, Dr. David Ugwu, was abducted at his home on Friday evening, while a staff of the state newspaper corporation, Morris Archibong, was kidnapped on his way home […]
A group of armed gang had again invaded the home of Mr. Lanre Agbeniyi of Oluwalogbon community in Ogun State. The attack took place at about 11:pm of February 4, 2020. According to one of the residents in the community, the armed men operated unchallenged in Mr. Lanre’s house for about 10 minutes before driving […]
Kaduna – Gunmen on Saturday attacked vehicles conveying travellers shortly after arriving Rigasa railway station from Abuja, injured some of them and abducted several others. The attack occurred along the road linking airport road from the railway station at about 8pm. A similar attack occurred on Friday at about the same time on the same […]
Jos – The Plateau Police Command, said gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, on Thursday, killed 12 persons and injured one at Kulben village of Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, made this disclosure in Jos. Kebbi Govt. drafts guidelines for […]
Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of one person and kidnapping of a woman with her one-year-old baby in Jibia local government area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah who confirmed the incident, told newsmen in Katisna that the gunmen also kidnapped one other […]
A man, his wife and a son were at the late hours of Thursday night attacked and gruesomely murdered by unknown men at the north bank area of Makurdi the Benue state capital. The man who according to sources is identified as Greg Indyor were said to have been strangled along side his wife and […]