Gunmen on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning respectively attacked Obowo divisional Police Headquarters and killed a policeman. Our correspondent gathered while the fleeing gunmen killed an officer in his house at NEPA junction in Umulogho community on Tuesday night, they returned on Wednesday morning and razed the divisional headquarters situated in Otoko community. Locals who […]
Gunmen on Tuesday night killed many persons and set the Isiala Mbano council headquarters on fire. Isiala Mbano Local Government Area is in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. Our correspondent learnt that many persons had gathered to witness the All Progressive Congress (APC) LGA chairmanship primaries when the gunmen struck. As the time of filling this […]
Suspected Biafra agitators on Tuesday attacked and bombed the Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State. It was gathered that a police corporal was killed in the incident, while others sustained varying degrees of injury. The hoodlums also attacked the Oba Civic Centre. The reason for the attacks is currently […]
As the people of Sokoto State, especially those in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, continue to battle insecurity, a group of professionals within the local government, Gobir Development Association, has revealed that the people of the community paid over N160bn in levies and ransom payments to bandits in the area. According to a press statement […]
Gunmen have launched an attack on Ushafa community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria. The incident occurred on Thursday night around Zone A. According to Tribuneonline, eyewitnesses reported that the bandits shot a man named Mr. Felix Chuks and abducted his entire family. Efforts to contact vigilantes during the attack were unsuccessful, as they […]
Gunmen have struck in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, setting the council headquarters on fire. A resident said the attackers stormed the headquarters in the early hours of Friday, August 30, 2024. The source, who wished to remain anonymous, stated that the assailants set several buildings ablaze and destroyed property. “The attackers […]
A staggering 55,910 Nigerians have been killed, and 21,000 others abducted by terror groups between 2019 and 2023, according to a report by The Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa, ORFA. The report, released on Thursday, blamed extremist groups, including Boko Haram, ISWAP, and armed herders, for these atrocities. ORFA’s data revealed that Christians were […]
Halliru Liman, the divisional police officer (DPO) of Wusagu police division in Kebbi state, has allegedly been shot dead by a soldier. The incident happened on Wednesday at a military checkpoint in Zamfara state. In a statement on Thursday, Yazid Abubakar, the Zamfara police spokesperson, said the DPO was heading to Birnin Kebbi, the capital […]
As the people of Gobir in Sokoto state were mourning the death of their Emir, Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa who was murdered by bandits, the hoodlums have reportedly invaded the community again and kidnapped over 150 people. A University Don, Prof Bello Bada disclosed this in an interview with Radio France International(rfi)Hausa Service monitored in […]
At least six people have been reportedly killed and several others sustained injuries in two separate attacks by armed herdsmen on the Iwari and Olegahbane communities of Agatu Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. According to a source in the area who spoke on condition of anonymity the two incidents occurred Friday evening. He […]
