A police officer has been injured in a terrorist attack on a police station in Borno State. The facility – Jakana Divisional Police Headquarters – was attacked on November 28 in the wee hours of the day. Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the attack in a statement on Sunday, saying police operatives attached to the […]
The Anambra State Police Command says it’s aware and already investigating a related recent trending voice note of a security report on how a victim escaped abduction by an alleged security operative. In a statement by Tochukwu Ikenga , the spokesperson in the state said the reports of text messages and voice notes received by […]
Gunmen have reportedly abducted three staff of Innoson Motors at the company’s motorcycle showroom in Nnewi, Anambra state. In a statement on Tuesday by Tochukwu Ikenga, police spokesperson in the state, the company’s secretary, finance manager and a security officer were abducted at about 6.45 pm. He said the command is working with the information […]
The Nigeria Army said troops of the Joint Task Force South East Operation codenamed UDO KA, on Sunday, neutralized four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in a forest at Umuaku Isuochi, Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. The Army in a statement by Lt. Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, […]
At least 30 people have been killed in several communities across two Local Government Areas of Benue State. Daily Trust reports that many rural communities of Kastina-Ala and Logo LGAs respectively came under invasion on Sunday and in the early hours of Monday. Locals said already 10 corpses were recovered in the Kastina-Ala while 20 […]
Police-led Security Forces on Sunday responded swiftly to an attack on members of the Anambra State Vigilantes of Umuchu extraction along Amesi/Uga Road and rescued one wounded Vigilante Operative. In a statement by the police spokesperson in Anambra, Tichukwu Ikenga said the Joint Security Forces quickly rushed the victim to the hospital where he is […]
Suspected herdsmen have killed thirteen people in Azege settlement, Mbaya, Tombo Ward, Logo Local Government Area, Benue State. The attack was said to have occurred on Sunday morning around 7 a.m The attacks have led to numerous deaths, arson, and the destruction of farmlands and crops. Azege is the hometown of Hon. Benjamin Uzenda, the […]
At least seven farmers, including a vigilante, have been reportedly killed and 50 bags of maize in a truck burnt by suspected bandits in Bangi, Mariga LGA of Niger State. Sources told Daily Trust that the victims had gone to bring the harvested maize home from their farm when the bandits ambushed them, killed all […]
Gunmen on Thursday evening abducted three relations of former Daily Trust Editor, Malam Ahmed Ajobe. The victims include a male and two females, including Ajobe’s immediate younger sister, Halimtu-Sadiya Tahir. They were abducted on their way from a nearby community market in Awo, Ankpa local government area of Kogi State, along the deplorable Ankpa-Adoka-Markudi road. […]
A lawyer, Mike Ofikwu, has been shot dead by gunmen in Otukpo town, Benue State. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday night at his residence on Otukpa Street, Otukpo. A source close to the deceased, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the lawyer was ambushed by two armed men while waiting for his […]
