Abuja – The Defence Headquarters says the troops of the newly-launched Operation Accord on Friday killed Friday no fewer than 70 armed bandits and cattle rustlers in Kashia Forest in Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Enenche said the success was recorded […]
A pastor of Christian Reformed Church -Nigeria, CRC-N, in Donga local government area of Taraba state, Emmanuel Bileya have been killed alongside his wife, Juliana by militiamen. The duo were said to have been working on their farms when they met their untimely death. Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku who expressed shock over the recent […]
At least 23 people have died and 70 were injured on Friday in floods caused by heavy rainstorms in eastern Congo, officials have said. Kiza Muhato, mayor of the city of Uvira, told dpa that at least 23 people, including five children, had been killed in the Mulonge district of the city. “The material damage […]
Eighteen people have been reported killed in the country during the first phase of lockdown from 30th March, 2020 to 13th April, 2020 according to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) report on human rights violations across Nigeria. This is as the NHRC said that it has developed an App for the electronic monitoring, documentation […]
About 50 people have been reportedly killed in an attack by militants in villages in northwestern Kaduna State, a Nigerian lawmaker has said. According to BBC Hausa, the attack in Kerawa Local Government Area of Igabi Local Government was confirmed by the Kaduna State Police Command. ASP spokesman Mohamed Jalige, said that he was waiting […]
Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that seven persons were killed and five others injured in Maro village, a border community between Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Area of the state. The Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige gave the confirmation in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Jalige said the […]
‘I thought I would join the Army, fight for my country and possibly get killed’ the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Thursday. Makinde speaking at St Peter’s Cathedral, Aremo, Ibadan during a thanksgiving service to mark his 52nd birthday said: ‘I thought I would join the Army, fight for my country and possibly […]
Gusau – Zamfara Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of 14 persons and injuring of 10 others by bandits in Karaye village of Gummi Local Government Area. The attack is the first major breach of the peace agreement between the state government and the bandits initiated by Gov. Bello Matawalle. A statement issued to […]
A young man who identified himself as Adeyemi Olalekan 18, has denied his involvement in the alleged killing of one Endurance Augustine of same age in Ajegunle. Adeyemi who is an apprentice at a shoe making shop was recently arrested over the death of Endurance in January. Although two suspects – Imole Olarenwaju, 15, and […]
At least 5 people have been reported dead and several injured in a fresh Boko Haram explosion in the popular Bayan Tasha market/ motor park in Damaturu, Yobe state. The bomb blast was said to have taken place around 11 am today, saturday and was detonated by a small boy suspected to be at most, […]
Suspected members of the Islamist group al-Shabaab have killed a Somali journalist and his wife, police said on Thursday. Daud Ali Omar, 35, who worked for an independent radio station in the southern-central city of Baidoa, and his wife, were shot dead while sleeping by gunmen who entered their home on Wednesday night, local […]
Tensions have continued to mount since the expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. A senior leader of South Africa’s main transport union was shot and killed on the same night that the home of the group’s president was bombed, according to union spokesman Vincent Masoga. Chris Nkosi, general secretary of the […]