The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two police officers attached to Mopol 18 by suspected gunmen along Gariki Road in Okigwe area of Imo State. Confirming the unfortunate incident in a statement signed by the command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye said the officers were ambushed in the early hours of Saturday […]
Ten people were reportedly kidnapped at the Taraba/Benue border community in Jootar, in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that the driver of the ill-fated vehicle who escaped being kidnapped narrated the attack. The source stated that the driver of the […]
A newlywed man, identified as Sani, was among 21 persons shot dead by bandits who invaded a weekly market in Madaka, an agrarian community in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Thursday. Sani, a butcher who resided in Kagara, the headquarters of Rafi LGA, was said to have gone to the market […]
Three militant members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were on Friday killed during a gun battle with operatives of the Ebonyi State Police Command. Also, five members of the group were arrested with weapons they reportedly used for operations. These include: One AK47 rifle with 16 rounds of live ammunition, a bag containing […]
No fewer than 15 persons were feared killed within three days, following attack by armed herdsmen, who stormed Akpete, Ugbobi, Ijaha, Edikwu Oji and Iyanpu communities in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. The attacks also left several persons injured and many others still missing and unaccounted for. It was gathered that the […]
GUNMEN last Sunday evening kidnapped one elder Nyaknobong Etuk and his wife in front of the gate of their residence located at Akpasak Estate, Mbiabong off Oron Road Uyo, leaving their infant twins abandoned. Newsmen gathered yesterday that the couple and native of Oruk Anam Local government area went for shopping along Oron […]
Following the killing of 16 military personnel in the Okuama community of Delta State, the Nigerian Army has assured residents of the area of no reprisal attacks. The military personnel were gruesomely murdered in the community last week, sparking fears of reprisal after the area was razed. But on Monday, the Nigerian Army through […]
Fourteen people have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Dogon Noma- Ungwan Gamo community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident comes barely a week after 61 people were kidnapped in Buda community also in Kajuru LGA. Police authorities have not confirmed the attack. However, a youth leader, Sani Musa, told […]
Tony Aziegbemi, the chairman of the Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. According to The PUNCH, Aziegbemi was abducted in his vehicle along Idaro Street, off Country Home Road, Benin, Edo State, around 11 pm on Friday. His driver was in the […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that most incidents of kidnapping in the nation’s capital were stage-managed by people. Wike stated this during a chat with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Senate alongside the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, on Wednesday on insecurity in the […]
