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Gunmen have kidnapped an intending couple said to be planning to get married next week in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The couple had come into the state capital to purchase some items for their wedding and were returning to their base when they were kidnapped along Ilasa-Ekiti-Ayebode Road, in Ekiti East Local Government Area on Sunday, […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed the Chairman of Lere Local Government branch of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Kaduna State, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi Damba. The Fulani community leader popularly known as Dambardi, was killed in the early hours of Friday, September 17, in his village, Lere. The State Chairman of the […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have reportedly kidnapped the priest in charge of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Anchuna Village, Ikulu Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The priest identified as Rev. Fr. Luka Benson Yakusak, was said to have been abducted on Monday night, September 13. The spokesman of the Southern […]
Continue ReadingHundreds of prisoners have escaped from the medium federal correctional centre in Kabba, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State after unknown gunmen attacked the facility located on the Kabba- Lokoja highway on Sunday night through Monday morning, September 13. The gunmen killed the military men guarding the facility before attacking the prison workers and setting the […]
Continue ReadingGunmen stormed the Isa Kaita College of Education in Dutsinma, Katsina State, Nigeria, and abducted the children of Dr Isma’il Ado Funtua, the deputy provost of the institution. A source close to Ado Funtua, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust said the bandits invaded the campus and broke into the deputy provost’s residence around 11:30 p.m. on […]
Continue ReadingDr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, the Dodo of Wawa (Gbere) in Niger State, Nigeria, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. The traditional ruler was kidnapped from his palace in Wawa, a suburb of New Bussa, the headquarters of Borgu local government area, in the presence of his wives around 9:30pm on Saturday, September 4. Reports say that […]
Continue ReadingEnraged residents of Goshen community in Ajebamidele area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged kidnap of four residents of the community by gunmen on Tuesday. As early as 7.00am, placard-carrying residents trooped out in large numbers and blocked the busy Ado-Ikere Ekiti highway, leaving commuters stranded just as […]
Continue ReadingGunmen said to be in large number have stormed Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle’s home town, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, and kidnapped over 100 students. According to reports, an indigene of the area, Malam Abu Kaya, said that the gunmen arrived the school at about […]
Continue ReadingSome gunmen in separate attacks have killed three persons, including a pilot, in two local government areas of Kaduna North and Kajuru, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Captain Abdukkarim Bala Na’Allah, the pilot, said to be the eldest son of Senator Bala Na’Allah, was killed by the hoodlums in his Malali (GRA) residence in Kaduna North Local […]
Continue ReadingEnraged youths have destroyed a billboard of Governor Lalong, in protest over the killing of 30 persons in Yelwa Zangam village, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the youths stormed the Plateau Specialist Hospital where the corpses of victims had been deposited and evacuated them into vans. They […]
Continue ReadingIdentity of the Nigerian army Major who was kidnapped by gunmen at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in the early hours of Tuesday August 24, has been uncovered. The abducted military officer has been identified as Major Christopher Datong. A friend who confirmed his abduction, wrote: “While still mourning my Mother, the news of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria’s foremost military university, was on Tuesday attacked by gunmen who killed two officers and abducted one other whose ranks are not known at the moment. The bandits invaded the permanent site of the institution located along Airport Road, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1.00am. The […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a police officer identified as Ismail Dogara, in Kaduna state, Nigeria. It was gathered that ASP Dogara was brutally attacked by the assailants on his way home in Zaria in the early hours of Monday, August 16. The officer was rushed to a hospital where he passed away […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have attacked the Izombe police station in Imo state and as a result, two police officers have been killed. A statement released by the spokesperson of Imo state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, says the bandits who arrived in their numbers could not gain access to the station due to the swift response of […]
Continue ReadingAfter collecting N11m ransom, gunmen still shot dead an engineer on Thursday in Nigeria. The source, who did not want to be mentioned because of the sensitive nature of the matter, was responding to enquiries by Punch about fresh updates on the Baptist College students held captive by bandits. He said, “There is a company […]
Continue ReadingFormer provost of the Nigerian Army and a director at the Army Headquarters in Abuja, Maj. Gen. Hassan Ahmed, has been killed by yet to be identified gunmen. The army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, has confirmed the sad incident, which happened in the late hours of Thursday, July 15. Major General Ahmed was said […]
Continue ReadingTwo Nigerian soldiers were on Tuesday shot dead in Enugu, Nigeria’s South-east, the Nigerian Army has said. The spokesperson of the army, Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement on Wednesday that the two were killed during a gun battle between troops and some members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security arm of the pro-Biafra […]
Continue ReadingThe Emir of Kajuru, Adamu Kajuru, and 12 persons described as “members of his family,” have been kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State. This was disclosed by the former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, who wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “The Emir of Kajuru, 30 minutes drive from Kaduna and twelve of his family members were […]
Continue ReadingImo State House of Assembly descended into chaos on Thursday after the Speaker of the House, Paul Emeziem, announced the suspension of six members for alleged ‘unparliamentary conduct.’ It was learnt that the Speaker of the Assembly, Paul Emeziem, alongside some members of the House narrowly escaped being shot by some unknown gunmen after the […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have struck again in Kaduna state, Nigeria, staging mass kidnap, this time, of students of Bethel Baptist High School, a private boarding college in the state. The college is located at Maraban Rido area, on Kaduna-Kachia Road, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Multiple reports say the bandits invaded the school in […]
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