Armed bandits on Saturday blocked the ever-busy Gusau-Funtua highway and abducted an unspecified number of travellers. The bandits blocked the highway between Kucheri and Magazu communities in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state, shooting at moving vehicles. The spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the incident to Channels Television […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has condoled with the families of the three media persons killed in a kidnapping ambush in Anambra. The victims were part of a SuperSport crew traveling to Uyo, Akwa Ibom to broadcast the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between Nigeria and Libya — a game the Super […]
Four youths have been killed in Plateau State following an attack by gunmen in Bokkos Local Government Areas of the state on Friday night. It was learnt that the victims were working at a mining site in the Batura community when the gunmen attacked them around 9 pm, killing four persons on the spot. The […]
The Joint Security Forces (JSF) has rescued six of the eleven sports reporters who were kidnapped by gunmen in Anambra state in the early hours of Thursday, October 10. According to TheNation, the media crew was en route from Lagos to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to cover the Super Eagles match scheduled for Friday when […]
Insecurity in Imo State seems unending after suspected Biafra agitators attacked a military checkpoint at Aba Branch in Ehime Mbanọ Local Government area, Imo State on Tuesday night. Videos obtained by our correspondent showed that the incident happened in front of Ehime Mbanọ Local Council headquarters on Tuesday. In the one-minute video, the suspected Biafra […]
Gunmen on Sunday abducted a newly wed couple and four others in the Obowo Local Government Area of Imo state. It was gathered on Monday that the six victims were abducted while driving home in a Toyota Sienna Vehicle from the Mbaise axis of state. They were said to had made a stopover at Nwokeisama […]
Terrorists have reportedly killed no fewer than nine Katsina State Community Watch Corps and vigilante members in Faskari and Matazu local government areas of the state. Faskari and Matazu are said to be among the frontline local government areas bedevilled by the activities of terrorists in Katsina State. PUNCH Online learned that the hoodlums, in […]
Bako Bala, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suru LGA of Kebbi state, has been reportedly shot dead by gunmen. In a post on Facebook, Zaidu Bala, special adviser on television and radio to Nasir Idris, Kebbi governor, said Bala was killed at his residence. “To Allah we belong and to Him we […]
Two police operatives attached to Anambra State command have been killed by gunmen in Nnewi, during a gun duel on Thursday morning. It was gathered that during the duel, the gunmen tossed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the police operatives, killing two of the men in the squad. Meanwhile, the state police command has […]
Suspected herdsmen on Tuesday killed two soldiers and seven villagers, including the village head of Eguma village in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. A former lawmaker, who represented the local government at the Benue State House of Assembly between 2011 to 2019, Audu Sule, in a telephone call with our correspondent in […]
