There’s no sign the carnage going on in Imo State, South-East Nigeria will end soon as yet-to-be identified assailants, on Sunday morning, set the Orsu local government headquarters in the state ablaze. The incident occurred at about 2:30am in the already troubled vicinity now abandoned for fear of gunmen and insurgency. According to a […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has rejected the plan by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to bring in foreign mercenaries to help tackle insecurity in the state. In a statement on Saturday, CAN Chairman in Kaduna, Reverend John Joseph Hayab, urged the Federal Government to call the governor to order to avoid […]
The Imo State Police Command on Saturday said they have uncovered the identities of those who attacked Mbieri Police station in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state. The Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, said this to newsmen in Owerri, regarding last Friday’s attack in Mbeiri. The police mentioned the […]
Towards operationalizing the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to identify and smoke out armed bandits/terrorists wreaking havoc and killings in several parts of the North West and North East, NAF fighter aircraft and military artillery gunfire on forests where the criminals are hibernating have led to the killing of about 85 terrorists in Zamfara, […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed the safety of 170 passengers aboard the recently-attacked Abuja-Kaduna train. The development comes days after the train was attacked in the Kateri-Rijana area of the state. Giving an update to NAN on Saturday, Fidet Okhiria, NRC managing director, said 21 passengers have been reported missing. He said […]
No fewer than 1,545 persons have been killed by terrorists within the first quarter of 2022, a joint report by the Community of Practice Against Mass Atrocities and the Joint Action Civil Society Committee under the aegis of Nigeria Mourns has revealed. The report also disclosed that at least 1,321 persons were abducted by […]
At least one person has been killed by terrorists at Yantumaki market in Danmusa Local Government Area of katsina State. The terrorists who invaded the market on Friday afternoon were said to have wounded seven traders and abducted an unspecified number of people during the attack. Sources in the affected community explained that the […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday in Abuja updated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on security developments in his state following the Monday night’s terror attack on Abuja-Kaduna bound train. The governor told State House correspondents that the president had reassured him that drastic measures were being taken to check […]
Bandits have killed at least 17 people in attacks on four villages in Anka local government area of Zamfara state. Residents said the armed men invaded Kadaddaba community in the afternoon, firing at them. Gunshots as residents sight bandits on Kaduna-Abuja highway They said there was no any provocation on the part of the […]
Two people were killed and 11 abducted, while three people sustained gunshot injuries in Ungwan Bulus, Chikun Local Government Area, a suburb of Kaduna State, as terrorists invaded the community, wreaking havoc on its residents. The councillor representing Sabon Tasha Ward, Dauda Makama, confirmed to The PUNCH on Friday, that two persons were instantly […]
