The Police Command in Sokoto State on Sunday confirmed the death of 30 persons during an attack lunched by group of armed banditse in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by ASP Ahmad Rufai, the Acting Spokesman of the command, revealed that the gunmen attacked...
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The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed an attack on two communities in the state by suspected gunmen on Friday night. SP Onome Onovewakpoyeya, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki. Onovwakpoyeya said the police...
Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs on Saturday attacked the convoy of the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and injured some of his security aides. The attack occurred around 12 noon on Saturday near the Naval Base, a few kilometres from Lokoja, the state capital. The hoodlums blocked...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Wednesday shot dead two people and also abducted two others at a farm in Awo Village in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun. One of the deceased was an area commander of Ogun security outfit, So-Safe Corps, identified as Saheed Ogunrinde. The...
Gunmen suspected armed robbers on Friday afternoon operated at the Oke-Sokori axis of Abeokuta metropolis and escaped the scene with a substantial amount of foreign currency. It was gathered that the robbery gang were in black T-shirts and Jean trousers, and also wore black facemasks, brandishing their riffles in...
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of a Police Inspector by suspected gunmen in Abakaliki on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed this on Tuesday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki. According Onovwakpoyeya, the command is aware of...
Gunmen ambushed and killed two policemen at the popular “Okpala Junction’’ at Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo on Saturday. The attack came one month after five policemen and a couple were killed at the same junction on April 21. On March 27, gunmen ambushed and killed five personnel...
Anambra Police Command has revealed that nine persons lost their lives in an ambush attack on the US convoy in the state on May 16. The command’s disclosure is contained in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra Police...
The Police Command in Anambra have released names of nine U.S. Consulate personnel from Lagos involved in Tuesday’s brutal attack which claimed seven lives at Ogbaru area of the state. Mr Echeng Echeng, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra made the disclosure at a news conference at the command’s...
By MARK JANG, Jos – More than 30 persons have been confirmed dead following an attack by gunmen in Bwoi District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday. Alabo said the Commissioner...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – No fewer than four persons have been killed by gunmen, who opened fire on the convoy of staff of U.S Consulate, in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Anambra State Police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday...
The Imo Police Command says it has begun a manhunt for the killers of a retired military officer and Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s kinsman, Mr Tony Enoch. Enoch was the Presidential Campaign Council Chairman for Ahmed Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima election in Uzodimma’s Oru East Local Government Area (LGA). He was...
The Methodist Prelate, His Eminence, Rt. Rev. Oliver Aba has called for unconditional release of its members abducted along Arondizuogu/Okigwe Road in Imo on April 28. The prelate made the call in Enugu on Tuesday at a reception organized in his honour by the Enugu Archdiocese of the church....
The Imo State Police Command has begun manhunt for the killers of five police officers and a couple at Okpala, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of the state on Friday morning. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident, said the command’s Tactical and Operational...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on Nigerians to be vigilance while celebrating the Eid-il-Fitr Sallah celebration. The secret police gave the advice, following the arrest of two gunmen on Thursday in Kano and the recovery cache of arms and ammunition. The...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Mr. Daniel Ogoshi, a driver with Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, on Tuesday. An eyewitness told our correspondent that the driver was whisked away from the residence of his friend around 9:30 pm, at Ombi 2, Opposite College of Agric,...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a couple on the Osogbo-Iragbiji Road in Osun on Saturday as they were returning from a church programme at 4 a.m. The man and his wife were reportedly riding on a motorcycle when they ran into an ambush mounted by the kidnappers....
Gunmen on Sunday have kidnapped an officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, along Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 am on Sunday morning while going to his duty...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a 60-year-old man and shot two others in Gangarbi village of Rano Local Government Area of Kano State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Manman Dauda, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
St. Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa, Owo in Ondo State on Sunday reopened for service ten months after the deadly attack on the church by gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that over 40 worshippers died in the June 5, 2022 attack by gunmen. Worshippers who defied...