No fewer than 8,150 persons were displaced from Galadima-Kogo and environs in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger when an aircraft bombed the area on Jan. 24. Many members of a vigilance group and their commander were killed in the blast. The area bombed had Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has called on the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma LGA of Nasarawa. The police authority in Nasarawa State, had on Thursday confirmed the alleged...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
Gunmen have abducted Chief Joshua Ahmadu, the District Head of Chawai in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Ahmadu’s abduction was confirmed on Wednesday by Mr Abel Adamu, President, Chawai Development Association (CDA). Adamu, in a statement signed by Mr Raphael Joshua, Public Relations Officer of CDA, said that...
The Police Command in Delta says it has arrested a suspected financier of a cult group, “Aro Bagger”, in Sapele Town. Its Spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, told newsmen on Wednesday in Warri that the suspect was nabbed by a combined team of the Police, Department of State Service (DSS)...
Spain Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said a suspect has been arrested two months after letter bombs in Spain were sent to several Embassies and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, among others. The state television station RTVE and other media on Wednesday reported the police as saying that the 74-year-old man...
Many vigilantes were reportedly killed in an air raid by a yet-to-be-identified aircraft in Galadima Kogo, a community in Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State, on Tuesday. Several members of the vigilante group, including its leader, were also injured in the bombing, locals said. The vigilante members were bombed...
A 32-year-old woman and her child were abducted at Otaefun/Kobo’ngbogboe Area of Osogbo on Tuesday, police in Osun confirmed on Wednesday. Police spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, said a report of the abduction was made to the police and that machinery had been set in motion to rescue...
The Police Command in Kano State, said it has arrested one Bamuwa Umaru, 62, for offering N1 million as bribe to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper. SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, the Command Spokesman confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. “On Dec....
Chris Ohizu, the kidnapped Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, has been beheaded. Ohizu was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – An armoury suspected to be that of kidnappers has been uncovered by police operatives in Tudun Wada area of Liman Katagum, Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that an attack on Gambar Sabon layi village, in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state, has left four people dead. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted efforts to bring 126.95kg of cocaine and skunk into Nigeria by drug cartels. Director, Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were concealed in herbal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 1.7 million tramadol pills at Greenfield Estate, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the consignment was traced to a warehouse in the estate on Tuesday, Jan....
Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Ikuly-Pari in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State, who was abducted Thursday night, has been released. A statement from the Kafanchan Diocese of the Catholic Church, said that Ishaya, who was kidnapped from the Parish Rectory, was released Saturday...
Gunmen shot two persons dead in Mkpuma Akataka Community, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi on Friday. A native of the community, Mrs Grace Nwite, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that hoodlums invaded the community and shot sporadically. “They came into the community and started...
Mr Olona Oluwapelumi, a third year student of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has allegedly committed suicide at his off-campus lodge in Akure. Joseph, who was in FUTA’s Department of Industrial Design, allegedly took his life by hanging, for reasons suspected to be connected to depression and financial...
Robbers have reportedly raped no fewer than nine female students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The incident occurred when the robbers who were estimated to be about 20 had invaded their hostel in the early hours of Friday. The armed robbers stormed Ifite road, Awka, where the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued two out of the six pupils abducted from LEA Primary School, Alwaza in Doma Local Government Area of the state. Recall that the six pupils were kidnapped on Friday morning by unknown gunmen riding on motorcycles. Police...