A police officer guarding the residence of Seriake Dickson, a former governor of Bayelsa, in Sagbama local government area of the state, has been shot dead. The officer was killed while trying to prevent the attackers from breaking into the house. According to Asinim Butswat, police spokesperson in Bayelsa, the gunmen, who struck in the […]
Mufutau Waliu, the Head of Department of Electrical and Electronics at the D.S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State, has been killed by gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Waliu was waylaid by the gunmen, while on his way out of the institution on Tuesday as they […]
The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Uba Sani has condemned the renewed attacks on communities in Igabi and Kajuru Local Governments, as well as the Kaduna – Abuja Road by bandits. In a statement issued on Tuesday, he lamented that non-state actors, with access to instruments of violence, have been operating with […]
Gunmen have abducted 12 assistant-superintendents of police (ASPs) on their way to Zamfara from Borno state, the BBC is reporting. The police officers were said to be on their way to Zamfara to conduct a special operation when they were abducted by the gunmen. The broadcaster said the incident occurred 12 days ago, but only […]
A map showing Kaduna, a state in Nigeria’s North-Central region. A map showing Kaduna, a state in Nigeria’s north-west region. The district head of Gidan Zaki village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Haruna Kuye and his son have been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits. According to a statement issued […]
The police in Lagos have arrested 12 suspected hoodlums in the crisis that engulfed Mushin area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Monday. There was mayhem in Mushin on Monday as hoodlums engaged themselves in supremacy battle. There were reports of looting and vandalism as hoodlums unleash terror in parts of Bamgboye, Idi Araba and Alafia […]
Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina, has alleged that 99 percent of bandits terrorising the state are from Zamfara. Several communities in some states across the north, including Zamfara, have come under attacks by bandits and kidnappers. Speaking with journalists at his home in Kafur area of the state, Masari said three local governments that share […]
No fewer than three persons were injured in a bloody clash between farmers and herders at Iddo , a community in the Federal Capital Territory , Abuja , on Monday . Many thatched houses were also set ablaze when locals resisted the Fulani herdsmen who allegedly grazed livestock on their farms . Confirming the incident […]
Gunmen on Monday evening kidnapped five staff of Benue State Internal Revenue Service at the Vandeikiya Local Government Area of the state. The Media Officer to the Executive Chairman of the Board, Ati Terkula, told The PUNCH that the incident happened around 6:30pm on Monday . Terkula said , “ The gunmen attacked the officially […]
Uneasy calm has returned to Yar’Kukah area of Sharada, a suburb in Kano metropolis where police operatives attached to Anti-Daba of the police command in the state killed two persons Saturday night. One of the victims was shot dead while the other was stabbed by the police in a squabble that broke out when the […]
