The corpse of one of the five abducted residents of Chikakore community in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory has been found. The dead body of Mrs Esther Adesiyan was reportedly recovered in a bush near Itagbajii community in Niger state on Monday night. The deceased, her husband,...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has revealed how suspected bandits abducted three members of a family disguised as vigilantes. The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command Josephine Adeh said the gunmen stormed the community around 10:00 am on Monday. “On 27th January...
The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the kidnap of Dr Cornelius Onuigbo, an urologist with Department of Surgery, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Onitsha on Wednesday, said that Onuigbo was kidnapped...
The Police in Ondo State has confirmed the murder of an alleged cultist, Nasir Isiaka, by two masked men at Owo in Owo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday in Akure. “The...
The remains of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, in Anambra, murdered on Dec. 26 has been laid to rest amid tears. He was buried on Thursday at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral in Nnewi after a requiem mass at the cathedral. Okonkwo,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has assured that a thorough investigation will be carried out in order to fish out those who killed 7 persons over the weekend in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Shettima, gave the assurance when he visited...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – Gunmen suspected to be Lakurawa terrorists have killed two workers of Airtel Communication Nigeria Ltd and one indigene of Gumki village in Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State. It was gathered that the terrorists who invaded the community perpetrated the dastardly act when...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Unknown gunmen have kidnapped two Catholic nuns along Ufuma Road, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Tuesday evening when the nuns were returning from a vocational service meeting in Ogboji. The spokesman of Anambra State...
Gunmen have killed the Katsina State Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeder Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Surajo Leader and two others in Kusada Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred on Saturday night when the gunmen invaded Mai Rana community in Kusada LGA. Sources revealed that...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The President General of Kunav United Development Association (KUDA), Emmanuel Tor Yaji Who is the community leader of the Benue State Governor in Kunav, Vandeikya Local Government Area has regained his freedom. The victim was rescued unhurt and has been reunited with friends...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The President General, Kunav United Development Association (KUDA), Mr Emmanuel Tor Yaji, has been abducted by gunmen on Monday in his country home. KUDA is the umbrella organisation of Kunav, Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, the home community of the Benue...
Tragedy has hit the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi in Anambra, following the reported killing of Rev. Tobias Okonkwo by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The Chancellor, Nnewi Diocese, Rev. Raphael Ezeogu, disclosed the incident in a statement issued in Onitsha and made available to newsmen on Friday. Ezeogu stated that Okonkwo was...
The police in Edo have confirmed the killing of a guest at the popular Raptor Club and Lounge, Stadium Road, Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victim was shot dead by gunmen in the early hours of Friday, while his female passenger sustained gunshot injuries....
A judge was shot dead Wednesday in Mexico’s once-thriving beach city of Acapulco, local media and the state prosecutor’s office said. Local press identified the slain judge as Edmundo Roman Pinzon, president of the Superior Court of Justice in Guerrero state, saying he was shot at least four times...
An Assistant Editor-in-Chief with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Gregory Maduakolam, who was kidnapped on Thursday, has regained his freedom. Maduakolam announced his release through phone calls to some of his colleagues at about 11:51 p.m. on Saturday. He explained that he was released after his family...
An editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Gregory Maduakolam, has been kidnapped. A statement issued by the management of the agency in Abuja said Maduakolam was kidnapped in Owerri on Thursday night. NAN reports that the specific location of the incident in the Imo capital, however, could...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Ikenga, a Superintendent of Police, said two security...
Suspected Internet fraudsters have allegedly shot a collaborator over a disagreement arising from the sharing of N94 million proceeds from an online scam. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at Okhoro road in Egor Local Government of Edo. The victim was said to have been driving in his Sport...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a former member of the House of Representatives from Nasarawa State, Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, popularly known as (Likitan Talakawa). Kigbu, was kidnapped on Sunday, alongside his wife in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, on his way from...
An Abuja-based Lawyer, Mr Bala Dakum, on Thursday, narrated how his 85-year-old father, Deh Idi Dakum, was kidnapped and later murdered after ransom was paid. Dakum, while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said he is yet to recover from the shock, days after the remains...