Suspected gunmen have disarmed some policemen and killed a Chinese expatriate at a mining site in Iboko, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi. SP Chris Anyanwu, Spokesperson, Police Command in Ebonyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone in Abakaliki on Sunday that the incident was yet...
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Gunmen have killed no fewer than four soldiers and one civilian at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that the incident took place around Zenith Bank axis of Umunze at about 12.40 p.m on...
Russian officials on Monday reported that a gunman killed nine people, including five children at a school in Russia before committing suicide. The motive for the shooting in Izhevsk, capital of the Udmurtia region about 970 km (600 miles) east of Moscow, was unclear. The Udmurtia branch of the...
The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the abduction of Rev. Bung Dong at Ganawuri community, Riyom Local Government Area of the state. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday in Jos. According to Alabo, the cleric...
Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP-Anambra South) has confirmed the deaths of some of his personal and security aides during Sunday attack on his convoy. Ubah’s convoy was attacked around Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu Market axis of Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra on its way to Nnewi his country home on...
Police in Anambra have confirmed Sunday night’s attack on Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District by unidentified gunmen. The incident which took place in Enugwu Ukwu community, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, claimed the lives of some persons in the convoy, while Ubah narrowly escaped...
The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the abduction of Mr Henry Gotip, the Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of the State by gunmen. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command confirmed the development to newsmen on Wednesday in Jos. Alabo said...
The Kogi Police Command on Wednesday confirmed that dare-devil armed robbers attacked three different banks in the state on Tuesday. Mr Edward Egbuka, the State Commissioner of Police, made the confirmation in a statement in Lokoja by the Command’s image maker SP William Ovye-Aya. Egbuka gave the names of...
Gunmen on Saturday abducted scores of travellers on on Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon , the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The number of victims could not be ascertained as some sources said the victims were over 40 while others gave their number as 32. One...
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the killing of an Inspector by gunmen on Wednesday in Coker Aguda area of Lagos. The spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that the Inspector was inside a tricycle...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The four Catholic Reverend sisters who were abducted by unknown gunmen in Imo state on Sunday have regained their freedom. Recall that the Catholic nuns, namely -Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu, were abducted on their way to morning mass along...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The police authority in Kwara State has confirmed the assassination of Kayode Akinyemi, the owner of ’16 HOUR hotel,’ Alomilaya in Ganmo, by gunmen. The state’s police spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said the deceased’s manager, Emmanuel Olushila, who was seriously injured was receiving treatment...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – No fewer than four Catholic Reverend Sisters have been abducted by unknown gunmen on Sunday in Imo State. It was gathered that the nuns were abducted along Okigwe-Enugu Road which has become notorious for criminals. The Secretary General of Sisters Of Jesus The Saviour...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command have rescued four out of six persons abducted by five armed hoodlums late Monday night along Obbo-Ile/Osi road in the Ekiti LGA of Kwara state It was gathered that the victims were coming from Egbe, Kogi state in a...
Suspected terrorists have raided and killed three residents of Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attack also led to the abduction of an unspecified number of people through a nearby bush path by the suspected terrorists. Sources within the town disclosed that...
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped a four-year-old boy, Oluwadarasimi Omojola, as his father, Boluwaji Omojola, managed to escape on Itaji/Ijelu-Ekiti Road in Oye Local Government area of Ekiti. The traditional ruler of the community, Owajumu of Omu-Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ogundeyi, confirmed the incident through a telephone conversation with newsmen on...
The Kogi State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of five persons following an attack by gunmen at the West Africa Ceramics Company in Ajaokuta The police in a statement said the attack took place at about 8pm on Friday. One Indian expatriate, two police inspectors and two...
At least four police officers have been killed in Imo state by suspected bandits in the early hours of Saturday, the police have confirmed. The officers were attached to the divisional police headquarters in Agwa community, Oguta local government area. Police spokesperson, Mike Abattam, said although details of the...
The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi and one other, have been killed by their abductors. Opadele, who was working with the hotelier (Owolabi), due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union...