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 […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) councilorship candidate in Pari Ward of Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Mr Raymond Timothy and his brother, James Timothy have been killed by bandits. While confirming the incident, Barnabas Chawai, a PDP chieftain in the Local Government Area said the brothers were killed on Sunday while returning from a […]
Two bandit kingpins, Sani Black and Kachalla Makore have been confirmed killed in Zamfara. The two bandits were responsible for banditry attacks in Dansadau districts and environs as well as other parts of the Maru Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the killing, the Senior Special Adviser to Zamfara State Governor on Media and […]
The Anambra State Police Command in Nigeria’s Southeast, has apprehended a man suspected of supplying arms and food to unknown gunmen terrorizing the state. According to a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, the suspect was arrested during an intelligence-driven patrol conducted by a Police-led Joint Security Force in the Pillar-Pole area of […]
Students and staff members of Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State, who were kidnapped by bandits, have regained their freedom after seven months in captivity. Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, confirmed the release in a report via X on Monday. The victims were reportedly kidnapped during an attack in the Gusau area in […]
Bandits attacked a church service in the Bakinpah-Maro community of the Kajuru local government area in Kaduna state on Sunday, leaving three people feared dead and 30 others reported kidnapped. Although the Police authorities were yet to comment, the former chairman of Kajuru LGA, Cafra Caino, confirmed the incident, noting that the assailants, who arrived […]
Three hoodlums and two police officers have died in separate attacks on Sunday night and early hours of Monday in Imo and Anambra States. Police operatives in Imo state on Sunday night repelled an attack on Njaba Divisional Headquarters by hoodlums suspected to be affiliated with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Njaba police […]
Residents of Irete Autonomous Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, are currently enveloped in palpable fear after suspected herdsmen invaded and machete two siblings few days ago. Our correspondent learnt that since Wednesday, members of the community have been plagued by persistent insecurity issues, primarily attributed to attacks by armed […]
Armed bandits have blocked the ever-busy Gusau – Funtua highway, kidnapping unspecified number of travellers. Yusuf Tsafe, a commuter who is still stranded around the area told Channels Television that the bandits stormed the highway in the early hours of Thursday and mounted a roadblock around the Tazame axis of the road. According to him, […]
