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Gunmen kill 6 in Plateau – Police

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The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the killing of six persons by gunmen in Wereng community, Riyom Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Ogaba, the
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Gunmen kidnap two OOU female students in Ogun

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Suspected gunmen, on Sunday night, kidnapped two female students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ayetoro campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 9 pm. on Sunday when the suspected bandits stormed the Igbole Aibo quarter in Ayetoro, shooting sporadically. It was further gathered that the suspected […]
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Gunmen abduct teachers, students in Edo, bandits still on rampage in Kaduna, others

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By Idibia Gabriel Gunmen on Wednesday night invaded the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State and abducted yet-to-be-ascertained number of teachers and students. The development, it was gathered, heightened tension in the area, with parents and guardians storming the institute to ascertain the whereabouts of
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BREAKING: Gunmen kill monarch, 4 others in Plateau

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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 Nation, the gunmen stormed the village in the early hours of Tuesday and started
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13 members of one family killed by Gunmen in Kogi

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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 […]
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Gunmen kill 2 at fishing settlement in A’Ibom

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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 […]
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Suspected assassins kill general’s son in Lagos

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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 […]
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Lockdown: Nigeria may face starvation in 2021 – PAN

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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 […]
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LG Chairman’s father killed in Bayelsa

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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 […]
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Gunmen abduct 3 LG councillors in Zamfara

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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 […]
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Gunmen kill 3 in Benue

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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 […]
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Unknown gunmen kill 2 in Kano, injures several others

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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
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Gunmen abduct 2 in Calabar

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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 […]