Gunmen suspected to be bandits have demanded over N1 million as levies from different communities in the Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local Government areas of Zamfara State. The communities are Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki A resident in the affected area, Aliyu Abdul...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Security operatives have repelled an attack by armed bandits in Sabon Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 11. The state police spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, revealed this in a statement issued on Saturday...
No fewer than eight persons have been abducted by armed men in the Kwali Area Council of Abuja. Also, one person was shot dead in a two-day invasion. According to residents, the armed men operated on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the area. A resident, who does not want...
Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by a group of hunters led by Hon. Joseph Salami, Chief Security Officer of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday....
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed nine worshipers and injured six others in an attack on a mosque at Tungan Ba’are village in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that the incident occured in the early hours of Thursday,...
The Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Rabe Nasir, has been killed by gunmen. A top government official who craved anonymity confirmed the incident to newsmen in Katsina on Thursday. According to the source, the commissioner was assassinated on Wednesday night in his residence located at GRA...
Four students of Delta State University (DELSU) and five others abducted on Saturday, have regained their freedom. Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the release of the abductees to newsmen in Warri on Wednesday, said they were kidnapped on the Abraka-Eku Road...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Suspected terrorists otherwise called bandits has burnt scores of passengers traveling from Sabon Birni Local Government Area to Sokoto Town. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the incident occured in the early hours of Tuesday around Gidan Bawa village, where the bandits blocked the road and set the...
Aggrieved youths on Tuesday razed a building belonging to a pastor attached to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Adebun Area of Ado-Ekiti over a missing seven-year-old girl. NAN gathered that the lifeless body of the girl, identified as Demilade, was allegedly found in the pastor’s house....
Three students of the Dowen College, Lekki Lagos are currently assisting the police in their investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni junior, a 12-year-old student of the college. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday, said three of the five...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The police authority in Osun State has arrested one of its sergeant for allegedly shooting to death a driver at Kobogbogboe/Ota-efun Area of Osogbo on Friday. The command’s spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo....
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) has arrested 30 suspects with four wooden boats laden with 16,000 litres of illegally-refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Ibaka, Mbo LGA of Akwa Ibom, The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Mohammed Abu, revealed this to newsmen...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Maiduguri city, the capital of Borno State was early morning woke up by multiple heavy explosions that destroyed property worth millions of naira and left few residents injured including an infant in 1000 Housing Estate area of the capital city. NATIONAL ACCORD reliably gathered...
At least one Boko Haram militant has been killed in a repelled attack in Cameroon’s Far North, according to local and security sources. Militants attacked Tayer village of the region overnight into Friday. After several hours, troops and members of local vigilante repelled them, seized weapons and killed one...
A terrorist attack at Songho Gare, a small town between Sevare and Bandiagara in central Mali, claimed dozens of lives, a local official and witnesses told Xinhua on Friday. According to the witnesses, the terrorists attacked a bus heading to the Bandiagara fair. “The vehicle was set on fire,...
Terrorists affiliated to The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly kidnapped no fewer than 5 government officials supervising some project in Borno State. It was learnt that the victims were said to be supervising the construction of Chibok-Damboa road when they attacked and forcefully whisked away...
The police on Tuesday said it has arrested a total of 32 notorious suspects for their complicity in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, trading in illicit drugs, trans-border car theft, rape, amongst others. The Police team equally recovered 19 AK47 rifles, one...
Armed robbers have killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday in Aramoko-Ekiti when they raided an old generation bank. A source who requested anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that armed robbers stormed the bank through Igede-Ado-Ekiti Road after...
Suspected kidnappers have shot the Commissioner for Environment in Kogi State, Adewale Omofaiye. According to sources, the attackers had laid an ambush for the commissioner before he was shot while some other persons were abducted from the scene. The incident occurred on Sunday evening between Ikoyi and Iyara in...
A Super Tucano jet in the Nigerian Air force (NAF) fleet have eliminated ISWAP terrorists and destroyed their gun trucks in Gajiram, Borno State. PRNigeria gathered the terrorists in several gun trucks attempted to overrun the town when the aircraft arrived at the scene. During a coordinated military offensive...