By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Nsu Development Union (NDU) has called on the Imo State Government to order the security agencies to intensify their efforts in securing the release of Honorable Lawman Duruji, a former Speaker and member Imo State House of Assembly, who was abducted by unknown gunmen...
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By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed of a member of Ebubeagu Security Network (ESN) in Ebonyi State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday night in Igweledeoha, Amagu, in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the state command’s...
Gunmen suspected to bandits have invaded six communities in Zamfara State, killing an unspecified number of people including women and children and displacing many others The affected communities are Rafin Gero, Laho, Wanu, Barayar Zaki, Lallaho, Kurfar Danya and Dutsin dan ajiya in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Area...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Some unknown gunmen on Thursday attacked the Ideation South Police Division in Imo with explosive devices and freed suspects detained at the station. It was gathered that the gunmen used explosive to destroyed the administrative office of the division, the office of the Divisional...
Abductors of the wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education, Technical (FCET) Gusau in Zamfara State, Abdurrazak Muazu, have demanded N50 million ransom. A family member who pleaded anonymity said on Tuesday that the bandits called and informed them that they needed the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed no fewer than seven people in separate attacks on villages in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, identified the affected Local Government Areas are Igabi, Chikun...
A lone gunman killed four people and wounded three more — including a police officer — on Monday after opening fire in multiple locations across Colorado before being shot dead, US police said. The incidents began at around 5 pm and unfolded across at least four different locations in...
Gunmen have kidnapped a former gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Uche Nwosu. Nwosu, a son-in-law to former Governor Rochas Okorocha, was whisked away by the abductors who dressed in security uniform at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama in Obaire, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State....
By MARK JANG, Jos – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the traditional ruler of Gindri, Mr Charles Mato, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, Media Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), the military task force maintaining peace in the state,...
Abductors of a retired permanent secretary who is the District Head of Erubu in Kwara State, Dr Zubair Erubu, have reached out to his family, demanding N60 million as ransom. Sources said the kidnappers did not give room for negotiation but insisted that the money must be paid to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Police operatives alongside other security outfits in Ekiti State have embarked on a rescue mission to secure the release of a popular trader, Alhaja Nusirat Saliu, who was abducted by gunmen on Saturday in Iyemero-Ekiti. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday...
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...
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...
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...
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday stormed a Mexican prison and freed nine inmates, Hidalgo state Interior Minister, Simon Vargas said. Vargas said the gunmen gained access to the prison in the central Mexican city of Tula by ramming their vehicles into the building, and setting two vehicles close to the...
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...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed an attack on the Jos Correctional Centre by unknown gunmen on Sunday. The National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NCoS, Mr Francis Enobore, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen in Jos. According to Enobore,...
Inmates have escaped en masse from a crowded old prison in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Sunday, with at least one guard reported killed. Two armed men arrived at the entrance to Matadi prison, subdued the guards and opened the main gate, allowing a large number...