Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo says security operatives have killed three bandits and arrested two others for their involvement in the attack on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. The governor said this while addressing newsmen at the police headquarters in Imo while...
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Gunmen on Monday attacked the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri and set part of the office complex and some vehicles in the compound ablaze. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. It was further...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Gunmen has kidnapped the former Accountant General of Cross River State Mrs Rose Bassey, and three other persons along Uyanga-Ikomita axis of the Calabar-Ikom Highway. National Accord gathered that the victims were abducted by gunmen on Tuesday evening, who laid siege on that axis of the...
Police operatives from Ebonyi State Command have killed a suspected gunman when the hoodlums attacked them on Monday on their duty post in Abakaliki, the state capital. Police Public Relations Officers, SP Chris Anyanwu, incident to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Abakaliki on Tuesday. He said...
Unidentified gunmen early Friday morning, attacked a mosque in Ughelli, Delta state, leaving 11 worshippers injured. A resident who spoke to NAN on phone, said the attack took place at about 6.47 am when some Muslim faithful were holding their morning prayers at the Central mosque, located along Okoroda...
The Kogi State Government has confirmed the Kidnapping of passengers from an 18-seater bus in the state. The Security Adviser to Kogi State Governor, retired Naval Officer Jerry Omodara, who disclosed this on Thursday, however, said that the State government was on top of the case. According to reports,...
Gunmen have abducted a cleric and his son at Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin on Saturday. Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the abduction on Sunday and said two suspects had already been arrested. “Police are already investigating the matter. Efforts are also at an advanced stage to...
Gunmen have reportedly abducted passengers commuting on the Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River on Tuesday. State Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr Sule Balarabe, confirmed the abduction, but said the number of victims had not been ascertained. He added that while awaiting the number of victims from the...
Five suspected gunmen were killed following a battle with security agencies in Umuona, Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Isuofia is the hometown of the Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo. The gunmen had attacked a checkpoint in the area earlier on Saturday. “The Anambra State Security...
Gunmen have abducted Mr Seun Emmanuel, a driver at the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and demanded for the sum of N10 million as ransom. Emmanuel was abducted on Tuesday on Owo-Ifon Road in Ondo State while on an official assignment to Akure with the company’s manager in Ondo...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than two young people were killed following an attack by gunmen on Toro town, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State in the early hours of Friday. Our correspondent learnt that the gunmen also kidnapped one person during the attack which happened...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Gunmen have kidnapped one Mrs Victoria Dandaura, wife of the head of the Corps’ Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). The incident happened at the victim’s residence in Gidi-Gidi, around Cattle market, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday at about 7 p.m. The spokesman of...
Gunmen on Monday afternoon attacked a man, Mr. Abu Sifau, in his Lexus Car at Sabo-Oke, Sokoto Street in Ilorin Metropolis and took away millions of naira cash from his vehicle. According to a witness account, the robbery was carried out at about 1 p.m. in the full glare...
Prof. Adigun Agbaje, who regained his freedom from the clutches of death in his abductors’ captivity on Sunday night, has recounted his 72 hours ordeals in the hands of suspected kidnappers in military uniforms. He made this known in a statement by his son, Adewale Agbaje, on behalf of...
A Police officer was killed, one other injured, while a Professor of Political Science was among others that were kidnapped by suspected gunmen on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that suspected kidnappers in military uniform, who laid siege to Dominica University area on the expressway...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – Unknown gunmen have killed a police sergeant attached to the Cross River State Command. It was learnt that the incident occured in the early hours of Saturday around Edgerton Street in Calabar, the state capital. Meanwhile, the state police spokesman, SP Irene Ugbo, has...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Gunmen has attacked the convoy of Prof. Reuben Okechukwu, Provost, Federal College of Education, Technical, Isu, Onicha Local Government Area. It was learnt that the provost was attacked on Wednesday at the boundary of Isu and Agba in Ishieleu LGA of the state. The...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Unknown gunmen have abducted a priest of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Igweagu, in Anambra State. Igweagu, Parish Priest of St. Joseph Parish, Abata Nsugbe, Anambra East LGA was kidnapped on Wednesday, Oct. 12 on his way home after a vigil Mass at...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Abdulsalam Abubakar General Hospital Hospital, Gulu, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that two persons were killed in the attack which occured in the early hours of Tuesday. Several persons including the hospital doctor and a pharmacist...
The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the attack on a section of Ezza North Local Government Headquarters by unidentified gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hoodlums set the property on fire on Monday morning and left valuables worth millions of naira destroyed. The command’s Spokesman, SP...